Life at Nottoway

The most wonderful thing about visiting the Nottoway Plantation is staying the night. We have the freedom to wonder the mansion at our leisure. It is quiet and free of other tourists. I spent some time their tonight with my daughters, feeling the energy of the rooms and house, trying to imagine what it would be like to live in and around the time of the civil war. The strangest thing happened. Climbing the staircase, I reached a point where the energy was overwhelming familiar and I felt so comfortable and at home, it was as though I lived in the mansion. Each time I climbed the stairs onto the second level landing, the energy was the same. Pip sensed it too, it started at the very same stair for her. It was as though I seriously traveled back in time and felt the energy of the past home owners. The energy was so intense and over whelming that I had to sit on the stairs for awhile to figure it out. All I can say is it smelled familiar, looked familiar and felt in every way–it was though I was back visiting my childhood home–feeling such comfort at all the familiar surroundings. It was the most ghost like experience I’ve ever had.
Below are pictures of our evening in the house and on the grounds, visiting the small family graveyard.