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| Manana at Mt. Vermon |
Up and out by 8:00 AM. We
stop again at the James Creek Marina for a pumpout, but find they
don't open until 9:00 AM. I fill our water tanks while we wait for
opening time. Two hours later we are anchored down stream at Mt.
Vernon.
We dinghy ashore. This is the one day they don't have a tour
boat landing here, which I thought was a good thing. Unfortunately to
buy tickets we have to walk to the other side of Mt Vernon to
purchase them. After a few missed directions and about two hours of
viewing exhibits and museums we finally make it to the entrance to
pay for admission. Kind of go now pay later, for us. After touring
the main house and some of the out buildings we went back to the
theater at the entrance to see the movie that most people see first.
No one there but us, this late in the day, so we get a private
showing in the huge theater. We get back out to the boat and Linda
realizes she left her Bahama hat in the theater. So back we go to
the entrance theater, but doors are locked at this time. The cleaning
personnel let us in and we find her hat at the counter tagged and
ready to be sent to Lost and Found. So now we head backwards through
the exit and have to explain that our ride is sitting out in the
Potomac, not in the parking lot.
We motor for 3 hours and
arrive back at Mattawoman Creek just after sunset.
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