La and I needed a day out. We grabbed a map, picked a historic site that had a place to eat and hit the road. We ended up at Stratford Plantation, birthplace of Robert E. Lee on the Northern Neck of Virginia. We'd been there before, but the place was half closed up since we were there in January.
We toured the museum and walked the grounds and made our way to the dining room. We were the first ones there to dig into the lunch buffet. It was made up of good, southern cooking. Corn pudding, bisquits and country ham, baked beans and fried chicken. All of the food was made on site and it was delicious!!! We ate like it was Thanksgiving Day.
We walked down to the old mill on the banks of the Potomac to work off some lunch. The mill wasn't open, but it still made for some great photos. I'll post them up soon.
We walked back past the Spring House. It is a small brick building in the woods that has water circulating through it to create a primative form of air conditioning. It was designed to help preserve food. We walked in and it was definitely cool in there.
Up at the Grand House they were preparing for a wedding. We walked the gardens, said "Hi" to the goat that stands on top of its house, then hit the road heading for home.
It was a fun and historic day. It was nice to slow down and smell the flowers for a change.
Pete
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