More Meanderings....

I'm now "homeless." In other words, all our household goods are packed on a truck and we have moved out of our (current? old?) house. We spent the weekend pretending to be tourists in Washington, DC one last time. One of the great things about the US capitol is that a lot of the museums are free (paid for by taxpayers, of course). Although we had been to some parts of the Smithsonian museums previously, we chose to go see more of them this past weekend. It was, as always, interesting. And, as usual, there were other thousands of people doing the same thing. 

On Sunday, then, we visited Mount Vernon, the home of George Washington, the first President of the United States. If you have never visited Mount Vernon, do so the next time you are in the Washington DC area. The mansion itself is nice, but not outrageous. However, the view from the mansion across the Potomac river is spectacular. Even 200+ years later, you still see very little of the surrounding cities from that vantage point. Of course, Mount Vernon has a lot of historical memorabilia from the early days of our country also. And, it is interesting to see how much has changed since the late 1700s.

More to come as we go to visit relatives and enjoy a few weeks of actual "vacation."

Posted at 09:56AM May 16, 2007 by jcinfoblog in General  |  Comments[0]