We are almost to Yorktown; just about 90 miles out. Our final day of biking will be Saturday. We plan to do a short day Saturday, just 20 miles, so that we can spend some time taking pictures on the beach. My parents will be picking us up and driving us back. We’ll arrive back home on Sunday and spend a day or two unpacking and washing things. As we unpack we will put together a little report to review the facts and stats from our trip. Josh will start his career as a soil specialist with my dad and I will begin my masters program in English and teaching assistantship at ISU on August 11th.
Yesterday we got to stop and see Monticello, President Jefferson’s estate. Monticello is Italian for “little mount.” This is land he inherited from his father and later built his home with in a neo-classical aritechtural influence. Jefferson is also well known for designing and founding the University of Virginia as well drafting the Declaration of Independence. He died with over $100k in debt, so the family auctioned off the land, home, furnishings, and slaves. Uriah Levy was an admirer of Jefferson and bought the property. He and his son maintained the home, and later his son sold the property back to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation who runs the grounds today. Monticello is the building which appears on the back of the nickel.
Yesterday we got to stop and see Monticello, President Jefferson’s estate. Monticello is Italian for “little mount.” This is land he inherited from his father and later built his home with in a neo-classical aritechtural influence. Jefferson is also well known for designing and founding the University of Virginia as well drafting the Declaration of Independence. He died with over $100k in debt, so the family auctioned off the land, home, furnishings, and slaves. Uriah Levy was an admirer of Jefferson and bought the property. He and his son maintained the home, and later his son sold the property back to the Thomas Jefferson Foundation who runs the grounds today. Monticello is the building which appears on the back of the nickel.