Drove here from Brooklyn, New York yesterday. Although I loved NYC and I’m very glad that I spent the time I did, it’s a crazy, busy and at time overwhelming place. Kinda like going to Vegas – Great when you get there, great to be there, but you can take only some much before it’s time to leave. The best part about not being in NYC anymore? Parking in a hotel parking lot near the main entrance, instead of at a valet-only parking garage a block away.

Today, I’ll visit the Antietam Civil War battlefield in Sharpsburg, Maryland and then, time permitting, the Harpers Ferry historic site in Harpers Ferrty West Virginia.