Okay so the next day we went down to Mt. Vernon to see George Washington's house. We also saw Marilyns' brother Bob but he wasn't at Mt. Vernon, he was at his own house. If you haven't been here, it is a necessary visit. Georges', not Bobs' (sorry Bob). George had it right because he built right on a ridge that looks out on the Potomac River. What a view. It was an 8000 acre estate at one time and a working farm that was primarily wheat. The river allowed better commerce to and from and when it froze in the winter, it supplied ice that was hauled up the hill to the ice house. Just like most estates back then it was fully self contained with gardens, critters, smokehouse (where the critters ended up), spinning
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