Making Sure We Have a Little Fun

We are living in an area filled with fun and interesting things to do, and I am determined to take advantage of it.  Our goal is to see something every weekend.  Even if it is something small that doesn't take too long.  Our first full weekend in Fredericksburg, we explored the Fredericksburg Farmer's Market, which was AWESOME!!!  Fresh baked bread and pastries, farm-fresh fruits and vegetables, honey, hand-carved wood products, flowers, home-made lotions and soaps.  So fun!!

The girls investigate the veggies at the farmer's market

The other place we explored was Ferry Farm, where George Washington lived from about the age of six until his adulthood.  It is across the river from Fredericksburg, and took us just a few minutes to get there.  If the stories of the chopping of the cherry tree and the throwing of the rock across the river are true, this is where they happened.  The buildings from Washington's time are all gone, but there is an active archaeological site there, where they are uncovering the foundations of the buildings.  They have marked the corner stones of the house so we could get an idea of how big it was.  They have a self-guided tour and have commentary loaded on an iPad, which we borrowed and used to guide us through the farm.  The farm is located right on the river, and we followed the paths to the river and could then look across to Fredericksburg.  The foundation which owns Ferry Farm is working on getting permits to build a re-creation of the Washington house.  It was pretty neat to see this site in the early stages of turning it into a more viable historical spot.