There was definitely a chill in the air in the morning, so we cranked up the fireplace to warm up the living room. The kids were whiny and cranky - no more staying up late to watch the Turtle Man! The kids and I were slow to get started, but eventually did school work, wrote some postcards, worked on Jr. Ranger books, and made zucchini bread in our tiny little oven. We already had the batter made when I realized that I only have one loaf pan in the camper, so we had to bake one loaf, wait for it to cool, pop it out, and repeat. It came out really yummy, though!
Once the morning rain let up, the kiddos and I took a walk around the campground. It pretty much emptied out by Sunday afternoon, so we have most of the place to ourselves. We checked out the trenches from the Civil War that run through the campground, browsed at the camp store, the kids played life-size chess, and we played on the playground.
In the afternoon, we did some research on some birds and trees that we had seen on our hike the day before and squeezed in some more school work. Once Don was done with work, we headed out for a drive to Charles Town, which was founded by George Washington's brother. There were many beautiful old buildings, but there wasn't much "quaintness" going on. We did stop at the Zion Episcopal Cemetery to see the gravestones of Washington's family and soldiers from the Revolutionary and Civil Wars. I took photos on my phone, but said phone has been having seizures lately and I can't access them now. We drove by the courthouse where John Brown was tried and the house where he was subsequently hanged. Definitely a cheery theme for the evening! We headed back through Bolivar Heights, which turned out to be a back way into Lower Town in Harper's Ferry National Park. Again, we saw deer everywhere on the way back to the camper.
We had a quick steak dinner while watching "Despicable Me" and enjoyed the peace and quiet of a mostly empty campground.
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