Sorry for the Delay!

July 5, 2007

I have been slacking this year! There is never enough time I guess. My wife is having twins in less that 8 weeks so things have been a little hectic over the last few months, needless to say!

I have given tons of tours since I last wrote. The Ghost Train rides have been a lot of fun this season. The Train departs every Friday night at 7:00 and I'll be on there again on July 20th.

I have been on all sorts of walking tours over the last few months. We survived group season, where even the notorious E.T. Richardson from Springfield PA, which most of us were not looking forward to, came along and we had a great time. That group was one of the best groups we had all spring. We met groups from all over, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Massachusettes, Ohio, Wisconsin, just to name a few.

I took over managing the tour office this year so I have not been out on a lot of regular tours lately, but every once in a while we get over run and I have to put my uniform on and hit the streets. Last Saturday I had to guide the late Baltimore St tour. That was a nice group of people from Chicago, Michigan, and a family from my neck of the woods in Connecticut The temperature was nice and these people laughed at all of my jokes, all of them. I should have marked that down somewhere. I also gave a Carlisle St tour which heads up to Gettysburg College. I forgot how long of a tour that one is. I got it finished in an hour and 45 and incorporated the Eisenhowers into the tour pretty well. I started by mentioning them going to the Majestic Theater, then Ike's ties to the College and his office, and finally the house that they lived in in 1918. It tied together fairly well.

I will do my best to stay on top of this blog. I would like to thank all of you that read this on occasion and for coming out and seeing us at the Ghosts of Gettysburg!

"RS"