old wye church

Old Wye Church, near Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, is an Episcopalian church dating to about 1720, though it has been renovated. There's serene beauty to it, and I have enjoyed both walking around in it and just sitting in a pew and meditating. If you find yourself in this area, stop in and look about. It's a lonely setting surrounded by a cemetery, but American churches this age in such good condition are uncommon. Although it's nowhere near New England, it made me think of early America there and the writings of Nathaniel Hawthorne.