September 14, 2021 Valley Forge, PA

We settled in to the KOA outside Philadelphia so we could make day trips to visit places in the area. We try to find a spot that allows us to be centrally located and then we can take the jeep to explore. Our campground was not all that close to any spot we visited but it was centrally located to many. One more comment about the campground. It was really nice but we visited about a week after the destruction of Hurricane Ida hit this region. Widespread flooding had literally washed out a bridge a block from our campground and the standing water left in its wake had become a breeding ground for mosquitoes. We had to hide in our RV to avoid being eaten alive. This was by far the worst spot for mosquitoes of our entire trip.

Our first day trip was to see the site of Washington’s encampment at Valley Forge. There is a brand new visitor center here but the exhibits are still being installed. This is a site the offers a wonderful driving tour around the area that housed the encampment. This is one site where. No one died in battle.

Throughout the driving tour there are stops where you can get out and tour the various encampments. Monuments have been erected to show which states militia were camped where.

At stop “2” there were examples of the quarters built to house the men. It was also where I learned about a “redoubt” a French invention whereby a fort is built and fortified with various rings where soldiers can retreat behind rings should the need to retreat arise.