Monday, January 19, Trip to Mt. Vernon

We got up nice and early and headed out to Mt. Vernon, George Washington's home on the Potomac River in Virginia.   Unfortunately, our driver missed the sign for Mt. Vernon because he was too busy looking at his GPS, and we ended up driving about an hour more than necessary to reach it.  By the time we got there, after convincing him that we really did need to turn around, the place was packed with school groups.