November 9, 2006: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia.
Some guy built a pipe organ out of the stalactites in the Luray caverns, and now lotsa folks get married down here.
Monticello is owned by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which gives tours of the interior and surrounding plantation. They seem overly reluctant to tarnish the image of TJ, and this is reflected in the tour. They say for example, about Sally Hemmings, his slave mistress, that there is some 'compelling evidence' (read: DNA) suggesting that he may have fathered children with her, but that 'we're just not sure' and 'we may never know.'
You might drive right over the two lane highway crossing Natural Bridge without ever noticing what lies below. Not us. We caught the 20 or so billboards leading us to one of the 7 wonders. George Washington was the first to survey the area back in the day and he carved his initials in a rock you can see as you walk underneath.
Some guy built a pipe organ out of the stalactites in the Luray caverns, and now lotsa folks get married down here.
Monticello is owned by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which gives tours of the interior and surrounding plantation. They seem overly reluctant to tarnish the image of TJ, and this is reflected in the tour. They say for example, about Sally Hemmings, his slave mistress, that there is some 'compelling evidence' (read: DNA) suggesting that he may have fathered children with her, but that 'we're just not sure' and 'we may never know.'
You might drive right over the two lane highway crossing Natural Bridge without ever noticing what lies below. Not us. We caught the 20 or so billboards leading us to one of the 7 wonders. George Washington was the first to survey the area back in the day and he carved his initials in a rock you can see as you walk underneath.
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