Today we went to US Grant's National Historic Site.
This site is the farm that was owned by Grant's wife's family, the Dents. Interestingly the house is called White Haven after Julia's father's family home in MD. Apparently the house was never white, but the awful green approximates the color Grant chose when he took over ownership.
We toured the house and out buildings including the summer kitchen
And chicken coop
The winter kitchen was in the basement. While the main living spaces were all plastered and finished, the ceiling beams in the kitchen were logs with the bark still on.
The large horse stables that Grant designed and had built is now a museum. This quote amused me.
And, of course, the girls and my mom earned their Junior Rangers.
We were planning to also visit "Grant's Farm" across the street from the historic site. It has the Anheuser-Busch Cleidsdales and other animals. But unfortunately, is only open weekends this time of year, so we'll have to skip it.
Next we enjoyed a yummy "lunch" of frozen custard from Ted Drewes. YUM
This site is the farm that was owned by Grant's wife's family, the Dents. Interestingly the house is called White Haven after Julia's father's family home in MD. Apparently the house was never white, but the awful green approximates the color Grant chose when he took over ownership.
We toured the house and out buildings including the summer kitchen
And chicken coop
The winter kitchen was in the basement. While the main living spaces were all plastered and finished, the ceiling beams in the kitchen were logs with the bark still on.
The large horse stables that Grant designed and had built is now a museum. This quote amused me.
And, of course, the girls and my mom earned their Junior Rangers.
We were planning to also visit "Grant's Farm" across the street from the historic site. It has the Anheuser-Busch Cleidsdales and other animals. But unfortunately, is only open weekends this time of year, so we'll have to skip it.
Next we enjoyed a yummy "lunch" of frozen custard from Ted Drewes. YUM
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