Mount Vernon, George Washington's home, sits south of Washington, D.C.

This weekend, I visited my third presidential home (First: Jefferson. Second: Madison). This third home visit was to the first president's home, Mount Vernon. George Washington and his wife, Martha, lived in the home south of Washington, D.C., for more than 40 years. The 400-plus acre estate included fields, slave quarters, stable, gardens, orchards and a circle drive.

Enjoy our trip through the present-day estate, which is much smaller, but very well maintained and reconstructed compared to the other two presidential homes we have visited.

A well sits in the middle of the garden for easy access.

While they don't know exactly what the garden would have looked like, they think it would look like this. It has lots of different vegetables.

An example of a Washington carriage.

This is the site of the first tomb Washington was buried in. The final resting place wasn't finished at the time of his death.

Here is the final tomb. Marta is on the left; George is on the right.

Down the hill form the home near the Potomac River, the estate features plantation life, including sheep, crops and wheat production.

Inside the round building from the last photo, these horses ran around for 45 minutes smashing wheat to separate it. The process made the grain fall to the floor below.

After the seed fell, workers shook the mix of grain and plant particles in baskets to separate it.

Final result, edible grain.

Sheep grazing. Back in the day, they would have used his wool for clothes and such.

Bird peppers growing.

Cole checks out the tall sunflowers and sorghum.

Along the paths are lots of old, marked trees.

Closer to the house was a flower garden and greenhouse.

Lots of pretty flowers.

Last stop — the house. Our tour time was 1.5 hours after we entered, so this was out last stop on the estate. While the house was neat inside, it was by far my least favorite home tour. They just herd you through and people stand in each room explaining. So, you come in part way on things and don't get as much detail.

But, you sure can't complain about this backyard view of the Potomac.

We definitely had a good time. (Thanks random man for taking our picture.)