Sunday was a traveling day. We left Cooper's Rock SF and headed East through the mountains with the plan of exploring Harpers Ferry and area. We made camp at Bear Creek campground, which is a new campground only two years old. It is just out of Hedgesville West Virginia in a beautiful area and an extrememly nice owner, Steve. Lora immediately fell in love with the wildflowers.
After setting up camp and eating lunch, we headed over to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal NHP Cushwa Basin. We looked at the historic buildings and walked along the canal. From there we headed over to the Antietam Battlefield in time to pick up my America the Beautiful Pass just before the visitor center closed. We explored the battlefield. Time for a good evenings rest.
Monday we were off to Harpers Ferry. We rode a bus from the Visitor Center to Lower Town. We toured all the historical buildings, hiked up to St. Peter's Catholic Church, on further to Jefferson Rock, on further to the Mansion, then circled around back to town.
We talked to a guy at the Magpie Pottery while working at the wheel. He told us a ghost story of Jennifer, girl is a daughter of one of the first families in Harpers Ferry, whose picture is in the train station. She has been haunting his store for years and a psychic told him about her.
We hiked across the bridge to Maryland where we hiked to an overlook of Harper Ferry on the Maryland Heights trail. It is a very steep trail and we earned an icecream from town for hiking up there.
Another great day of fun!
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