We left our campsite at Big Meadows earlier than planned because there was a prediction for cold weather and high winds. We can be comfortable in the trailer in pretty cold weather but with water in the tanks, we didn’t want to chance something freezing up.
Smith Mountain Lake was a VERY nice campground. Just one loop of campsites with mostly level gravel pads, electic and water hookups, hiking trails leaving from the campsite. The dogwoods were blooming but there was another tree blooming in the woods and along the highways. Someone suggested that it may be Redbud. I know it doesn’t grow in VT whatever it is!
We visited Thomas Jefferson’s “other” home Poplar Forest. The building is a hexagon with elongated hexagonal rooms along the perimeter and a 20 ft x 20 ft x 20ft cube room at the center. There were no interior photos allowed. Apearantly TJ was obsessed with hexagons, even his china had hexagons in the pattern.
You may have detected a TJ theme to this trip. If you are interested in reading more about him, I found this interesting article in Smithsonian Magazine. He is a very complex character.
Time to break camp. Here are the puppies all ready to go:
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