Harpers Ferry

Yesterday we drove to Harpers Ferry. It's about an hour from DC and sits across the Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia borders on the banks of the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers. The town is best known for John Brown storming an Armory which was seen as a key event in the start of the American Civil War.

We parked at the visitor's center and shuttle buses take visitors down to the town. We walked up to the Jefferson's Rock first, which was named after Thomas Jefferson who visited and said the view from that point was 'one of the most stupendous scenes in nature'.


It was pretty impressive and worth the climb up the hill in 30 degree heat!


We stopped for frozen custard when we got back down to the bottom then walked through the town along to the river. We crossed the footbridge over the Potomac River and walked along the Shenandoah River. There was loads of people kayaking and rafting down the river, it looked like so much fun I really want to come back and try it.