Harper's Ferry 2012

On New Years Eve, Tom mentioned that it was going to be a beautiful day on the 1st and suggested we go to Harper's Ferry.  Well I had never been there and it sounded like a great way to spend the day.  It was a beautiful drive and only about an hour away.  In the picture, Tom and I are standing in the ruins of a church.  The stone work was quite amazing.

 On a wall in town they had these interesting 'rock sculptures.'  I just thought they were kind of cool.

There was a very picturesque church on top of the hill.  Harper's Ferry is very hilly and the buildings were kind of tiered.  I found that very charming and interesting.  Many of the buildings had pine bough garlands and wreaths still up for the holidays.  Really very charming. 

There weren't many people out and about.  Just before we got there it started raining, but it stopped when we got there.  It was a lot colder there than in Herndon.  The sun came out a little later and it was really nice and warm.  Tom and I just wandered around.  Many things were closed, but some shops were open and we even got to walk on the Appalachian Trail.  It goes right through the town.

 Above is a close up of the church and this picture is a view from the church.  Harper's Ferry is kind of in this little hill range with a river running through it.  Evidently it's part of the C & O canal.

This is Jefferson's rock.  Evidently Thomas Jefferson stood here and said something profound.  There is tons of graffiti carved into the rock.  It's kind of sad, but it also looks like of cool.

This is a view from the rock.  Really quite beautiful.  I would like to go back when it's green as I'm sure it looks quite different.

We left just before it started raining again.  We had gone into a few shops and had some HOT chocolate.  It was just a very pleasant low key day--wonderful!