We Always Manage to Receive What We Wish to Avoid

Or, Be Careful What You Ask For...

I spent a week one July vacationing in the mountains of northern Virginia with my two sons, Joshua and Jason.

On Tuesday of that week, we made a three-hour drive to Gettysburg. I had wanted to tour the Civil War battlefield since I was a boy, and my sons also expressed an interest in going. As anyone familiar with battlefields will note, it is ideal to v…