Valley Forge

Next on our weekend trip, we made a quick visit to Valley Forge. Frankly, the scenery is pleasant, but there's not much to see. Though the legend of this area is greater than the reality, it is still compelling to contemplate spending a miserable and dangerous winter here, while waiting for the springtime battles to come.

The monumental arch commemorating the soldiers of the Revolutionary War who wintered at Valley Forge. And here's the farmhouse used by Washington as his headquarters, with a troop of boy scouts lined up to visit. (The scouts were camping overnight in the valley - a little too much realism for my tastes.)