Arrival, Departure, and Change in Plans. Stanfordâs location on the San Francisco Peninsula governs its summer weather pattern. In the immediate campus area, the summer norm calls for cool mornings and nights, with warmer days and evenings.
The Enchantments. The Enchantments is an area comprising an upper and a lower basin, the lakes and tarns contained within them, and the peaks of the Stuart Range bounding the basins. The area is located entirely within the Alpine Lakes Wilderness about 15 miles (24 km) southwest of Leavenworth, Washington in the United States. The Enchantments is regarded as one of the most spectacular locations in the Cascade Range.
L'Enfant's ambitious plan for the city's layout depended on negotiating with local landowners for right of way. During one of these meetings, Washington and L'Enfant stayed in Georgetown's Fountain Inn at 31st and K Streets. The inn was better known to locals as Suter's Tavern, after its owner John Suter. Over on Bridge Street (now M Street), John Suter's son, John, Jr., ran a clock shop in today's Old Stone House.