Monticello Charlottesville

So we had our last full day with the Car. We left Charlottesville early to get to Monticello, which is Thomas Jeffersons home:

http://www.monticello.org/

We spent the day, doing the tour and then the behind the scenes tour, before taking the walk through the plantation to the Burrial site of Jefferson.

In the afternoon we …

110 miles southwest of Washington is the city of Charlottesville, Virginia, the traditional home of a founding Father of our nation, Thomas Jefferson. Jefferson was born in Shadwell, Virginia, southeast of Charlottesville in April 1743.

Thomas Jefferson is well known for his authorship of this nation's Declaration of Independence, but he …

Okay, so today we decided we would go and see the house of the famous founding father Thomas Jefferson, AKA; Monticello. We purchased tickets, took a shuttle bus up to the main house and patiently waited for, oh, over a half an hour for our tour to begin.
When our tour did begin, at promptly 11:45, five minutes behind schedule, we were shown by …

Okay, so today we didn't really have anything planned so we had a bit of an impromtu shopping day, since mom needed a new book (after finishing her latest J.D. Robb novel) and it was - surprise surrounded by a shopping center and, to our delight a Five Guys!
We ended up going through a dollar tree, Michael's craft store, Barnens and Noble, a …

... ;took the opportunity to have a snowball fight! We stayed the next couple of nights in Charlottesville, home to Thomas Jefferson’s mansion: Monticello.  We were very impressed by the house and by its presentation.  I ...

... we ate breakfast at the hotel. It was delicious. The water taste like chlorine. Gotta get used to it. We drove to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's house. It was very interesting and nice, but he wasn't home. The busts in his house were scary, ...

... for basketball and lacrosse. Later Dale talked Ricky and Ramiah into visiting Thomas Jefferson's historic house called Monticello on the outskirts of Charlottesville. The house was designed by Jefferson, the third President of the US, and commenced in ...

... Charlottesville, leaving one of Thomas Jefferson's homes (Williamsburg, while he was governor of Virginia) to visit another (Monticello). We got into Charlottesville and drove to the historic downtown area to find a place for dinner. We went to a ...

Monticello - Jefferson's ...

... , so Lynnie was reading the directions and I got off the track.  That was the only difficulty we had... The trip to the Charlottesville KOA is on the infernal Interstate, except for the last ten miles.  We had rain off and on and got flood, ...

... all the city lights. So for now, we say adieu, cozy in our cheap motel room in Charlottesville. Tomorrow will hold (we hope) a trip to Monticello, a visit with Stuart (Julia's high school friend at UVA), and some exploration of the Appalachian ...

After a huge breakfast...like we don't have one daily...we drive to Monticello,Jefferson's life project and masterpiece.(11,000 acres at one time) If you haven't visited this house put it on your list. Jefferson was a genius. I can't even begin to ...

... that would one day benefit all of mankind, maybe that’s how he reconciled what to us, seems like a total contradiction. www.monticello.org The website can give you all the info you might want; here’s our take on it told of course ...

... architect and building designer of unusual ability.  Not only did he build a magnificent home – Monticello -- on the hills near Charlottesville, he also founded, designed and supervised the building of its world famous University of ...