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FotoFriday-FAVORITE- Wild Date with Ivy League Barrister I am used to dating Bikers and Rednecks not Princeton Educated Lawyers. Nevertheless, we connected at the Fishing Place AND he was willing to drive to Charlottesville. We've had some interesting phone conversations - politics, religion, philosophy, interesting court cases, ad infitum. We met at Monticello and drove to Ashlawn Highland. James Monroe's Place. It only cost $9. to get him in because he's a Senior Citizen and I was free because I am a LOCAL.  What I found most interesting at Ashlawn was the picture of George Washington crossing the Delaware. Washington is standing on the boat with James Monroe clutching the American Flag while the crew is maneuvering through blocks of ice in the Delaware River. There was a black man in the crew. It's totally inaccurate. James Monroe actually crossed the Delaware earlier than Washington. The American Flag didn't exist at the time and the Slaves were not part of the Military. Also interesting was the fact that James Monroe brought Louisiana from Napoleon for more $$$$$$ than Jefferson would have approved but Jefferson took the credit after it turned out okay. James Monroe was appointed United States Minister to France by President George Washington. His wife Elizabeth helped to secure the release of the release of Madame La Fayette wife of the Marquis de Lafayette when she learned of her imprisonment and threatened death by guillotine. We left Ashlawn and headed back to Monticello. We opted to do the Trail versus the House Tour. One Tour a day is enough. I showed the Ivy League Barrister where the Slave Graveyard was located and gave him a hot blazing kiss right in the graveyard. Earlier, I kidding ly told him that I like compromising male virtues in Graveyards. He was beginning to wonder if I was serious.  I have been on the trail many times, we walked all the way to Waldon Pond. The pond really doesn't have a name so I just call it Waldon Pond. It was a day of interesting and stimulating conversations. It was a great day and a chance to get a photo of my favorite President, Thomas Jefferson.  Abracadabra  |
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3/19/2010 10:34 pm |
Interesting narrative...  Happiness is where we find it, but rarely where we seek it. J. Petit Senn
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