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Harpers Ferry In Ten Pictures

Luckily for us Harpers Ferry was still in the thralls of excellent fall foliage when we visited on Veteran’s Day Weekend.
Here is the required selfie of my weekend away. You might ask yourself, what age does one want to stop posing for selfies. For me, that age is 44. This is probably as nice as I am going to look moving forward from now.
Creepy vine laden tree growing right across the path from the remaining foundation of an Episcopal Church that didn’t make it through the Civil War. This tree and the church’s foundation are just up the hill from a Catholic Church that did make it through the war. The Catholic Church’s secret to making it through the war you might ask? Well, the priest always asked to borrow the Union Jack flag belonging Episcopal Church’s priest when there was news of possible unrest in the area. Everybody wants the Brits on their side, I guess. A little story we learned on our ghost tour.
Moving up the path, away from the center of lower Harpers Ferry, we saw this beautiful rock perched on supports. It is called Jefferson Rock after Thomas Jefferson.
The view looking toward the lower town taken from Jefferson Rock.
A picture taken from the piazza in front of St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Harpers Ferry.
Another picture from the piazza in front of St. Peter’s that shows the streets below the piazza and church.
My sister Liz on a street corner in Harpers Ferry.
On Sunday, we took a 4.8 mile hike on a trail called Maryland Heights. We went to the overlook in this picture. Behind my sister Liz you can see the town of Harpers Ferry below. Then we followed the Stone Fort trail for another several miles. It was a pretty steep hike. We gained approximately 1,500 feet. Check out its stats!

In summation, we had a very nice weekend in ol’ West Virginie!

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One Reply to “Harpers Ferry In Ten Pictures”

  1. Lovely pictures! In regards to the two churches, did you mean the Civil War, or the Revolutionary War?

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