Then- a few plans got shuffled around, a couple things changed, and we realized that we would be able to swing by here and check another National Park AND Civil War Battlefield off of the checklist!
I have to admit though.... I was a little reluctant. Before we visit a major historic site like this, I like to read up on it... research it.... know exactly what happened there. Obviously I wasn't able to do that before this unplanned visit. Still, that is no reason to skip out on a park when an opportunity comes up!
We arrived at the visitor center and I talked to a ranger. It was $10 to buy a pass to drive around the battlefield. The rangers were friendly and helpful... and they were doing a presentation starting a few minutes after we arrived, so we went to a ranger talk about the battle.
I did not catch this ranger's name, but he did a great talk about the battle. AND I thought it was cool that he did his talk in a roomy glassed in area, looking out over the battlefield. In many ways, you could take in most of the battle from this room.
After the ranger talk, we did a walk though the museum at the visitor center.
After leaving the park's visitor center, we used the map we got from the park and did the driving tour, also listening to CDs provided by the B&B where we were staying, the Jackson Rose.
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