Take me home, country road

A little John Denver, anyone?
After hiking a couple of miles at Bull Run Battlefield in Manassas, the gorgeous weather lured us to yet another excursion. On a whim, we drove over the state line to West Virginia. And yes, Dave and I sang John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads"....how could we resist? We set our sights, and our GPS, for Harper's Ferry. Many of us remember that is the sight of the John Brown raid in protest of slavery (a spark for the Civil War) but so much more took place in this town at a crossroads (see link to the left). Some highlights for us included walking our first steps on part of the Appalachian Trail, standing on Jefferson rock, taking in the beautiful surroundings, and walking over 200 steps to the "top" of the town. Though it was a spontaneous trip, we quickly realized how significant Harper's Ferry is to our country's history. Jefferson sat on "his" rock and wrote about the beauty of this location. Meriwether Lewis worked and stocked up on supplies there before his meeting up with Clark to head west. The steps we climbed were carved out of the cliffs by the townspeople in the 1820s! The town changed hands 8 times during the Civil War. That just scratches the surface of this town's history. We are hoping we can go back in the late spring or fall to experience even more of West Virginia's beauty and history.