October 26, 2013
Out of the mountains and into Charlottesville,Virginia for a two day stay. Upon our arrival, we realized that it was Halloween weekend at the RV park. The celebration fills the RV Parks and people come from miles around to celebrate Halloween and let their children trick-or-treat at the park. Of course we had no idea of the tradition and thus -no candy. To avoid being Halloween scrooges, we darkened our trailer and enjoyed dinner at a Thai restaurant returning only when the young children were in bed.
In the morning our neighbor in the RV park, suggested we visited Carter’s Apple Orchard for apple picking day. Cars were ushered up the steep incline and we joined hundreds of others to eat and take a few apples with us. By the time we finished, we had picked about 15 pounds of four different varieties and tasted some of the best apples we have ever eaten.
In the afternoon we toured the Monticello home (a replica is on the nickel) and plantation of Thomas Jefferson. We came away with a greater appreciation and understanding of a man with an insatiable curiosity and proponent of free thinking yet a slave owner until he died.
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| Replica of a sun dial created by Thomas Jefferson |
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