2011-0808 Trip DC – DC

We started back to DC Area on 8/8/2011 and stayed at Walden Woods Resort in Hartland, MI. We will be staying only 3 days at a time to get back to Washington for medical test so on 8/11/2011 we moved to Erie Islands Resort in Port Clinton, OH. Then we drove on 8/14/2011 to Gaslight Campground in Emlinton, PA. Finally on 08/17/2011 we moved to Wrights Orchard Station Campground in Duncansville, PA.

We arrived at Cherry Hill RV Park in College Park, MD on 8/20/2011. Cliff had a medical test done on 8/31/2011.

ODW Gettysburg Farm Resort Flood

On 9/07/2011 we drove to Outdoor World Gettysburg Farm Resort in Dover, PA. The next day, 09/08/2011, the park flooded, and by evening the flood exceeded. The depth of water was under two feet. The picture shows the flooded park.

Circle Forts NW Fort Stevens 30lb Parrott Rifle

On 9/14/2011 we arrived back at Cherry Hill RV Park in College Park, MD. On 9/15/2011 Cliff got the results of his test which was negative. We visited 9 Circle Forts in DC on 9/21/2011 then on 9/23/2011 we visited 4 more Circle Forts. By the end of the Civil War there were 68 forts, 93-gun batteries, 20 miles of rifle pits, and 32 miles of military roads around the capital city.

01 Fort Totten — Earthworks, Info Signs
02 Fort Slocum — Info Sign
03 Fort Stevens — Reconstructed Earthworks, Info Signs
04 Fort DeRussy — Earthworks, Info Signs
05 Fort Bayard — Info Signs
06 Fort Summer — Marker
07 Battery Baily — Info Signs
08 Battery Kemble — Park Signs
09 Fort Reno — Info Sign
10 Fort Bunker Hill — Info Sign
11 Battery Jameson — Earthworks, Marker
12 Fort Mehan — Earthworks, Info Signs
13 Fort Chaplin — Earthworks, Info Signs

The picture shows two of the reconstructed Fort Stevens’ 30lb Parrott Rifles. Fort Stevens was the only fort that came under attack, and Battleground National Cemetery, which we also visited, contains the causalities of the battle.

Circle Forts NW Fort Stevens Abigail 30lb Parrott Rifle

The picture is of Abigail on a 30lb Parrott Rifle at Fort Stevens.

N Lancaster Covered Bride Erbs Mill Covered Bridge

We drove back to PA and stayed at Thousand Trails Hershey Resort near Campbelltown, PA on 9/28/2011. While there on 9/30/2011 we attended the Trail Buddies East Rally, a group of motorhomes owners . Also on 10/05/ 2011 and 10/10/2011 we visited 27 Lancaster County Covered Bridges.

01 Hunsecker’s Mill — 1843, 108 feet long, 13 feet 10 inches high
02 Pinetown — 1867, 133 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
03 Zook’s Mill — 1849, 89 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
04 Bitzer’s Mill — 1846, 98 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
05 Erb’s Mill — 1849, 80 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
06 Bucher’s Mill — 1891, 73 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
07 Red Run — 1866, 107 feet long, Not Used
08 Weaver’s Mill — 1878, 85 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
09 Pool Forge — 1859, 99 feet long
10 Eshleman’s Mill — 1845, 113 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
11 Herr’s Mill — 1844, 178 feet long, Not Used
12 Willow Hill — 1962, 93 feet long, Not Used
13 Kurtz’s Mill — 1876, 90 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
14 Siegrist’s Mill — 1885, 100 feet long, Damaged by Hurricane Lee in River
15 Forry’s Mill — 1869, 103 feet long, 10 feet 6 inches high
16 Colemanville –1992, 170 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
17 Baumgardener’s Mill — 1860, 120 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
18 Neff’s Mill — 1824, 102 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
19 Lime Valley — 1871, 103 feet long, 12 feet high
20 Pine Grove — 1884, 204 feet long, 12 feet 6 inches high
21 White Rock Forge — 1847, 110 feet long, 12 feet high
22 Jackson’s Sawmill — 1878, 143 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
23 Mercer’s Mill — 1880, 87 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
24 Landis Mill — 1873, 53 feet long, 12 feet high
25 Schenck’s Mill — 1855, 96 feet long, 12 feet high
26 Kauffman’s Distillery — 1859, 96 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high
27 Shearer’s Mill — 1847, 86 feet long, 11 feet 6 inches high, Not Used

The Picture is of the Erb’s Mill Covered Bridge.

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S Lancaster Covered Bridge Siegrists Mill Covered Bridge

The picture is of the Siegrist’s Mill Covered Bridge that was damaged in Hurricane Lee. The bridge is in the water but has been lifted to dry land for repair.

Fort Wead County HS

On 10/12/2011 we traveled back to Cherry Hill RV Park in College Park, MD for one week. Then on 10/19/2011 we drove to Outdoor World Williamsburg Resort near Williamsburg, VA. We visited Fort Wead near Chester, VA and Bell Rock Lighthouse South of West Point, VA in the York River. Fort Wead was named for Col. Fredrick Wead, who was mortally wounded at the Battle of Cold Harbor in June 1864. The fort was constructed as a backup defense, to be used if Confederate forces broke through the main Federal line, just to the south. The fort had positions for six cannons and was never attacked. The picture is of Fort Wead East Wall from the outside.

Bell Rock Lighthouse

In the nineteenth century, West Point, Virginia was the head of navigation on the York River. This light was requested in order to facilitate navigation there. A house was built for it at Lazaretto Point in 1880, but this was diverted to Thimble Shoal Light when the latter burned down. A second house was constructed and installed on this spot in 1881. Three years later it was struck by a schooner, breaking three of the support columns; these were repaired expeditiously, however, and the light passed the rest of its days uneventfully. The diminishing of commercial traffic on the river made the light less important, and in 1928 the house was removed and a skeleton tower erected on the iron foundation. This arrangement continues to the present. The picture is of the Bell Rock Lighthouse.