Apr 27 - George Washington's birthplace and Westmoreland State Park

  We did computer stuff this morning.  Peter on his blogs, me doing research into places to see in Oregon, and RV routes, and possible tours.  It looks really exciting, but a little overwhelming trying to figure it all out.  Once we know what we want to see and do, we need to figure out where to camp with the RV.  Then, that's just one State, still have Washington, Montana, California to do. 
  It was a beautiful sunny, light breezy day.  We drove the 11 miles over to the George Washington National Monument, which is the birthplace of George Washington.  There farm was VERY extensive, in between the Potomac River and the Popes Creek River.  Turns out the original house he was born in, burned to the ground in the late 1700's.  In the 1930's, the Park Service of the day recreated what they thought life on his farm must have been like.  Unfortunately, they didn't quite get it right, as determined by some archaeological digs done fairly recently.  But what they did do was still interesting.  They have some re-enactors doing some of the trades, so we saw the kitchen cooks and how they used to cook.   We also went down to the beach area on the Potomac, which is where their boat harbor was.
  Finally, we drove a few more miles over to the Westmoreland State Park, also on the Potomac River, which is very wide at this point.  The park was nicely done, and we walked the beaches for awhile.
Nice Day,

George Washington National Monument photos:

 Beach at George Washington National Monument farm photos:

Westmoreland State Park photos: