Vacation 2012

10 July - 9 August
a tour of places in eastern USA

the R-pod travel trailer - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - a map of our travels

Wednesday - Thursday - - - 1 August 2012

Page 15a
Monticello - house of Thomas Jefferson

I always wanted to see Monticello, so we took a day and made a special drive up and back.
On the way up, miles and miles out of camp I came to realize that all cameras were left in camp.
Then the GPS saved us by helping us find a Walmart close to the road on which we were traveling
and buy an inexpensive digital camera.
So, the pictures of Monticello are of simpler quality than the rest of this series.

You will note that the photos are of the outside of the home.
Pictures are not allowed inside Monticello. It seems that much of the furniture, pictures etc.
are on loan from individuals and museums.
As part of the loan agreement many of these organizations forbid photography of what they loaned to Monticello.
There are no such rules for the museum, so I have pictures of some of the museum exhibits.

Note the orientation of the house.
The porch by the dome is on the West side... actually a little south of true West.

The side we approached off the shuttle (main entrance) is approximately ESE.

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