We weren't able to see everything in one day, so we're going back again tomorrow. Beautiful grounds, George Washington was quite a farmer, he loved gardening, they were incredible. He died after being ill for only 36 hours of a throat infection, which caused him to suffocate. We "visited" with Martha Washington and Bill asked her about Thomas Jefferson, she didn't like him at all, she said he didn't speak kindly about George and he wasn't welcome in her home. She was a fan of Benjamin Franklin, however. They had a lot of guests, in one year they had over 600 guests stay with them.
These are sweet peas growing, I loved how they use small branches for the support
The vegetable gardens were gorgeous, when George had guests, they would walk through the gardens in the evenings.
In the picture above is a cistern, the water from the well is too cold to water the vegetables, so they put water in the cistern and when it was warm from the sun, they could use it
Martha Washington
This is the back of Mount Vernon, it overlooks the Potomac River
The breezeway below connects the kitchen to the house
This is the view from the back of Mount Vernon
And the front of Mount Vernon
Hey Bill and Laure if we had known you were going to DC we would have flown out there to have dinner with you and spent the day hanging out. What is the rest of your trip like back there, we might just come out for the day give us a call
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