Saturday in Virginia

Saturday was a busy day. In the morning, we went to a place called Bodo's Bagels to get bagels for breakfast! I got a cinnamon raisin bagel with honey and butter. It was good.

We visited President James Monroe's house. James Monroe was the fifth president of the United States. Part of the original house was burned in a fire, but it has been added on to (as is in the picture here - this part of the house is not original), and has been somewhat restored. There is one huge tree that stands in the yard of the Monroe house. It is over 200 years old, and was there when the Monroes lived there. It is the only tree that has been there that long. If that tree could talk, it could tell us so many things!

We also visitied a place called Michie Tavern. We ate a colonial lunch of fried chicken, green beans, cole slaw, etc. at the restaurant. After lunch, we took a tour of the boarding house where travelers would stay. The tour guide even taught us a colonial dance!

After Michie Tavern, we took a short stop at an apple orchard that is located on top of a mountain. This picture shows some of the beautiful scenery that could be seen from the mountain.

This is a picture of the tree that stands in front of Monroe's house.