Hey all, Jeanne and I took some time last week to take a drive along one of our really beautiful tree-lined roads here in Williamsburg! We passed by plantations that were the homes of James Madison, John Tyler, William Harrison, Benjamin Harrison. These men were U.S. President's or signers of the Declaration of Independence.
This is a time of year when the leaves are turning beautiful colors like burnt orange, yellow and bright reds...along the way we stopped off at the Shirley Plantation (Virginia's first plantation built in 1613) and stumbled across some really big white box-like mounds in the fields...they were cotton bundles! After the cotton is "ginned", they "box" up the cotton for ease of transportation. You can see some of the fields have yet to be harvested and it looks like a sea of white! Here's some close ups of the actual cotton "bud" from the plant...it was really nice to get away with Jeanne and take a leisurely drive together...and guess what...check out the place we ate at for lunch....yep Mimi's Cafe! It's one of 3 in Virginia....it was so good! I really enjoyed my co-pilot who helped navigate me along the way....!
This is a time of year when the leaves are turning beautiful colors like burnt orange, yellow and bright reds...along the way we stopped off at the Shirley Plantation (Virginia's first plantation built in 1613) and stumbled across some really big white box-like mounds in the fields...they were cotton bundles! After the cotton is "ginned", they "box" up the cotton for ease of transportation. You can see some of the fields have yet to be harvested and it looks like a sea of white! Here's some close ups of the actual cotton "bud" from the plant...it was really nice to get away with Jeanne and take a leisurely drive together...and guess what...check out the place we ate at for lunch....yep Mimi's Cafe! It's one of 3 in Virginia....it was so good! I really enjoyed my co-pilot who helped navigate me along the way....!
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Glad to see 'yall got away
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