dukemat wrote:
We were told that the 150th was a horror show..............very crowded. Wait in line to have breakfast, then after you eat.........get in line for lunch.
Actually, we didn't find it to be too bad. We had a little trouble finding parking on the 2nd, and there were a lot of people, but by 6:30 PM when we left the park traffic wasn't a problem.
At the reenactment from the 4th through the 7th, we had a little trouble getting parked on the 4th, but not much trouble after that until the last day, when we sat in a field without moving for 2 1/2 hours, until they opened up another road. I think the problem then was that a lot of the reenactors were leaving at the same time, and I think the traffic control folks gave them precedence, though I don't know for sure.
We did commute back and forth from Baltimore, which may have helped with breakfast and supper.
I thought the water they were selling at the reenactment for $3 for a 20 oz bottle was high, but you could bring your own water and nobody minded.