Wednesday August 6. We drove to the Harpers Ferry Visitor Center, took a shuttle to Lower Town, and hiked the Maryland Heights Trail.

We returned to Lower Town and walked around.

We checked into a local Quality Inn.

Thursday August 7. We went to River & Trail Outfitters to go tubing.

Next we went to Wheatland Spring Farm + Brewery.

We returned to the Quality Inn.

Friday August 8. We drove upwards of 4 hours to the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum and got a tour.

Next we went to Stumptown Ales.

Then we visited Short Story Brewing.

After that we drove into Pennsylvania and checked into the Wingate by Wyndham Uniontown.

Saturday August 9. We drove up to Melissa's uncle John's house near Pittsburgh. We hung out for a while, then she went to her mom's while John and I went to some local beer places. First we went to House of 1000 Beers, a beer bar with 36 taps and (supposedly) about a thousand bottles and cans.

Less than a mile away is Voodoo Brewery's New Kensington location.

A stone's throw away is Strange Roots Experimental Ales.

We then went to Melissa's mom's to celebrate her 80^th birthday.

Then Melissa, John, and I went to his house.

Sunday August 10. We met several of Melissa's family members at the Grand Concourse for their Sunday brunch buffet.

We drove back to Maryland and stopped at Thick-n-Thin Brewing.

Then we went to RAK Brewing.

Then we returned home.