This is the first of periodic “photo safaris” of places the Blog has visited! I hope you enjoy this vicarious visit to Gettysburg and Adams County, PA!
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| An historic car show at one of the annuaal Apple Harvest Festivals. |
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| The backyard of the Shriver House Museum. |
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| Many Gettysburg houses still bear the scars of the famous Civil War battle! |
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| Biking or driving through the battlefields offer lovely vistas. |
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| Photographed while biking through the battlefields. |
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| Sachs Covered Bridge is both beautiful and eerie at sunset in the winter. |
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| Halbrendts Winery collaborates with Paint.Local.Social to offer plein air panting to everyone, regardless of talent (even I did it!). This lovely vine-covered slope at the winery is one of the subjects of the plein air painting events. |
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| Sachs Covered Bridge is lovely anytime of the day or year! |
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| Ike Eisenhower raised Angus cattle on his farm in Gettysburg, and was partly responsible for raising the popularity of Angus beef. |
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| Travel the highways and byways of Adams County, and you may run across an elephant statue! |
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| Lovely bearded iris lurk in many Adams County yards! |
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| Adams County, PA is known as the Apple Capital of the World! |
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| A view of South Mountain from the Eisenhower Farm. |
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Come for the battlefields, but definitely stay for dinner! Tasty fennel and broccolini pizza
can be found at Food101 in downtown Gettysburg! |
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| Tempting fresh fruit and vegetables await you at the farmers market on Lincoln square each Friday and Saturday! |
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| A flight of hard cider at Hauzers Estate Winery and Cidery. |
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| It’s easy to spend an hour checking out all the goodies at Hollabaugh Orchard farmers market! |
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| Mason Dixon Distillery offers a different kind of spirits in downtown Gettysburg! |
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The round barn is one of the prettiest barns in Adams County, and is being preserved both as a wedding venue
and as the aptly named Round Barn Market. |
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| An old air pump still hangs on the side of a barn. |
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Downtown Gettysburg is filled with cool shops,
boutiques, and great places to grab a cup of joe. |
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Gettysburg and Adams County is filled with lovely bed & breakfast inns that are both picturesque and comfortable.
Bonus: some are even haunted (but not the one pictured above!). |
For other day trip destinations in and around Adams County, go to the Blog’s Find a Great Place to Day Trip or click on the Gettysburg or Destination Gettysburg label below.
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