Destination: Scary Saturday in Gettysburg

After Friday's excitement we awoke Saturday morning to a really good breakfast out in the garden of the Farnsworth House. I had yogurt with raisins, granola and whipped cream, yum. Hubby Bob and I were helping Seven Mountains Wine Cellars from 12 to 2 p.m. at the Gettysburg Wine and Music Festival.  We were looking forward to our first turns behind the tasting bar.

Breakfast garden at the Farnsworth House

All was going well and sales were brisk.  It was fun to talk to all the people as they came to taste wine. It was almost time for our shift to end when a storm blew in quickly. It was forecast to stay away until evening, but I guess it wanted in on all the fun.

At first it was just a light rain, but very quickly turned into driving rain with strong winds.  The tent we were using threatened to blow away.  Those of us working grabbed onto it at each pole to keep it from collapsing.  Once we did that, we were in it for the duration.  Thank God Scott the winemaker told Gina to unzip the canvas on the side or we would have all blown away!  Mary Ann (Scott's wife) and I were holding down a corner post when the wind really picked up and unhooked the ceiling joint from the post.  We were both too short to hook it together AND hang on so the thing didn't launch into the air.  Lucky for us a strong man who had been tasting earlier came out of nowhere and took over for us.

Wine festival after the storm...

Finally the wind subsided and the rain slowed down. Scott shook his fist and shouted, we beat you! To celebrate we went to dinner at a local ale house. Then we decided to take a look at the battlefied......in the dark. Our friend Todd told us battlefield stories at Spangler's Spring and Culp's Hill. Mary Ann and I were both thankful we had not become Gettysburg ghosts during the storm!

 Spangler's Spring on the battlefield...at night

Check out what happened back at the Farnsworth House when we got back from the battlefield!

Destinations: I Survived the Farnsworth House!

If you read my last post, you know I was more than a little apprehensive about staying in the haunted Farnsworth House in Gettysburg.  Well I'm back and I survived. Here's the weekend rundown.

We headed to Gettysburg on Friday after work. We picked up Mary Ann at Seven Mountains Winery. We got into town about 7:30 p.m. As soon as we hit the square we saw our gang walking down the street.  They directed us to the B and B. We parked the car and headed for dinner. We had 8:30 reservations at the tavern on the square. The food was great (I had a pretzel bread sandwich) and the glass of white wine I had was a perfect way to end my day.

Jeremy's chairs at the bottom of the photo

We decided to do a "ghost hunt" after dinner. It wasn't a ghost walk, you got a bag with ghost hunting tools in it. Things like an energy meter, a voice recorder and a devining rod (that was to ask the spirits yes or no questions and they would make the rods cross for "yes".) After some direction, Jim, the tour leader, took us across the street to where one of the biggest battles of Gettsyburg occured. We were then set loose to hunt for ghosts.  I didn't really find any, although it was fun to play with all the gadgets. Every now and then the energy meters would go into the red. It was too dark to figure out the voice recorders.  My hubby thought it was a giant waste of money and time. I thought it was kind of a hoot, but not in a scary way.

Custer's "Be quick" note at the bottom left.

We were in the "Custer Room".  I got a giant kick out of the framed original note sent by Custer during his last stand to reinforcement troops. All it said was, "Be quick". Guess that didn't work out so well! There were also little chairs in our room for Jeremy, the 3 year old ghost who supposedly haunts the Farnsworth House. I took some pictures around our room to see if anything weird would show up. I was so tired  that I went right to sleep. I woke up at 5:30 a.m...more on that later. Another couple in our group of 18 reported that they had a swinging chandelier and darting lights on their ceiling. They were a little spooked..oooooh.

Is that a ghost blob above the plate??

 

 

The really scary things happened at the wine festival on Saturday. Check back tomorrow for more creepiness....

Destinations: Gettysburg Wine Festival and Spooky Ghosts!

Heading out this weekend to help our friends from Seven Mountains Wine Cellars work the Gettysburg Wine Festival. When I said OK to helping I didn't know it, but Maryann from SMWC booked all of our rooms at the Farnsworth House. This bed and breakfast is supposed to be one of the most haunted places in Gettysburg.  I have to say that I'm a little bit nervous about staying there.  I have purposely ingnored any online ghost stories about the place so I'm not scared out of my wits before I even get there.  I'll be tweeting my trip if you would like to follow along @Adair62