On Monday, May 21, 2012 Daniel and I headed to Mount Vernon to the George Washington Estate.
I realized after this visit that we don't really learn who George Washington is in school. This made me want to take some time and read a book about him.
On a clear day this would be an incredible view of the Potomac River.
This is where George and his Wife Martha are buried. He died unexpectedly and in his will he asked that a new tomb be built because the other was not holding up well.
George Washington wasn't just a great leader but he was also an amazing business man. After today I gained a higher respect for George Washington. He reminded me a lot of Captain Moroni, from the Book of Mormon, when it came to his leadership.
The gardens here were incredibly beautiful.
"The time is now near at hand which must probably determine whether Americans are to be freemen or slaves; whether they are to have any property they can call their own; whether their houses and farms are to be pillaged and destroyed, and themselves consigned to a state of wretchedness from which no human efforts will deliver them. The fate of unborn millions will now depend, under God, on the courage and conduct of this army. Our cruel and unrelenting enemy leaves us only the choice of brave resistance, or the most abject submission. We have, therefore, to resolve to conquer or die." -Address to the Continental Army before the Battle of Long Island, August 27, 1776
After Mt. Vernon Daniel and I headed to Virginia to his sister's house. We took the scenic route through Shenandoah Valley.
It was a rainy and foggy day but the views were still pretty incredible.
Daniel finally saw a bear in the wild. He was so excited when he saw the bear climbing up the hill. I hurried and stopped and took a picture and as the cars behind us were wondering why we were stopped I pointed to the side of the hill and they were also excited to see a bear in the wild. They all got their cameras out and started snapping pictures.
It was a wonderful drive.
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