We have spent the last two days in Virginia as they experience record breaking heat. It has been at least 100 degrees both days and it can really make you tired walking and viewing much of the history of the early Colonies.
We are stay at a large resort on an old plantation by Williamsburg, Virginia. I am not sure how many units are on the 250 plus acres. There are many geese, rabbits, and squirrels roaming the grounds. It is a very nice setting and has many amenities such as tennis, pool, restaurant, etc. for our use. Internet is available in the unit for $40 for the week but free at the Grill so we walk the Grill to use the internet.
The first day we drove the 100 miles to visit Thomas Jefferson’s home of Monticello. The foundation is doing an excellent job of resoring the home, garden, and many of the
dependencies; We toured the home, garden and Mulberry Row.
The vegetable garden and flower garden have been restored as much as possible to the directions drawn by Jefferson and contain older varieties of flowers and vegetables that we grow in much of our yards.
Mulberry Row was the area where much of the work to support the plantation was done. The blacksmith and carpenter’s shop as well as the dwellings of both free and slave workers are gone but through Jefferson’s notes and archaeological digs provided at history of the walk that was one of our tours.
The home and the two wings placed under below the home are well restored. We toured the two wings of the dependencies before taking the house tour. One side contained the kitchen, cooks room, and smoke house the other side had the ice house and stable. They are connected by a tunnel under the house that provides storage and access to the house.
We finished the day with a late lunch at a tavern a short distance from Monticello that served traditional buffet lunch of the time.
The second day we explored part of Colonial Williamsburg. After the introduc
tory film and walk we explored some of the buildings in the area. We visited the George Wythe home which also had weaver and basket makers at work in the out buildings. Wythe was the founder of the William and Mary Law School and teacher of many of the early lawyers such as Jefferson. We also visited the Capital and a number of the other shops along the way. There a few more we will visit another day.
Once of the most interesting presentations was a presentation by a man portraying George Washington. He gave a talk and then answered questions in character as if it was 1777(?).
We are stay at a large resort on an old plantation by Williamsburg, Virginia. I am not sure how many units are on the 250 plus acres. There are many geese, rabbits, and squirrels roaming the grounds. It is a very nice setting and has many amenities such as tennis, pool, restaurant, etc. for our use. Internet is available in the unit for $40 for the week but free at the Grill so we walk the Grill to use the internet.
The first day we drove the 100 miles to visit Thomas Jefferson’s home of Monticello. The foundation is doing an excellent job of resoring the home, garden, and many of the
dependencies; We toured the home, garden and Mulberry Row.The vegetable garden and flower garden have been restored as much as possible to the directions drawn by Jefferson and contain older varieties of flowers and vegetables that we grow in much of our yards.
Mulberry Row was the area where much of the work to support the plantation was done. The blacksmith and carpenter’s shop as well as the dwellings of both free and slave workers are gone but through Jefferson’s notes and archaeological digs provided at history of the walk that was one of our tours.
The home and the two wings placed under below the home are well restored. We toured the two wings of the dependencies before taking the house tour. One side contained the kitchen, cooks room, and smoke house the other side had the ice house and stable. They are connected by a tunnel under the house that provides storage and access to the house.
We finished the day with a late lunch at a tavern a short distance from Monticello that served traditional buffet lunch of the time.
The second day we explored part of Colonial Williamsburg. After the introduc
tory film and walk we explored some of the buildings in the area. We visited the George Wythe home which also had weaver and basket makers at work in the out buildings. Wythe was the founder of the William and Mary Law School and teacher of many of the early lawyers such as Jefferson. We also visited the Capital and a number of the other shops along the way. There a few more we will visit another day.Once of the most interesting presentations was a presentation by a man portraying George Washington. He gave a talk and then answered questions in character as if it was 1777(?).
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