We Could See Shadows Today - SUN!!!!

We had some rain during the night, but woke to sunshine!  Yes!!!  Again, we relaxed in bed reading, had a light, late breakfast, and then spent the rest of the morning cleaning out the basement of Willie.  Actually went through everything.  Really didn't have much extra "stuff", but did reorganize! 

Entrance to the Grounds!

Standing near the foundation of the original house! 
The reproduction is in the background!

After lunch, we took our 1st car ride and headed to George Washington's Birthplace, only about 7 miles from the CG.  What a beautiful place.  It is run by Forest Rangers and it is very interesting.  They have a 14 minute film the Washington Family and the land, and then a Ranger takes you on a guided tour of the house and some of the grounds.  The actual home he was born in burned and in 1937 a home was built on what they thought was the site of the original home.  It ended up being about 100 feet from the original location - oops!!  It is not intended to be an exact replica, but similiar to the homes of that class and time!  The setting is on Popes Creek which is connected to the Potomac.  The nature trail around the property was closed due to Hurricane Irene and Lee.  Many trees fell and there was major flooding. 

Back to the CG for 2 more games of shuffleboard (we split the wins) and then a wood fire to cook our dinner.  It was nice to be able to be outside so much today. 

Today Ken and I became an aunt and uncle to Bennett, a son to my sister's son, TW and his wife Arlena.  How exciting!!