"The Tavern"

Great Falls National Park in Maryland... It's raining like mad here today, but I'm holding out hope that it might nearly be over. I may head to Great Falls today and see if the river is bubbling over because of the rain...

 

From the signage:

Life was very different around the Great Falls Tavern during the canal era. The building before you began as a small lockhouse and was added onto twice until it became what you see today. The area around the tavern bustled with a community of over 100 people, including a post office. Passenger boats left here taking tourists on a leisurely overnight trip to Harpers Ferry, 50 miles up canal. After the great flood of 1880 the Great Falls Tavern became a private club until the National Park Service acquired it in 1938.

 

 

(2006_0623_D200_5673) D200 w/ tripod and 80-400mm @ 80mm...

Done