Our big project today was to get our ballots printed out and ready to mail. Sounds much easier than it turned out to be - loading - updating - getting to the site...on and on. It took Sam more than an hour and finally the printing began! Seven pages for each of us! We signed and dated and started to fill everything out - then discovered we had to vote in pencil and we had to havea #10 envelope for each of us. All those IKEA pencils and we couldn't find a single one!
When we were at the Natural Bridge we picked up a flyer on the Stonewall Jackson Home. So we decided to go take the tour on the search for pencils & envelopes!
We started our tour in Lexington at the Visitor's Center. Then walked to the Stonewall Jackson Home.
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| Stonewall Jackson's Home |
The home is pretty impressive - I liked the large rooms. There were also a lot of furnishings that had belonged to the Jackson's. There was even a quilt that had been made by Mrs. Jackson's Mother. There was a small trunk that Stonewall Jackson had from the time he was 8 years old. He had a pretty rough life and moved around quite a bit while he was young. It is believed that everything he owned had to be kept in that small trunk. But they also believed that is what taught him to be so organized and think well under pressure.
While we at the Visitor's Center I was told about a church bazaar that was happening at the Robert E. Lee church. So we walked back
walked back to the Visitor's Center and Sam drove me to the church. Good timing - all the baked goods had just been marked down to 1/2 price!
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This Historic Style Scarecrow
would have used to chase off birds.
A small sapling was used - a potato
gave weight to swing in the wind
and the feathers would catch the
wind or maybe confuse the birds. |
We stopped at the Dollar Store to get pencils and envelopes. We got back to the RV and followed all the directions and filled in our ballots!
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The back of
Stonewall Jackson's Home. |
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