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October 3, 2014

Michelle Travels East

On Sept. 26, Michelle flies into Washington, D.C., and first things first, we toured the monuments by night.	Jefferson Memorial glows against the Tidal Basin.	The Washington Monument rises to the sky clear of scaffolding.
In the morning, we ride the metro across town to the Capitol area, stopping to see the facade of the Supreme Court Building.	Even though under construction, we toured the Capitol.	With so many activities, we had to stop for a snack. Mmmm, nacho cheese.
We followed the food fest with a bike ride around the lawn.	Cole watches our bikes as we takes pictures and visit the Lincoln Memorial.	The calm day lends to a great Washington Monument photo.
Michelle makes sure the Washington Monument doesn't fall down.	Our day ends with a beautiful, colorful Washington, D.C., sunset.	Back in Charlottesville, we zip up the hill to Carter Mountain Orchard. We took in a great view and picked some bags of apples for an apple crisp and snacks.
We followed apples up with grapes, but in the wine form at Trump Winery.	Trump Winery tastings come with a great view.	On Monday, Michelle and I stopped by to see Jefferson, well really his house — Monticello.
Monticello's garden overflows with green leaves and vines.	During her last full day, we take Michelle for a drive down the Blue Ridge Parkway. The fog obscured most of the view, but this little piece of sunlight area illuminated a scene of rolling mountains.	From the roadside railing, Michelle takes in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Mirthrandir finds a small place to park so we can see the mountainous view.	Michelle traveled east, saw monuments, ate apples, drank wine, saw history and climbed on rocks in Virginia — success!

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