Day 13 - Cherry Hill Park, closed to D.C.

After we woke up at the Gettisburg campground, it took us a lot of time to pack up and hooked up to the car. We used up all the water so we drove over to get some water, I told Tom we should get 30 gal, but Tom said we would be in Washington DC very soon, didn't want to carry too much weight. So we only filled may be 10 gal of water. We wanted to find a way not through downtown, we could not follow the GPS direction, we kept getting lost. We finally able to get to the freeway North I-15 . When we parked our trailer at the Cherry Hill Park, I told Tom we needed to buy some food for tonight. Tom drove to the food store, and I checked the time and it was closed at 9 o'clock, so he wanted to check out the road around D.C. first before coming back for the food. First we went to see Washington Monument. It was raining and cold outside then we walked to the Lincoln Monument, then we passed by the Vietman War Momorial it was too dark to see the name. We just passed by and went back to our car and went back to the park. We turned on the TV and saw the count down for the new year of 2007.

Day 12 - Still Gettysburg

We woke up to cook some breakfast and went to see the Gettysburg visitor center, inside is like small museum. It showed us soldiers who were fighting in the war and their guns. Also there was a short movie to show us how they fired the gun in the old day. We spent about 2 to 3 hours in the visitor center, then we went to Peach Orchard we drove around the road and took a lot of pictures of the monuments & canons. After that we went to the downtown store and bought some old money and drum pen for myself. Then we went to the same food store and bought some meat, salad, BBQ sauce, beef broth. We went back to the trailer and cook dinner.





Lawrence here,

This is just a summary of what happened at this place in early July of 1863. There were two sides in the battle of Gettysburg. One side was the Confederates who were in the town of Gettysburg looking for shoes to wear and their commanding general was Robert E. Lee. The other side was the Union who were stationed there with their commanding general being Gordon Meade. The battle also took three days long. It started of as a skirmish when the Confederates were discovered there by Union sentries. The Confederates were able to push the Union sentries out of Gettysburg. The next day, the Union army arrived and were able to hold their position, fighting off any Confederates that got close. The third and last day of the battle, was a bad one for the Confederates. They tried to charge the Union army's lines (Pickett's Charge) and they lost 10,000 men with no land gained from it. The Confederate army soon retreated afterwards. They have lost 28,000 men when the Union army only lost 23,000. The Confederates had many opportunities to crush the Union army but did not follow through most of them. One of them was that they could have gotten Cemetery Hill and fired artillery shell on Union forces in that place. Another was Pickett's Charge. If General Pickett had more men like say, 20,000 men at his command, he would have suceeded.Also if the Confederate General J.E.B. (Stuart) had arrived a day earlier, the Confederates would have broken the Union lines. So, this was what you should at least know about the Battle of Gettysburg. Thanks for reading this long transcript.

Day 11 - End in Gettysburg

We sleptp in the Chambersburg's WalMart last night. In the morning, we walked to the Wendy nearby our trailer. We ate lunch at the Wendy and drove to Gettysburg. Right before we arrived at the campground, we drove in a small road cause the GPS did not show us the big road. The owner told us the campground was closed for the winter, but he would open it for us to stay for $20.00 a night , but we needed to fill up our water in front of his house, caused he already shut down the water in the campground. We still got the electricity and able to use sewer hole in the ground. Then we set up the trailer and let Bo Bo got out of the car and put her inside the trailer.

We all went to the Gettysburg visitor center but they were already closed at 5 p.m. we went to the military cemetary across the street, we took some pictures using the night time flash. There was a lot of canons and Lincoln speech memorial .


So we drove around the downtown to look around the city. We drove to a food store and bought the coleslaw and Tom bought some sweet breakfast. Tom drove back to the Gettysburg Campground and ate dinner. Then we all took a nice hot shower and went to sleep.

Day 10 - End in Chambersberg, PA

We drove on highway 70 for a while then we saw a toll pay sign and passed the gate, we got the paper telling us how much for each location. We got off Breezewood exit. And paid $7.75 for toll including the truck and trailer. Then we kept on driving till I saw a lighted city that look busy, I told Tom could we stay there for the night, WalMart may be in this small town. But Tom missed the exit, so we had to keep on driving until we will reached the next town. Our computer GPS gave us a short cut to Gettysburg, it was a scary road, it was a steep and narrow road and speed was 20 mph and in low gear. Took us a long long time to get there. We were driving at night and totally dark outside. We reached the beginning of the Chambersberg. We wanted to find WalMart and stayed for the night. I saw Lowe was closed by so we stopped and got the washer for repairing the leak and a door mat. We walked across the street and had Arby's for dinner. In the Arby's, Tom checked on the computer and found out the WalMart was nearby, we drove over there and stayed for the night. Next morning we walked to Wendy for lunch then we walked back to the truck and continued on Lincoln highway 30. Finally we were at the Gettysburg campground.

Day 9 - End in Kirkerville - Flying J

West Virginia was a very short drive through, I took cover pictures on the bridge and a farm house outside of the highway East 70.



We spent the night in the parking lot of Flying-J in Kirkerville. After we woke up, Tom drove the trailer to the dump station and released the black tank and gray tank while we were still sleeping inside the trailer. Tom discover the outside shower was leaking and try to fix it and he told me he need a washer. I cook breakfast and we all ate inside, then we cleaned up. We were many miles away from Columbus in Kirkerville. We drove back to highway 70.

Stopping by the Pennsylvania Visitor Center and took a lot of brochures. I took pictures of Tom and Lawrence in front of the office.


There was a "Welcome to Pennsylvania" sign. Then we went back to our trailer and I cut some apples and we all sat down and ate.

Day 8 - Lakeview (Indian Lake Camp)

I woke up early to take some pictures.

I went to get some gas in the morning 2 to 3 miles down south. I also got some bacon in a store next to the gas station for Mel to cook in the A-frame motel.

We went pickup our trailer, do the walk thru with a different salesman. They install a 4-way equalizer anti-sway bar and connected the trailer brake. We only filled the water tank less than 2/3 full. They drawn a map showing us where the camping lake is. The trailer brake wasn't working when we started moving away from the lot. They found out it was disconnected near the truck's brake. They fixed it real quick. We drove and parked in the campground. Left the trailer and drove to Bellefontaine to shop at Walmart and ate fastfood next to the store. It was dark when we got back to the lake. Took a while to find the trailer. The electricity went out and no more light. So we called the dealer to come to fix it. The main jumper is reset and it was fixed. He also fixed the flipping light of the fridge. When we set up the bed, we found out the table was too narrow for the rails. So we slept on the floor. We went to the dealer the next day and have them widen the rails. He also shown how to use the water heater. We left for the next stop toward D.C.

Day 7 - Speedway - Indiana

We drove to Indiannapolis to look around at the speedway. But it was closed. So we took some pictures at the front and around the side. I was on the race track here once before with a college friend during my senior year in college.


We arrived in Lakeview very late. We stopped in a Laundry place. Mel did the wash and I asked an old man where is the motel, he told me there is a A-frame motel nearby. I went look for it and rented it for the night for $60.

Day 6 - St Louis to Terre Haute

Next morning we went 70 West toward downtown to see the Arch, I took a lot of pictures from the freeway. We have to park our truck inside the garage, then we have to walk about a mile before we can get into the entry. There is a museum shown about indian, Oregon Trail, and Lewis & Clark is free to anyone, it was very big inside and took a three house before we can finish walking. Lawrence and I went to the book store and I brought a postcard and poster (Arch pictures) and Lawrence have to write a short note to sent it to Mrs. Hong before. Then we brought the ticket to go up the Arch, we have to rides on a small elevator to go up. It took 2 minutes before we reached the top of the Arch, I walked out and took a lot of pictures from the window. We took pictures from inside too.

We arrived at Terre Haunt and sleep in Knight Motel for the night.

Day 5 - South of St. Louis

Next we stopped at Joplin. Tom said he needed to buy the USB Data Cable again, caused he did not bring it to this trip. By the time we went to Motel 6, we saw a Target nearby our motel. Lawrence was staying at the motel and watching Cartoon while we went to Target, we bought the carring bag for Bo Bo for ( $19.99), so we could take her inside the building if we needed too. Also there was a donuts shop (Krispee Cream) across the street. I bought 6 donuts for next day breakfast. We went back to the motel to rest for the rest of the day. At night I went to get a lot of ice from the vending machine inside the motel. I noticed that Bo Bo was not inside the room. So I start looking for her. I found her under the sink and she lost her collar. We had to remove the wood wall cover to let Bo Bo out.

Day 4 - End in Miami OK

The is downtown Miami Oklahoma. The town where I first college located.



We were staying in the Super 8 Motel for the night and we let Bo Bo out of the cage and she was happy. She likes to sit on the window and looking at outside, while we were busy packing our stuffs.

Then Tom takes us to the nearby place called Montana Mike's for a nice lunch. (it cost us appr. $30.00). Next to the restaurant there was a funny looking Hamburgers called Ku Ku, I took a picture of it. Then we keep on driving to the next place....Galena, Joplin....

Day 3 - End in Stillwater

Campground: Motel6 in Stillwater OK, accum miles 1640
Fuel: 11.31 gal @$ 2.290 in Santa Rosa NM, accum miles 1145
Fuel: 12.60 gal @2.180 in WeatherFord OK, accum miles 1490

We drove over to San Rosa and find another KFC & LJS together and stopped by for lunch, this time cost $15.00. We also get some gas after we ate for $2.29 gal and kept on driving, we saw the snow on the road side. Then we passed the city of Amarillo, TX. Then we drove to Weatherford to get gas again, gas was low there, cost $2.18 gal. By the time we were in El Reno, Tom missed the exit. We had to drive past El Reno downtown and reverse our driving direction for a few mile, then we got back to highway 40. Then we exited to the correct place we saw a Arby's store and had dinner there, they had a good deal, pick 5 items for only $5.89, so only cost us $10.00. Then we kept on driving until we reached the Stillwater and stop by Motel 6 ($39.99 a night). Tom took a drive by himself to Ok State University. We were in the motel and waiting for him. Me and Lawrence were playing Monopoly game in computer. Tom took a hot shower and went to sleep and we were keep on playing and stayed up very late before we all went to bed.

The ponds and the library.


The was the Student Union where the cafeteria located.


This was the path I walked to classes everyday between 1981 and 1984.


Stout Hall - The first dormitory I stayed at OSU.


Bennette Hall - This was the second dormitory I stayed at OSU.


This is Washington St. where young college students get drunk on the weekends.