Day 21-Charlottesville to Alexandria

At our campsite in Charlottesville, we explored a bit. We had seen these web structures in trees starting in Tennessee, but this was the first time we were close enough to touch one. Luke poked it with a stick. It was harder to poke through than we expected. They're full of caterpillars. Later we learned that they kill trees when they build their homes.

As we finished up our laundry, we played a hame of checkers.

We headed to Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's home. It is one of the few remaining president's homes, and the only to be designated as a World Heritage Sites by UNESCO. It was a drizzly morning, most of our tour was indoors. You will not see any interior photos, because no photography is allowed inside. In his house, there are three floors. Two are above ground, and one is subterranean. One of the cool things we saw was the dumb waiter. Thomas Jefferson was the inventor of it. He used it to bring wine up from the cellar. Thomas Jefferson didn't want to waste space, so he put all the beds in alcoves. It stopped raining long enough for us to walk around the gardens a bit.

Pull out a nickel. You should recognize this view of Monticello.

I discovered that Thomas Jefferson was obsessed with books.

After our tour, we had just a few hours to drive to Alexandria, Virginia where we would be parking at my mom's friend's house. We pulled in and talked a bit before heading to the Silver Diner for dinner. I were so excited to eat at a real Diner and see a juke box on the table because of John Mulaney's bit on the Salt & Pepper Diner. We were disappointed that we couldn't choose What's New Pussy Cat or It's Not Unusual. But, dinner was really good.

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