03 Apr 2025
We bought the pass to wander the grounds but didn’t realize until a helpful Mount Vernon employee from the help desk approached us and told us our entry also included the Virtual Mansion Tour as well as the mansion itself. She told us to get these tickets at the entrance box office which we are so thankful we did. We lucked out with a beautiful 80 degrees day with the cherry blossoms in full bloom along with lots of other Spring nature around us, including precious baby sheep frolicking. The mansion has some construction going on which gaves us the opportunity to see some of the underlying structures from long ago. You can see why Washington valued so highly the Potomac River views and its resources. It was so fascinating learning about the many innovational ideas that came about here. The docents are very informative as well as all of the people helping throughout Mount Vernon. It was a very informative inspiring relaxing day.