Mount Vernon, VA (USA)

[I woke up Mollie at 0730 so we could get ready to go to Mount Vernon - she’d hoped to bring her friends but those plans fell through - we left our house at around 0815 and were able to get a good parking spot - we did have to wait in a big line in the cold and drizzle - however, we got into Mount Vernon (fee free day) right when it opened - we watched some movies we hadn’t seen before (at the Visitors Center and then found a good place to watch the wreath laying at Washington’s Tomb - we met my friends, Kelly and Kim (and their kids) at about 1015 - we had picked up some tickets for the Mansion Tour and gave them to our friends - while they were (supposedly) on that tour, Mollie and I walked around the grounds, visiting animal enclosures and watching the 42 gun salute - we caught up with friends again at around 1115 and learned that they hadn't entered the mansion after all - we watched the military tactics demonstration - it started to rain and everyone else decided to leave - Mollie and I went to see a 4D movie about Washington and the Revolution (it was good) - we then headed home (1300) - back at my apartment, Mollie ate lunch and we watched a movie (“Class of ‘61”) - she later worked on her Equine Medical Center application and studied some more in her room - we watched another episode of “Wild Alaska” - Nicky came to pick up Mollie at 1740]