Tuesday September 26th we hiked at Howell Woods & visited the Bentonville Battlefield State
Historic Site.
Howell Woods is operated by Johnston Community College and has more than 2,800 acres of land. We saw zero birds this morning. The mosquitos were
horrendous. It was like they hadn’t eaten for days and we were their personal
all you can eat buffet. We sprayed and used wipes and still they persisted.
They were the worst on the Leopold trail and were a bit better out in the open,
but not much. We hardly even heard any birds and there weren’t even vultures or
crows flying overhead.
Visitor's Center
Please don't feed the ticks......haha
one of the trails
another trail
not sure why they wasted wood building this short lookout
never seen a grey one before....
another trail
this one was slightly taller than the last one
Lone Pine Pond
there were a couple of cabins on the property
We stopped earlier than planned as there really was nothing
there. There was no cell service and we had to drive into town to get service
to find food. Not much in the small town so we grabbed burgers at Hardees.
Haven’t eaten there in YEARS.
We spent most of the afternoon visiting the Bentonville
Battlefield and doing the self-driving tour. We started at the Visitor’s Center where we
watched a 15 minute film on the history of the area. Then we checked out the
small museum. It is the site of the South’s last major offensive and the
largest Civil War battle in North Carolina. It was the only significant attempt to defeat the large Union army of Gen. William T. Sherman during its march through the Carolinas in the spring of 1865. There was an audio portion at each
stop that if we would have had cell service we could have listened to it at
each site. We had a brochure and the signs were very informative.
Not much to photograph except the signs that explain the areas we visited. If you want to zoom in on the photos they are on my web albums. I won't include those photos on here.
Harper House - Union Hospital
In Memory of the North Carolina Soldiers who fought & died during the Battle of Bentonville
In Memory of Union Soldiers of the 14th, 15th 17th and 20th Corps who served during the Battle of Bentonville
Texas remembers those who served at Bentonville
Tombs of the Unknown Soldiers
12-Pounder Napoleon
trenches
cotton field
U.S. 3-inch Wrought Iron Field Rifle Model 1861 (3-inch Ordnance Rifle)
soy beans
The Civil War Trail was interesting, but the morning birding not so much....
Tomorrow, we leave North Carolina and head to Suffolk, Virginia.
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