After the rain died down it actually turned into a nice day. We decided to take an adventure to the Hermitage. This is President Andrew Jackson's Plantation and has been around since the early 1800's. It was a really neat experience to see all the historic sites and how nicely they have kept up the property...
His wife, Rachel's, garden was actually the most specatcular site that we saw. The land owned by the Jackson's is actually over 1,000 acres. The garden is quite magnificent.
It is at the back of the garden where the family graveyard is... Here is the tomb of Rachel and General Jackson.
Here we are in another section of the garden... it is beatiful flowers and plants built into little pathways for what probably makes up over and acre in its own.
Off in the distance behind Patrick you can see the mansion. We wern't allowed to take any pictures inside there but it is really spectaculr in there too. It is filled with amazing pieces of furniture and is decorated in very detailed wall papers and draperies. Amazing how nice it was for early 1800's but it was never updated with plumbing or electricity... They have kept it very original.
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