This is a place that I only saw by rail and I really would like to come back to, to explore.
On our trip through the Appalachian Mountains on the Capitol Limited, we crossed over several states, as we wound our way through the area that the Potomac River flows in. One of the states that I had never been to, was West Virginia. We only spent a few hours in it, and the entire time we were within a mile or so of its border with Maryland, but what we saw was stunning. This area is known as being the real jewel in the crown of the state...Harpers Ferry. It is where the Shenandoah River meets up with the Potomac and where 3 states come together...Virginia, West Virginia and Maryland.
This is a bikeway and hiking trail that follows some of the old C and O Canal. This bridge is an old rail bridge that is now used to get between the town of Harpers Ferry and the Canal tow path and as you can see, it is quite busy. The Appalachian Trail is right down the road a piece.
The river running under it is just totally brown, from all the flooding going on at the time.
Here's another view of Harpers Ferry, to give you a taste of the town itself.
Doesn't it still carry the look of the 1700's? Thomas Jefferson said it was the most beautiful place he had ever seen. Being he spent time in France, that says something.
I can definitely see what he was referring to. :-)
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