Saturday, 8/22/15
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| We took the dinghy up the river for dinner |
Suzanne & Chris Turcich, Carol's sister & her husband arrived at our slip around 5:30. After travelling all day from Indiana, they were ready to relax & get a bite to eat. We took the dinghy up the river where their friends from the D.C. area met us there
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Mark Kolenko, Chris & Suzanne Turcich
Carol Pattison, Rocia Kolenko enjoying dinner |
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| Night caps on Samba's aft deck |
Sunday, 8/23 Mount Vernon, VA
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| Sissies happy to be together |
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Carol pointing out a channel marker buoy to Chris
who was driving the boat |
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Carol & Suzanne enjoying a perfect day cruising
up the Potomac River |
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| Just a little summer cottage on the Potomac |
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A view of Washington's Mt Vernon from the dinghy as
we headed in for some exploration |
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They were in the process of stripping
the paint from all of the cedar shingles in
order to stain them. |
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| Mount Vernon had stunning flower & vegetable gardens |
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| Fleur de Leis sculpted boxwood bushes in the garden |
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| George's greenhouse |
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In the mansion, we weren't allowed to take pictures.
Jim just had to take a few :-) |
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| A view of the Potomac from Washington's back porch |
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Bright green was a very expensive paint in the 1700's.
George wanted to make sure people appreciated his wealth. |
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| Jim, Carol, Suzanne & Chris in front of the mansion |
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| George & Martha's tomb |
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| Learning about wheat threshing in George's 16 sided barn |
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The slots in the floor allowed the wheat
kernels to drop to the level below after
the horses had trod over it |
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| Spinning & weaving at Mount Vernon |
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Notice Samba at anchor out in the middle of the Potomac
to Jim's left? It was way to shallow close to shore for us. |
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| Jim & Suzanne tried their hands at fishing |
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| A nice little catfish |
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| The view from the front of the boat at our anchorage in the Potomac |
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| A great end to a great day on the water. |
