Sunday Stroll

{Photo I took at the Sunken Road. I wanted to capture this Fall evening as the sun was setting through the trees.}

The girls woke up from their naps/quiet times after church and we had some time to kill before the Birthday festivities began so we thought it would be fun to drive to downtown Fredericksburg and take a walk. We've lived here for almost two years now and still haven't seen a whole lot in the area so we had a good time. Most of downtown Fredericksburg is filled with shops and restaurants and since we don't shop on Sundays, this got a little boring a few minutes into our walk. So we hoped back into the car and drove down the road to the Fredericksburg Battlefield Visitors Center. Of course it was closed but they have a path for a walking tour so we just read the signs along the way. This particular place was called the Sunken Road. It's just amazing how much Civil War history there is around here. To actually be standing on a piece of land that was once filled, some 150 odd years ago, with troops fighting one another; many lives lost. There are many places in this world that are very influential to us today. I'm glad we get to visit these sights and learn more about our country and the brave soldiers that fought for us.

The girls had a lot of fun walking, sometimes running, up ahead of us playing with the leaves, stepping on rotten walnuts that had fallen from the trees above and watching the squirrels chase each other in the grassy field next to the Sunken Road. Of course this road today doesn't look much like it did as it did back then but if you look here in these photos, you can see that they still resemble the same spot. The wall, I believe for the most part, has been reconstructed but still stands where it once did during the battle. I feel saddened to say that I didn't even know of this place before we pulled up and discovered it this Sunday afternoon. But I'm really glad we were able to stop here with the girls, just minutes from our home, to see this place and learn more about what took place during the war.

{I really like how this photo of Jocelyn turned out. It almost looks like she's floating in the air - like her surroundings are blurred only capturing her little body running towards her sister.}