We went to visit our good friends Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt today.....
Their estate was beautiful. They had 6 children, but one died as a baby. President Roosevelt was a lawyer before he got into politics, He contracted infantile polio at the age of 38 (very unusual for an adult to get it) and it left him partially paralized. He led the country through the Great Depression and World War II, he was a great man and was well loved by the nation.
The estate was beautiful and overlooked the Hudson river. His presidential Library was here, where he held his famous "fireside chats". Also the main house, above, and a little cottage that he built for himself as a retreat from all the hustle and bustle of the main house.
Their estate was beautiful. They had 6 children, but one died as a baby. President Roosevelt was a lawyer before he got into politics, He contracted infantile polio at the age of 38 (very unusual for an adult to get it) and it left him partially paralized. He led the country through the Great Depression and World War II, he was a great man and was well loved by the nation.
The estate was beautiful and overlooked the Hudson river. His presidential Library was here, where he held his famous "fireside chats". Also the main house, above, and a little cottage that he built for himself as a retreat from all the hustle and bustle of the main house.There are so many of these amazing and ostentatious estates in this whole area...from New York to the coast of Maine. The Vanderbilt family owned over 100 homes, the Roosevelts, the Rockefellers, the Kennedys. As we drive through the countryside we see large and smaller homes built hundreds of years ago. It feels like we stepped into a time machine.
There are also a lot of bridges...I don't really like driving over bridges, and most of them are too long for me to hold my breath.
There are also a lot of bridges...I don't really like driving over bridges, and most of them are too long for me to hold my breath.We finally had a campfire tonight. It started to sprinkle, but then stopped and was such a beautiful night that we decided to eat outside. So we cooked some hot dogs over the fire and enjoyed the sounds and smells of the forest.
This trip has been so amazing so far. We are having so much fun, and learning a lot of history. This country is so beautiful and so diverse. East of the Mississippi river there are so many old homes and so much history....One park ranger was telling us about Washington's home in Valley Forge. He said the floors in the bedrooms was original, but the floor in the hall was new....only 100 years old. I said 100 years...thats pretty old. He said that around here 100 years is considered new, because so many of the homes in the area are over 200 years old.
This trip has been so amazing so far. We are having so much fun, and learning a lot of history. This country is so beautiful and so diverse. East of the Mississippi river there are so many old homes and so much history....One park ranger was telling us about Washington's home in Valley Forge. He said the floors in the bedrooms was original, but the floor in the hall was new....only 100 years old. I said 100 years...thats pretty old. He said that around here 100 years is considered new, because so many of the homes in the area are over 200 years old. 
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