July 24, 2011 Drive south into Virginia to visit Jamestown and Williamsburg

Today we are going to drive south into Virginia to visit Jamestown and Williamsburg. We will be gone three days, so we packed everything to take with us. The trip is about 120 miles and should take two or three hours.

We headed out and got through Washington DC and into Virginia. Everything was very green, with bushes and trees and grass growing along the freeway.

Our first stop was at Mount Vernon, the country home of George Washington. The Ladies Society of Mount Vernon have done a wonderful job on restoring, furnishing and presenting the mansion to the public.

First we went on a tour of the mansion where we saw the formal reception hall, the dining room, George Washington's bedroom and the guest bedroom, All rooms are furnished and decorated as they would have been in George Washington's time. The kitchen was in a different building, apart from the house. They did this so that if the kitchen caught on fire they might be able to save the house.

While at the mansion we also visited George Washington's tomb, We paid our respects to the father of our country.

After a while we went and sat on the front porch in the rocking chairs and looked at the beautiful Potomac River flowing along.

Then it was time to continue on to the visitor center, where we saw exhibits about the life at Mount Vernon and also exhibits of George Washington's life. We even got to see his wooden teeth!

Grandpa told us a lot about George Washington and what a great leader he was. We had lunch there at the cafe before continuing south to Williamsburg.

It was a long trip, but we finally arrived at the Powhatan Resort. Grandpa checked us in and we had a nice two bedroom, two bathroom condo with a big living room, dining room and good kitchen. We checked out the pool area. There are three pools. One is for adults only, but the other two are for kids. There is also an indoor pool. The water is pretty warm. Ryan and Isabella went swimming while GG watched. After the while the lifeguards came around and made us get out because they heard thunder.