We took a short trip to the National Colonial Farm at Piscataway Park, Maryland. It's a short trip over the bridge and down Indian Head Highway. It's directly across the river from Mount Vernon and was originally set aside for a park to protect the views from GW's home. They have a colonial era farm there and we spent a few hours running around the barns, smokehouses, fields and pens looking at pigs, lambs, horses, cows, people dressed in colonial wear and plants. The boys loved it and I was pleasantly surprised at the place. Mom and Dad enjoyed seeing the great view of Mt Vernon and talking with the lady in colonial dress. I put a whole load of photos up in flickr. You can find them here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/homerclees/sets/72057594121233330/