Mount Vernon Estate...

On Monday, the kids had a Teacher Work Day.  So, we headed to Mount Vernon, literally just up the road.  Driving time from my garage to the parking lot: 10 minutes.  They had such a good time and couldn't stop going on and on about it to Bryant at supper that night.  I'm not sure what exactly was our favorite thing there, we enjoyed all of it.  But, mostly we enjoyed being in (what felt like) the country side, back in time.  Not to mention the tourists level is very low this time of year... which meant our own personal tour of the  mansion, nobody but me and the kids.  It rocked.

We loved the museum, the mansion, the view of the Potomac River, and the grounds.

This was George Washington's original place of burial.

Then he was moved here along with his wife to another site on the grounds specific to his desires in his will.

The kids has fun completing the Kids Adventure Map.  At the end of finding and solving all 9 puzzles, they received a souvenir token.

This is at the Slave Memorial.  All slaves that worked on this estate where also buried here.

And Eli has had enough.  He soaked up some history and then pleasantly dreamed about days when life was simpler.