After a couple days a trade-show in Washington, DC this summer and took the opportunity to see the local sites, cameras in hand, and make the most of my time.
The day before I flew home, I went to Mount Vernon, and then made the drive south to Monticello, which is always always been on my list of things that I have to see before I fade to black. The structure of Monticello, the house itself, was super impressive. The grounds and farm were nice but paled in comparison to Mount Vernon. Mount Vernon Fields do not live out and it looks like they’re ready to plow tomorrow. Washington’s house was not the grand artifact that Monticello is, but it is a house that seems to have been built to live in, to entertain friends, and a home that a prospers farm was run from.
I am a little bit of a camera-happy tourist and I took both my Pen FT half frame and my Rollieflex medium format cameras. I shot on both color slide film and black-and-white in each.
Monticello
Mount Vernon
The dining room at Mount Vernon
The gardens at Monticello
Mount Vernon’s flower and vegetable garden
Washington’s study/office
Jefferson’s Study
The Mount Vernon Distillery.
Assorted shots from Mount Vernon
Assorted Monticello shots and Jefferson’s wine cellar