At Harper's Ferry

We spent the night at a wonderful B&B last night and tonight's B&B is smaller but has awesome views.

We spent the day at historic Harper's Ferry. It is the sight of John Brown's raid to take over the Army Arsenal in hopes to arm the slaves and free all slaves with a revolt. As you may know from history - it didn't work. He was captured and hanged in nearby Charles Town. Harper's Ferry has been restored to a historic village with displays in each building. It was very interesting! The weather was very rainy all day which made the village not very crowded except for the 2 bus loads of 6th grade students who were on a field trip! Just so you know - 6th graders are very loud in small buildings!

After touring Harper's Ferry we felt our options were limited due to the weather but I told Kent I could think of something to do when the weather was rainy -- go to a quilt shop!! We drove about 20 miles to a tiny little shop that was closing in 8 days. Their prices were great - fabric $4 a yard and fat quarters for $1.25 but selection was very poor. The next closest shop was about another 20 miles away and I couldn't convince Kent that we should drive that much further. I am still looking for a wonderful cache of civil war era fabric. So far, not much luck!

Tomorrow it is off to Alexandria to the slave auction house and hopefully better fabric hunting.