Harper's Ferry, WV, is a beautiful town. Full of history and cool old architecture. It is considered the "psychological halfway point" of the trail and is home to the Appalachian Trail Conference. We stayed at the historic Hilltop House Hotel, which was grand in its day - it even was mentioned in a Carl Sandburg poem from one of his visits. Alas, the plaster is cracking, the paint is peeling, and the whole building is kind of shifting under its own weight, but still it remains a presence - a picture from the past as it sits on its bluff overlooking the confluence of the Patomac and Shennandoah rivers.
