Thing 84

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84. Visit Appomattox

On my way home from the Blue Ridge Mountains yesterday, I planned my route to swing my through Appomattox so I could cross this off my list too. I've been wanting to visit Appomattox for years to see where the civil war "ended" in my state.

I would have had more time to spend there if I hadn't run into SO MANY snarfs along the way that I had to stop for. At the end of the day, I passed a trail that had 4 snarfs along it, but the park closed at 5 and it was 4:48pm. So I had to pass those by. Still, I saw everything in the "village" including the building where the surrender took place. The ranger on duty showed me and a few othe visitors who were there the opposite directions Grand and Lee walked from when approaching the house to meet. It was neat standing on the porch and imagining that happening.

Lots of the buildings were gone, but a map showed us where they once stood. And the buildings that were still there had a lot of dressing that was interesting to explore. Definitely a nice place to visit. I wish I'd had time to watch one of the orientation videos, but I managed to see all the buildings before the park closed, so I'm satisfied with my trip.

Comments

[smokeycat-430.livejournal.com]

That is so neat that you finally got to go to Appomattox! I saw the chairs Grant and Lee sat in during the surrender when I went to the Smithsonian a couple years ago. Sounds like your trip there was kinda like my trip to Valley Forge, when we got there close to closing and had to rush through because we didn't have time to come back another time during our trip. I don't think there is too much to see there, though, just fields and woods as far as I could see. But Appomattox is someplace I would really like to visit someday.