Thursday we went to
Mount Vernon. It was one of our favorite places to visit. It was so interesting to learn all the things about George Washington. I had no idea he really didn't want to be President and didn't want all the attention. He just wanted to live on his farm but he did it all because of a sense of duty. It is also amazing to realize how close this beautiful piece of property and history almost came to ruin when the later generations of his family had to sell the property and the government at the time didn't have the money to buy it. That's were the Mount Vernon Ladies Association came in and they still keep it up to this day. I also found it very impressive that he made provisions in his will for all of his slaves, to set them free and provided some means for them. He was truly a man ahead of his time. There are a couple of really neat museums there as well as all the building and things outside. Carter was especially active this day which made it hard to try and sit through the videos and read everything in the museum. However Carter really liked this horse.
Mount Vernon in the background.
Down by the Potomac River.
A replica of the 16 sided treading barn that George Washington designed.
We took turns going through the tour of the house so that we didn't have to leave the stroller outside and since we figured Carter wouldn't do very well on the tour. It worked out well because Carter ended up falling asleep. Here's a view I took from the front porch of Mount Vernon with Carter sleeping in his stroller. Who wouldn't love that view?
In the front of Mount Vernon.
After, we finished our day off at the newer
Air and Space Museum which is out by Dulles Airport. It's a larger hanger with tons of original and replicas of planes and space stuff. I liked this one a lot more than the one down by the mall. It's just so interesting seeing all these full size planes and reading the plaques with the history of them (which we didn't get to do too much of because of a tired Carter). Here's the boys in front of
Enterprise, a full size space shuttle.
Blurry picture but I thought this was funny. It's the trailer that the astronauts from Apollo 11 stayed in after they returned from the moon until the scientist and doctors decided for sure that they didn't bring back any "moon bugs" with them.
Not sure what this place is but it's really cool. Lance took lots of pictures while we were there.
A view of one side of the hanger. You can see an Air France
Concorde in the middle.
Enola Gay, the B-29 Bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan.
After a long day, back at my aunt and uncles house. Carter was trying to help dad build a marble track.
Mount Vernon in the background.
Down by the Potomac River.
A replica of the 16 sided treading barn that George Washington designed.
We took turns going through the tour of the house so that we didn't have to leave the stroller outside and since we figured Carter wouldn't do very well on the tour. It worked out well because Carter ended up falling asleep. Here's a view I took from the front porch of Mount Vernon with Carter sleeping in his stroller. Who wouldn't love that view?
In the front of Mount Vernon.
After, we finished our day off at the newer Air and Space Museum which is out by Dulles Airport. It's a larger hanger with tons of original and replicas of planes and space stuff. I liked this one a lot more than the one down by the mall. It's just so interesting seeing all these full size planes and reading the plaques with the history of them (which we didn't get to do too much of because of a tired Carter). Here's the boys in front of Enterprise, a full size space shuttle.
Blurry picture but I thought this was funny. It's the trailer that the astronauts from Apollo 11 stayed in after they returned from the moon until the scientist and doctors decided for sure that they didn't bring back any "moon bugs" with them.
Not sure what this place is but it's really cool. Lance took lots of pictures while we were there.
A view of one side of the hanger. You can see an Air France Concorde in the middle.
Enola Gay, the B-29 Bomber that dropped the first atomic bomb on Japan.
After a long day, back at my aunt and uncles house. Carter was trying to help dad build a marble track.
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