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Maryland, West Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina For details and travel tales of the entire road trip, see my blog at www.ElainesTravels.com

587 - Frederick, Maryland had a cool vibe. We enjoyed our stay here very much.

587 - Frederick

590 - The artwork on the bridge was amazing. This photo and the following two pictures explain the concept and process of painting the bridge.

590 - The artwo

594 - This is NOT stone bridge; however, this painted mural makes it appear as if it is stone.

594 - This is N

602 - The focal point of Frederick is the river, and this is another one of the three bridges crossing the river that were quite unique.

602 - The focal

615 - This is actually a wall mural! It was painted on one of the downtown buildings in the historic area.

615 - This is a

629 - Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, was established in 1761 by Robert Harper.

629 - Harpers F

630 - Robert Harper was buried here.

630 - Robert Ha

632 - The Potomac River of Maryland, and the Shenandoah River of West Virginia meet near the bridge. This is the view from Jefferson Rock Overlook.

632 - The Potom

634 - We took an excellent walking tour with Creighton Waters of Harpers Ferry Historical National Park.

634 - We took a

638 - Harpers Ferry is also the halfway point of the Appalachian Trail.

647 - I trained at the community pool in Winchester one morning before seeing the sites.

647 - I trained

648 - Winchster, Virginia dates back to 1752.

648 - Winchster

660 - Shenandoa

661 - The view of Shenandoah Valley from Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park

662 - Luray Caverns

662 - Luray Cav

663 - Best known for its Great Stalacpipe Organ, created there by Leland Sprinkle in 1957, the Luray Caverns are incredibly beautiful.

663 - Best know

679 - An entry in Wikipedia describes the organ as, ��a lithophone made from solenoid fired strikers that tap stalactites of various sizes to produce tones similar to those of xylophones, tuning forks, or bells.�

680 - We had the opportunity to hear a hymn performed on this organ.

680 - We had th

681 - This is one of the strikers that produces just one note of the organ.

681 - This is o

682 - Scenes around Luray follow.

682 - Scenes ar

687 - Back on Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park and the Blue Ridge Mountains.

687 - Back on S

691 - Views fro

695 - We toured Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home in Charlottesville, Virginia.

695 - We toured

697 - Staunton, Virginia was described by Smithsonian as �one of the best small towns in America,� and Travel + Leisure says Staunton has �one of America�s greatest main streets.�

697 - Staunton,

698 - Founded in 1747, Staunton has one architectural advantage over most of other small towns in the Shenandoah Valley: it was unscathed in the Civl War, and many of its 18th and early 19th century homes and buildings still stand and are well preserved.

698 - Founded i

718 - Old Salem Museum & Gardens in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

718 - Old Salem

719 - The town dates back to 1766 when it was founded by the Moravians- a Protestant religious group that first organized in what is now known as the Czech Republic in the 15th Century.

721 - Old Salem has done an outstanding job restoring the historic buildings and presenting them as they would have been back in the late 1700�s and early 1800�s. This is Old Salem's oldest house, built in 1771.

721 - Old Salem

732 - This gentleman demonstrated how shoes were made in the early 1800�s.

732 - This gent

733 - This lady explained how sugar was processed. Sugar cane was brought in from the Caribbean, and the first pressing turned it into �sludge�. Molasses was the result of an additional pressing. The blue package shows how sugar was wrapped. The blue paper made the sugar appear more white. Chunks were broken off to place in tea. On the right, she is holding a dish of rock candy. The brown rock candy has brandy in it.

733 - This lady

737 - This organ dates back to 1798.

737 - This orga

739 - This historic inn, registered on the National Register of Historic Places, used to be the Salem Cotton Mill dating back to 1837. Fast-forward to 1984, and it opened as the Brookstown Inn. It was renovated again in 2013, so everything is quite nice. We enjoyed our stay here very much!

739 - This hist

741 - Columbia, South Carolina

741 - Columbia,

745 - Before le