Get Out of Town
Harpers Ferry, WV
Season 1 Episode 5 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Laurita and Lauren enjoy outdoor adventures and history in Harpers Ferry, WV.
Laurita and Lauren have a thrilling and tasty visit to Harper’s Ferry in West Virginia. From multiple tours of Harpers Ferry historical sites to rafting down the Shenandoah with River Riders, this destination is full of surprises. The hosts stay at the Clarion Inn and the Rockhaven B&B, get a bread-making lesson at Bolivar Bread and dine at Snallygasters Cafe and the White Horse Tavern.
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Get Out of Town
Harpers Ferry, WV
Season 1 Episode 5 | 28m 29sVideo has Closed Captions
Laurita and Lauren have a thrilling and tasty visit to Harper’s Ferry in West Virginia. From multiple tours of Harpers Ferry historical sites to rafting down the Shenandoah with River Riders, this destination is full of surprises. The hosts stay at the Clarion Inn and the Rockhaven B&B, get a bread-making lesson at Bolivar Bread and dine at Snallygasters Cafe and the White Horse Tavern.
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LAUREN: I'm so excited to get away.
LAURITA: Another adventure, girl.
LAUREN: Wow.
LAURITA: Awww, I love it.
LAUREN: My goodness.
LAURITA: Yeah.
(excited scream) I don't know if I can do it.
Woo!
VALET: Welcome.
LAUREN: Mmm.
LAURITA: Yay!
LAUREN: We're excited.
Very excited.
LAURITA: Whooo, let's do it!
LAURITA: Hi.
I'm Laurita.
LAUREN: And I am her daughter, Lauren.
LAURITA: We're from the DMV and we love to travel.
LAUREN: We definitely do.
LAURITA: One of the best things about living in the DC area is all the many places you can visit that are just a few hours away.
LAUREN: So many options and now we get to do them together.
LAURITA: Join us for a weekend of some very cool places to stay.
LAUREN: Delicious food.
LAURITA: And non-stop fun as we...
BOTH: Get out of town!
LAURITA: I'm so excited that we are on our way to Harpers Ferry in West Virginia today.
♪ LAUREN: West Virginia.
♪♪ LAURITA: And I know people think that West Virginia is far away from, like, the DMV but it's really not that bad.
♪ LAUREN: Mountain Mama.
♪♪ I know.
It's really close.
It's a lot closer than people think.
What, an hour?
LAURITA: A little, maybe a little bit more than an hour.
LAUREN: You've been here before, right?
LAURITA: Yeah, one time just for the day we decided to walk around and it's a cool spot.
You know, there's a lot of Black history too.
LAUREN: Yeah, talking to some family and friends and they said the same thing.
They said one of the first HBCUs was created here.
LAURITA: That is correct.
Well, what I'm excited about is whitewater rafting tomorrow which is something I've never done.
Have you?
LAUREN: No, I've never gone whitewater rafting before.
All right, mom.
You're on the AUX today.
LAURITA: Put it on for me.
♪ BOTH: We're perfect the way that we are ♪ ♪ Nothing ordinary bout the way I feel ♪ ♪ Nothing un-extraordinary this is real ♪ ♪ Don't need to reach for the stars ♪ ♪ Happy here on earth in our... ♪♪ LAURITA: Before we go all the way, there's this really cute little town that we're going to stop in and it's called Bolivar.
LAUREN: Bolivar.
Oliver.
Let's go!
CARRIE: There are two historic towns here.
You have Harpers Ferry which goes back to about 1730s and then you have this upper community which is called Bolivar which was named by Simon de Bolivar, a freedom fighter in South America.
DELORES: Bolivar & Harpers Ferry are two towns that interact very closely together.
We almost say it in one word.
Harpers Ferry-Bolivar.
You know, Bolivar-Harpers Ferry.
Bolivar has the population of people but Harpers Ferry has the historical part.
CARRIE: We're on a peninsula here.
We've got the Potomac on one side, the Shenandoah on the other and we are in the heart of Appalachia.
We get a huge group of Appalachian trail hikers through here.
When they reach Harpers Ferry and Bolivar, they are at what they call the emotional midway.
Once they get here, they know.
"Hey, I've come this far.
I might be able to do this."
DELORES: The weather does not stop people from walking the Appalachian Trail because any day it could be rain, snow, sleet.
People are still walking to learn the history of this particular place.
KATIE: Welcome to Bolivar Bread.
LAUREN: Hi, Katie.
KATIE: I understand we're making some baguettes today.
LAURITA: Speaking my love language.
LAUREN: All right.
KATIE: Yeah.
All right, ladies.
Come along back.
LAURITA: Smells great in here.
KATIE: Thank you.
Bolivar Bread is a bakery that focuses on handmade naturally leavened breads.
So, we're using locally milled flour.
Organically grown and it's milled for us right down the road in Berryville, Virginia.
It's important to us to, kind of, keep the economy in our community and especially, kind of, things that are more like a lost art like milling.
Keeping it alive.
LAURITA: Theo would be so impressed.
KATIE: Who's Theo?
LAURITA: Well, Theo's my son, her little brother and he's in culinary school right now.
KATIE: Really?
LAURITA: He makes his own bread from time to time.
KATIE: Today, we're actually going to be cooking it.
LAURITA: All right.
LAUREN: Maybe I can help him from now on.
KATIE: Yes.
Our secret ingredient that's going to leaven our bread is Jeffrey which is what we lovingly call our sourdough starter.
LAURITA: Oh.
Now, why is it called Jeffrey?
KATIE: This one is named Jeffrey because Jeffrey Hamelman is the man who I got it from and he started it 42 years ago.
LAURITA: Wow.
Could we take some home?
KATIE: Absolutely.
Yeah.
LAURITA: Well, that's great because Theo's birthday is coming up and so he's going to get Jeffrey for his birthday.
KATIE: Fun.
And this is where we get messy.
LAURITA: Okay.
Hey, girl.
We're doing it.
LAUREN: Yeah.
We are.
KATIE: Ready?
LAURITA: Yup.
KATIE: One, two, three... LAURITA: Hey, big baby.
KATIE: Yup.
A couple of love pats.
There you go.
LAURITA: Okay, girl.
KATIE: See?
You're hired.
I baked out of my home five loaves at a time in my home oven for eight months and when it became apparent that the need was so great that I couldn't keep up with what people were wanting to eat in our community, I tried to find a place that would allow me to use a commercial kitchen and the place was Snallygaster's.
It allowed me to grow and to deliver to more people.
It hammers home what kind of community in the sourdough culture.
It's a culture of people as well as a culture of yeast.
LAURITA: You know, it feels like we should end by breaking some bread together.
So, shall we?
KATIE: I would love to.
LAUREN: Let's do it.
KATIE: Which one would you like?
LAUREN: I want to do that "epi".
KATIE: Do the "epi"?
All right, guys.
LAURITA: All right.
LAUREN: You break a piece?
KATIE: Yes, we all break a piece off together.
LAURITA: Ready?
And yes.
KATIE: Nice.
LAURITA: So, cheers.
ALL: Cheers.
(crunch) LAUREN: Mmm.
LAURITA: So good.
KATIE: You guys make good bread.
LAURITA: Thank you.
KATIE: Good job.
LAUREN: Delicious.
LAURITA: You're a great teacher.
LAUREN: Right.
LAURITA: Lunchtime at Snallygaster's.
LAUREN: It's so cute.
CARRIE: Welcome to Snallygaster's.
So glad to have you.
LAUREN: Thank you for having us.
LAURITA: So glad to be here.
CARRIE: So, if you'll take a seat right here.
LAURITA: Sure.
CARRIE: Hey.
You guys were at Bolivar Bread.
LAUREN: We were.
Did our bread make it over?
CARRIE: It made it over.
We're going to bring your first course out and it will include the bread that you baked this morning.
LAURITA: Yes.
We're excited.
Thanks.
CARRIE: See you in a minute.
LAUREN: This will really be the true test if we are bakers or not.
CARRIE: Snallygaster's is a local watering hole.
We have some premium wines.
About 60 micro brews to share with people.
We have fresh, locally sourced foods, wonderful local jams and honeys and maple syrup.
Things that I personally can't live without.
Everything you need to make a fantastic picnic in the area.
All right, ladies.
Here's the bread you made earlier at Bolivar Bread... LAURITA: Wow.
CARRIE: And we've paired it with some fresh herbs and olive oil and some fresh butter.
Enjoy.
LAUREN: It looks so good.
LAURITA: It does look good.
CARRIE: And we have also brought you some of our local goat cheese and some fresh pears and plums.
LAURITA: Okay.
Not necessary, but, okay, love it.
CARRIE: Snallygaster comes from the German settlers and they called it the Schneller Geist and that was for fast ghost and then later on you have more scotch and Irish moving through the area and they turn it into the Snallygaster, a mythical beast known for flying down and taking wayward children.
We decided that we were going to make him more of a party animal.
If you look at our logo, he has a wine bottle and in the other he has a pig.
LAUREN: Cheers.
LAURITA: Cheers.
That's very crisp and clean.
LAUREN: This is a good Prosecco.
LAURITA: It is very delicious.
CARRIE: We live in an amazing community and we really embrace being part of a Appalachia and we've gone back and actually researched recipes that were part of that culture which are really pretty simple but wonderful and flavorful and then added our own kick to them and then we balanced that with the wine and the great cocktails.
This is roast pork served over arugula, pea shoots, potatoes, green beans and heirloom tomatoes.
And we've served that with a stone-ground mustard and maple syrup vinaigrette.
LAURITA: It's so visually appealing too.
CARRIE: I'm glad you like it.
What you're eating right now is truly Appalachian food.
LAURITA: So, the last time I came to Harpers Ferry, we just went into Lower Town where there are a lot of shops, a good place to walk but we didn't get out in the city like this, so... LAUREN: We've had great experiences already making that bread and then eating the bread and now eating this delicious food.
LAURITA: Yeah.
LAUREN: If this is where we're starting, I can't wait to see where we're going from here.
CARRIE: We want people to see, We've really got something special here.
LAURITA: Oh, it is precious.
Rockhaven, here we come.
Going into the secret garden.
LYNN: Hi.
Welcome.
LAURITA: Hi.
LYNN: Hi.
LAURITA: You must be Lynn.
LYNN: Yeah.
Welcome to Rockhaven.
LAUREN: I'm Lauren.
LYNN: Lauren.
LAURITA: I'm Laurita.
LYNN: Laurita, so happy to have you.
Rockhaven B&B is located in the upper town Harpers Ferry historic district in the residential section.
We're about a block away from the old Storer College and we have American Foursquare that was built for Professor William A. Saunders who was the longest serving Black teacher at Storer College.
My husband and I were visiting Harpers Ferry and just, kind of, serendipitously came across this house and immediately fell in love.
We didn't know the history.
We just saw the name and the deed.
One day, we were up at Storer College and actually saw Professor Saunders' portrait.
I began searching the archives and trying to find out what I could about Professor Saunders and his significance here.
I just kept digging and digging and eventually the Park Association asked me to write his biography.
I like to think of Professor Saunders as the beating heart of Storer College.
He was known as a friend of struggling students and righteous causes.
He was a spiritual leader in the community.
I really wanted people to know the inspirational figure that Professor Saunders was.
Well, I bet you're tired.
So, would you like to go on down to your room?
LAUREN: Sure.
Let's go see it.
LYNN: All right.
Follow me.
LAURITA: Okay.
Lynn, the garden is absolutely mesmerizing.
LYNN: Oh my.
Thank you.
Well, I hope you get to enjoy it while you're here.
LAURITA: We will.
LYNN: Your room, the Studebaker Suite is right through here.
I hope you have a wonderful, relaxing evening.
LAUREN: Wow.
LAURITA: We're going from the secret garden to a secret entrance.
LAUREN: Oh.
It's like a hideaway.
LYNN: We have two bed and breakfast rooms available and then we also have a tiny cabin in the back.
LAURITA: Ooh, this is so cute.
LAUREN: I love the automobile theme.
I get why it's called a Studebaker room.
LAURITA: I think that's the tailgate of a truck.
LAUREN: Probably.
LAURITA: That's pretty cool.
LYNN: My husband picked up a tailgate from a 1916 Studebaker truck.
It didn't really go with the decor in the house.
It's got a really cool transportation theme.
LAUREN: Oh.
They got board games!
Game night?
LAURITA: We love a good game night but this is absolutely adorable.
LAUREN: The shower.
LAURITA: Wow.
LAUREN: Oh.
Look at that.
LAURITA: This is a nice surprise.
I didn't expect this type of bathroom.
LAUREN: I didn't either, wow.
LAURITA: But it's beautiful.
Oh, look at the chandelier.
LAUREN: I always say the bathroom is really what makes a place nice.
LAURITA: I agree.
LAUREN: Nice and this bathroom did not disappoint.
LAURITA: I'm a little tired though.
LAUREN: I am too.
I'm ready to... LAURITA: And we've got a big day tomorrow.
LAUREN: I know.
LAURITA: Whitewater rafting.
So we've got to sleep and get ready.
LYNN: A lot of people come and spend a lot of time outdoors hiking and biking and out on the river and tubing or rafting and so it's nice when they can come back here and just feel refreshed and ready for whatever's next.
JEFF: Good morning.
LAUREN: Good morning.
JEFF: Welcome.
I'm Jeff Cogle.
Nice to meet you.
I'm your guide today.
We're going to go and get ready to start a safety briefing.
If you don't mind, come on in.
LAURITA: All right.
LAUREN: Let's do it.
HARRY: So, River Riders.
We like to refer to as the one-stop shop for outdoor activities in Harpers Ferry.
We can provide on-water activities like whitewater rafting, flat-water tubing, whitewater tubing, kayaking, stand-up paddle boards, canoeing.
It's the best place to begin for someone who has never been whitewater rafting before.
Harpers Ferry is like the best introduction for someone to do that.
So, the raft trip's probably two and a half to three hours long and when we take you whitewater rafting, you actually get a view of Harpers Ferry from the water.
That gets you really close to the natural history and really close to the industrial history of Harpers Ferry.
JEFF: Everybody that look off to your right, you'll see the raging, screaming Shenandoah River.
LAURITA: I'm excited but a little bit nervous.
LAUREN: Just tuck and roll, girl.
Tuck and roll.
That's all you can do.
HARRY: Two primary water sources at Harpers Ferry, the Shenandoah River and Potomac River which come together at the confluence.
They both meet at Harpers Ferry.
It's a really interesting place because not only do two rivers meet, there are three states meet there as well.
Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia all meet in the same place.
It's one of the older river valleys in the country and it's built off a series of shell ledges which create the rapids for us.
LAUREN: Ooh, I'm excited.
LAURITA: Mm-hmm.
We're about to get on our... LAUREN: Whitewater Raft!
LAURITA: They're putting our rafts over there.
LAUREN: We're excited.
Very excited.
LAURITA: Woo!
LAUREN: Let's do it.
JEFF: Be careful.
Walk on out... LAURITA: Okay.
JEFF: And hop in on the side of the boat there.
LAURITA: All right.
LAUREN: Let's do it.
JEFF: Nice, way to wait for each other.
LAURITA: This is the calm... LAUREN: The calm before the storm.
JEFF: All right.
Are you ready to do some West Virginia style surfing?
BOTH: Let's do it.
(laughter).
LAUREN: Don't lose a paddle.
JEFF: High five.
Bring it in.
LAURITA: High five.
JEFF: One more.
BOTH: Whoa!
LAURITA: I'm ready, woo!
(overlapping chatter and screaming) (laughter) JEFF: Take a break.
(laughter and screaming).
LAUREN: How about that!
JEFF: Okay.
You all can just relax and enjoy the scenery for a few seconds here.
LAUREN: Wow.
LAURITA: Let's just enjoy these moments right now.
LAUREN: Let's enjoy it.
LAURITA: Let y'all take one last good look back up at Harpers Ferry from here.
Beautiful lighting today too.
LAUREN: So, we are just finishing up our whitewater rafting, we're doing, our last rapid was, like, a level, is a...
BOTH: Level three.
LAUREN: It was so fun.
LAURITA: It was a lot of fun.
We got a lot of water in the boat and on ourselves... LAUREN: Right.
Yes.
LAURITA: But I would totally do this again.
LAUREN: Oh.
100%.
10 out of 10 would recommend.
LAURITA: We are here.
CLERK: Hi you guys, checking in?
BOTH: We are.
CLERK: Okay.
I've got your room right here.
I also included some coupons for the White Horse Tavern.
LAUREN: Nice.
CLERK: Open till nine tonight.
Tonight is Burger Night.
LAUREN: Awesome.
CLERK: All right.
ANNETTE: The Clarion started out as a motor inn.
They had drive your car to the door and stay in one of those outside rooms.
Before the '70s, there were no hotels in Jefferson County.
The main building of the Cliff side or the Clarion today has 68 rooms.
The building behind that has 12 and the back building has 20.
So, it totals 100 rooms.
It's a very clean, simple place to stay after a long day of running around tubing and rafting.
LAURITA: Ooh, you know, after a long day, sometimes all you need is just a comfortable bed so you can go to sleep.
LAUREN: I know.
This feels pretty comfortable.
LAURITA: Yeah.
LAUREN: Oh look, mom, is there a balcony?
LAURITA: Oh.
That's nice.
LAUREN: Let's check it out.
Oh.
This is so cute.
LAURITA: It is cute.
LAUREN: It's like we have our own private pool.
SOPHIE: Hi.
How are you all?
LAUREN: Good.
LAURITA: How are you?
SOPHIE: I'm good.
GABE: White Horse Tavern.
We're known for our burgers, brews.
We have a lot of local beer and bourbons.
Pretty casual place.
We get a lot of people coming off the river.
LAUREN: So, we just got back from the river.
We were whitewater rafting with River Riders.
SOPHIE: Here's a fun fact for you.
The restaurant White Horse Tavern actually comes from the name of a rapid called "White Horse" on the Potomac River.
LAUREN: I think that was the last one we went over.
LAURITA: Very cool.
SOPHIE: Yeah, probably.
LAUREN: That's awesome.
SOPHIE: Yeah!
ANNETTE: You know, when we go around all the time, we'll say, "Where do the locals go?
I want to go eat where the locals eat.
Well, the White Horse Tavern is that.
SOPHIE: All right, we have the Fried Green Tomato BLT.
LAUREN: Thank you.
SOPHIE: And the Southern Burger.
LAURITA: Wow.
LAUREN: That looks delicious.
Look at that.
LAURITA: That's neat.
SOPHIE: That's my favorite part.
LAUREN: That's so cool.
SOPHIE: Everything look all right so far though?
LAUREN: Yes.
LAURITA: So far so good.
SOPHIE: All right.
Enjoy.
LAUREN: Thank you.
LAURITA: Thank you.
SOPHIE: Yeah.
Of course.
LAURITA: And scene.
GABE: Summer sees a lot more volume with tourism for the area.
Every night, as long as it's not too cloudy, you have a beautiful view of the sunset from our outside patio.
LAUREN: Let's just sit on the rockers.
LAURITA: Then we can just watch the sunset.
LAUREN: Great way to end the day.
LAURITA: Yep.
♪ ♪ ANNETTE: I would describe Harpers Ferry as a magical spot.
That little village in the lower town nestled around the rivers and mountains...
When you go there, it becomes a part of you and Harpers Ferry is of course surrounded by the National Park but it's more than just the National Park.
Remember, it does have the word "historical" in it.
It's Harpers Ferry National Historical Park.
It's like living history when you're down there.
DELORES: What surprised me even as a young person was how interested other folks were about the town that I loved.
John Brown and Harpers Ferry are synonymous.
Can't say Harpers Ferry without thinking of John Brown.
LAURITA: Hi.
DENNIS: Hello.
Hello.
Welcome.
Glad to have you here.
The reason you were in Harpers Ferry is not just because it's beautiful... LAUREN: Right.
DENNIS: But because it's got layers of history.
and perhaps the most famous of those layers is John Brown's war.
LAURITA: Yes.
LAUREN: Right.
DENNIS: This is known as John Brown's headquarters where John Brown launches his war against slavery.
The Civil War starts right here...
BOTH: Wow.
DENNIS: Where you're standing.
South of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Maryland is a slave state but Maryland gets very narrow as it goes to the West.
Literally, to get to freedom, you cross Maryland and come into Pennsylvania, a free state.
LAUREN: Makes sense.
DENNIS: And so Brown intended to, basically, establish an escort service.
LAUREN: Yeah.
That's really smart to do.
DENNIS: It didn't work because he got caught in Harpers Ferry.
LAUREN: Right.
LAURITA: Right.
LAUREN: He didn't make it too far, but... DENNIS: I think you actually visited the site where he was captured.
LAURITA: Yes.
DENNIS: Yeah.
LAUREN: Mm-hmm.
DENNIS: John Brown Fort.
LAURITA: Well, we were down there a little earlier today.
LAUREN: Mm-hmm.
LAURITA: So, we got to the arsenal... DENNIS: The arsenal is really an important site because his first strike is at the arsenal...
BOTH: Okay.
DENNIS: Because it's in the arsenal where there are stored 100,000 weapons.
If he's going to have a war, we've got to have weapons.
Eventually, they would become surrounded.
US marines attack.
LAURITA: Yes.
DENNIS: Brown is captured, taken to nearby Charlestown, put on trial.
DELORES: When I think about who John Brown was, he was the man who gave me the liberty that I have.
And for him to have that heart to free a group of people, I hold him in high esteem.
LAUREN: Thank you so much, Dennis for giving us all this wonderful information about Harpers Ferry and the Black history that is here that many people don't know about.
DENNIS: Oh.
You want to be inspired to be a preservationist, spend some time in Harpers Ferry.
LAURITA: I've said it before.
I'll say it again.
African American history is a part of American history.
LAUREN: Right.
LAURITA: We came to Harpers Ferry to have fun but we got so much more while we were here.
LAUREN: We did.
LAURITA: Thank you for helping us to round out our experience while we're here.
DELORES: The thing I would like people to know is when you get on the Storer College campus, that's when you see what Harpers Ferry's really like.
LAUREN: Storer college.
Established in 1867 by Freewill Baptists as a part of an effort to educate freedmen after the Civil War.
It was the only college opened to African Americans in West Virginia prior to 1891.
DELORES: Storer College is and will always be very important to me.
My first two sisters attended Storer College.
I knew that I would be going there too.
LAURITA: Seeing the campus...
It gives the vibe of a lot of smaller historically Black colleges.
LAUREN: Right.
LAURITA: Small campuses.
But it's nice to be able to come here.
LAUREN: Yeah, we're walking on history right now.
LAURITA: Yeah, to know that people were able to continue their education past... LAUREN: Right.
DELORES: The founder of Storer College is significant.
Civil War ended in 1865 and Storer College started 1867 which means there had to be people who were concerned about the education of Black people.
I was going to become a teacher, however in 1955, the year I graduated high school, the college closed.
LAURITA: Man, it makes me feel proud to be here because a lot of our family members were educated at Historically Black Colleges and Universities because they were not able to go to other schools.
LAUREN: Right and even going to an HBCU now in this generation, like, as I have gone to, it's still, like, such a cool experience to be here on one of the first HBCUs.
Should we go check out some of the buildings on campus?
LAURITA: Yup.
Let's do it.
LAUREN: Come on.
DELORES: These buildings represent the people who have helped to shape my life from my parents and my teachers who graduate from Storer College who talked to us all the time about what we wanted to be and how we could become it.
LAUREN: The battle we wage is not for ourselves alone but for all true Americans.
Wow.
LAURITA: You know, I know my dad would've been real excited to know that I came to this campus and I could've, would've loved talking to him about it and I'm sure he would've said, "You know I've already been there."
LAUREN: Yeah.
LAURITA: Because he knew so much about all the HBCUs in every state and you know, he would talk about what the land-grant colleges were.
And so to end here, it's pretty significant.
LAUREN: Right.
I feel his spirit with us.
LAURITA: Yeah.
LAUREN: I know he's here.
LAURITA: Yeah.
Wow.
Well, it's time for us to head home.
LAUREN: It's time to head on across the river to Maryland.
LAURITA: Let's do it.
You're driving, right?
LAUREN: I guess.
LAURITA: You're driving, right.
LAUREN: Okay.
Okay.
LAURITA: Oh.
Harpers Ferry.
It's been so good being here.
The walk on Storer College campus.
LAUREN: Yeah.
LAURITA: I mean I could feel, you know, my father and other ancestors that got the opportunity to go to college and you know, I've said many times my grandparents who, you know, didn't have high school graduations but got all of their children to college.
LAUREN: Right.
LAURITA: I mean, that was a feat in itself, so that was a special moment for me.
LAUREN: Very special.
LAURITA: So, Harpers Ferry, you had a little bit of everything.
You had excitement, food, fun and history.
LAUREN: This is my girl.
We're turning it up.
♪ Now you all on my mind and that's good enough.
♪ ♪ For me, for me.
♪ ♪ Not an easy read, I'm sure.
♪ ♪ I'm not the typical girl.
♪ ♪ And I know I make it harder, but I see you trying... ♪♪ LAURITA: It's not a competition, isn't it?
LAUREN: And look... One, five, zero.
LAURITA: Oh my gosh.
LAUREN: It's a competition.
Mm-hmm.
Don't play me.
LAURITA: You won that one.
LAUREN: It looks great.
I got it perfect.
LAURITA: Okay.
KATIE: Oh my gosh.
LAURITA: Right?
KATIE: So competitive.
Where does she get it from?
LAUREN: Her.
LAURITA: I don't know.
LAUREN: Her.
Her.
LAURITA: Oh, look at... LAUREN: Beautiful.
LAURITA: The shape of yours.
KATIE: Yeah.
LAURITA: Perfect?
KATIE: Perfect.
LAURITA: That's good.
LAUREN: Okay, you're good.
KATIE: My goodness.
(grunting) LAURITA: This big ramp over there.
Go, go, go Jeff.
Go, Jeff.
I'm doing a split, I'm doing a split, I'm doing a split, I'm doing a split.
LAUREN: Wait, wait, wait!
LAURITA: Woo, that's probably going to hurt later.
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John Brown and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 3m 33s | Laurita and Lauren explore Harpers Ferry's influential role in American history. (3m 33s)
Preview: S1 Ep5 | 30s | Laurita and Lauren have a thrilling and tasty visit to Harpers Ferry in West Virginia (30s)
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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 3m 48s | Laurita and Lauren are excited to try whitewater rafting in Harpers Ferry, WV. (3m 48s)
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Clip: S1 Ep5 | 3m 5s | Laurita and Lauren visit Storer College, the first HBCU in West Virginia. (3m 5s)
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