Shiloh National Military Park
Fall Color in the National Cemetery
The boys at Bloody Pond
The Boys at the Peach Orchard
The Corinth Grand Illumination
For my birthday this year, I packed up the boys and we traveled to Shiloh National Military Park in Tennessee. Greg was swamped with homework, so I knew that if I stayed home it would've been a very boring birthday. I haven't been to Shiloh in ten years, so it was great to get back. It's one of my favorite battlefields. We arrived late in the day on the 6th. We went into the visitors center and the book store, walked around the National cemetery, then just did a non-stop drive through of the park. It was getting dark, and we saw herds of deer everywhere. The fall colors were just about past their peak, but we did see a few nice splashes here and there. It was pitch black by the time we finished the drive through, so we headed to our hotel in Savannah. The next morning we were back to do the auto tour right. We stayed until late afternoon, then drove down to Corinth, Mississippi for the Historic Corinth Grand Illumination. They have a brand new Civil War Interpretive Center in Corinth and they remember the battle of Corinth by lighting 12,000 candles across the grounds and into downtown. It was a sight to see. Justin wants to be a volunteer to help light candles next year. They also had a civil war camp display as well as two camels in representation of Old Douglas, a camel that was actually at the Battle of Corinth. Matthew loved seeing the camels, and they were so friendly. Justin and Jacob were a little shy, but they both did pet them. Once we took in the lights we headed back to Savannah. Sunday morning we started back for home. It was a short trip, but it was so nice. The boys did really well, and I was so happy to get back to Tennessee. It's such a beautiful state. I have more pictures on Facebook as well as my flickr site: http://www.flickr.com/photos/27822997@N02/
