Virginia Trip 2021 | Day 4 | PA to WV | Ohiopyle State Park | Mt. Davis | Flight 93 National Memorial | Spruce Knob Lake We started off day 4 of our trip with a short early morning hike to see Cucumber Falls in Ohiopyle State Park. The lot was empty when we arrived, and we made our way… Read More
DC to MI / Backbone Mountain & Campbell Hill
DC & Midwest Trip | August 2019 | Day 5 On Friday, August 9, we rose early and checked out of our hotel at 5am. We walked to the nearest metro station and rode to DCA. We picked up a rental car and began our journey West. I can honestly say we’ve been planning this trip for 2 years now,… Read More
C&O Canal National Historic Park
Mason-Dixon Line Road Trip, Part 4 • March 19, 2017 • C&O Canal National Historic Park, Fort Frederick State Park, and Berkeley Springs, WV • Written by Jess & Curtis After a very full day of history and hiking the day before, we woke up to a colder and overcast day, and decided to take it easy. Our original plan was to spend… Read More
Harpers Ferry National Historic Park
Road Trip to the Mason-Dixon Line, Part 3 • March 18, 2017 • Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, the Maryland Heights Trail, and Washington Monument State Park After our visit to Antietam, we drove about 20 minutes South to our next historic site, Harpers Ferry. We crossed the Potomac River into Virginia briefly then into West Virginia, and got a little too… Read More
Antietam National Battlefield
Road Trip to the Mason-Dixon Line, Part 2 • March 18, 2017 • Antietam National Battlefield In the year 2000, my parents took my siblings and I on essentially a 2-week long “field trip” to the East Coast. I think that was our first major road trip as a family, and it was about as eventful and memorable as any vacation can… Read More