1. Ice cream in our favorite courtyard.
2. Throwing rocks in the water.
3. Watching trains! We were at Harpers Ferry for about four hours, and we saw FIFTEEN trains. That's a new record. There are two tracks in Harpers Ferry: one that goes by the station and one that goes along a trestle. We ran halfway across the town to watch the train go across the trestle because that is a rare sight. Lots of trains makes for happy children.
We also did a few things that we haven't done before.
1. We finally hiked up to the cemetery. The boys were tired after all those stairs.
2. We checked out the ruins of St. John's Episcopal Church. The church was built in 1852 and was used as a barracks and a hospital during the Civil War, where it sustained heavy damage. It was rebuilt, but later abandoned when a new Episcopal Church opened in 1895.
3. We explored a little beach and the surrounding cliffs on Virginius Island.
It was a beautiful day.
P.S. So many more visits to Harpers Ferry: here, here, here, here, and here
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