Richmond's Belle Isle and Beautiful Maymont Estate

 Richmond's Belle Isle and Beautiful Maymont Estate

At last, we arrived in Richmond and were hugging Brennan and Hannah and granddog, Olive, hello. We didn’t have anything special planned, but it really didn’t matter. Just seeing them and spending a few days with them in their new home was food for the soul.

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Harpers Ferry and A Walk on the Appalachian Trail

 Harpers Ferry and A Walk on the Appalachian Trail

We’d visited the Harper’s Ferry National Historic Park a few years ago, but we thought we’d return and since the midpoint of the Appalachian Trail runs through this town, it might be an opportunity to suss it out. We had a plan.

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Hex Signs and Covered Bridges

Hex Signs and Covered Bridges

On our recent drive through Pennsylvania, I happened to pick up a brochure highlighting barn stars and hex signs. We thought we’d take a short self-guided tour to find some of them. We found some covered bridges along our route, too. Take a look.

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