Alexandria [Mount Vernon], VA (USA)

[worked in the city for half a day and then picked up Mollie after school - we went to Mount Vernon to celebrate for George Washington's birthday - it had been 10 years since I'd been there with the kids (see FEB 2006) - we arrived around 1500 and got to spend a few hours before they closed (fee free) - the highlight of the day was getting to see the new (since I was there, anyway) museum with the wax figures of Washington at several points during his life - we later took a tour of the house and saw some animals - Mollie pointed out that the Potomac was so calm that you could see the clouds in the sky reflected in it - we got to visit George and Martha's crypt right as the park was closing and then walked back to our car (via the gift shop) - took Mollie home around 1730]