Antietam National Battlefield

Andy and I headed over to Antietam for a Saturday.  Not much to see as you might at Gettysburg, but we still got a nice view of the surrounding area.  

 

The Bloody Lane

Burnside Bridge

Homemade Asian Dinner

To make an Asian dinner at home, this is what you will need.    Bean sprouts first. 

 

Pea leaves



Rice ready to go in the rice cooker.

A new cook and some gross shrimp she will have to dehead and skin. 

Ginger, garlic, green onion, and lime

Soy Sauce, Chinese cooking wine, and vegetable oil

Salmon

And the expert cook

First, you have to cook the salmon in some oil and wine with a little ginger for taste. 

Make sure to get the rice cooker going.

The salmon will have to be turned half way through cooking.

When it is golden, it's ready to eat....it's so good.  I'm not kidding.  I love this stuff. 

The shrimp you cook up pretty much the same way, minus a few steps. 

Then you toss the shrimp with the pea leaves. 

Cook up the bean sprouts with green onion.

 

And you have a meal.

 

Put a little bit of everything into your rice dish.

 And eat. 

Gettysburg

One Saturday we decided to head over to Gettysburg.  The museum is completely new.  

 

One of the things they have there to see a movie followed by a panorama presentation.  It is this big circular painting with a narration of the battle.  Very cool to watch if you can actually get to the railing. 

After the movie, we were able to take a look through the museum.  Truthfully, I like the old museum better.   

This is the new building at Gettysburg.  Very pretty and nicely done.

I of course had to get my picture with Little Round Top in the distance. 

We decided to climb a big observation tower and the view was more than worth it. 

Washington at night

We decided to go down to Washington one night and see the Washington Monument with all the construction lights up.  They are working on earthquake repairs from the other year.  All the scaffolding is up from the base to the top.  They have put lights on every level.  Actually, very pretty. 

 

 
Of course, we had to stop by the Lincoln Memorial at night.  Andy had never been there before.  So, we had to take the chance.