The Ship |
As we pull away from the dock our captain pointed out this memorial
to the Titanic, and then reported no icebergs in the Potomac. |
The Washington Monument and Jefferson Memorial as seen from the
channel |
Another view of the Washington Monument |
U.S. Naval Research Laboratory |
Alexandria's Waterfront |
Fort Washington
built across the Potomac to protect the Capitol |
Another view of
Fort Washington |
Our 1st glimpse of Mount Vernon |
Washington's estate as seen from mid-channel on the Potomac |
A view
from a
little closer in |
A view just before docking |
The Mount Vernon Dock |
A view across centuries |
These two had to go together
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Working in the garden |
As you look at the woman in the garden, notice that they did not
seem to mind having weeds or grass there. |
Haymaking |
The oxen team hauling hay |
Now doesn't my wife look ready
to join the hand
making hay? |
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Washington's
16-sided barn |
The reconstructed slave quarters from the outside |
Slave quarters: Sleeping area with ladder up to the loft where
children slept |
Slave quarters: cooking area |
Slave Quarters: the chicken coop |
The walk up to the house |
My wife at the front gate of the estate |
A view from the bowling Green |
The sundial |
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The dark yacht in the center is the old Presidential Yacht the
Sequoia |
Again, the dark yacht is the Sequoia |
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