Lynchburg, VA to Charlottesville, VA

Stopped in downtown Lynchburg at The White Hart Cafe for lunch before heading for Charlottesville.  Downtown Lynchburg is geared toward the college students with coffee houses which is what our lunch stop was.

Arrived in Charlottesville early afternoon in time to tour Thomas Jefferson's home, Monticello.  Peggy, our tour guide, was very engaging and spoke about Thomas Jefferson in the present tense which made the tour even more interesting.  The inside of the house, which I can't show you since photos were not permitted, showed Thomas Jefferson's personality as apparently he loved science and technology.  Being an architect, he made many adjustments to his home and added items like "dumb waiters" to bring his beer and wine from the cellar.  He also had a polygraph machine on his desk with two pens.  When he wrote with one pen, the other made an exact copy.  The doors in his Parlor, where his guests gathered for conversation, were designed so when the knob on one door was pulled the other door automatically closed.  He was obviously a very clever man as well as a great Statesman.

Photo of East side of Monticello and a built in weather vane on the ceiling of the porch controlled by a weather vane on the roof.

Photo of West side of Monticello