On Monday the Godon family and Kevin, along with Shelli and me, visited Mount Vernon, the estate of George Washington. I have avoided duplicating pictures that are on previous blog posts so I'll be skipping right along. That evening we took the same boat ride I had taken in September during daylight hours. There was a lot more to see in the daytime, but it was a pleasant way to spend an evening.
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| The families meet. George really was tall for his era. |
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| I can't remember the name of this tree, but I love the color! |
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| The education building does a nice job of telling about George. |
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| This is part of Mount Verrnon's front lawn facing the Potomac River...it's just not directly in front of the house. |
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| The Lincoln Memorial is right by the Potomac also. |
We expected rain on the following day so those of us who had thought of going to the Botanical Gardens opted to join everyone else and visit the native Indian museum. Both are Smithsonian museums, but part of the gardens are outdoors. This was our last full day in Washington DC.
We learned that there is a free show every evening at the Kennedy Center so off we went.
I didn't manage to get any good pictures of the dancers, but it was an enjoyable hour. Actually, the show could have been anything and I would have been happy as long as I was off my feet!
After this we went home to pack. We would be leaving after breakfast the next day and heading north to spend some time with my sister, Nancy, and her husband, Dale.
Dale is a great tour guide for the Elmira, NY area so I had left the planning up to him.
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| Saying goodby to Shelli. |
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