We spent our last day in New England in a town that is the epitome of a postcard New England town, Woodstock, VT. We have been here before so this was just a re-run. We walked the town and the village green and re-discovered the covered bridge right across from the green. This one was built in 1969 to replace an previous bridge when the cost was deemed to be less for it than a modern one. Vandals tried to burn it in 1974 and it cost more to repair than the original pricetag. We ate at a tiny cafe where they make their own everything, bread, jelly, baked goods, etc. That is one thing we love about this part of the country. Then we drove all the backroads to see the houses and farms. We got a few groceries at a store where they two checkers share an aisle too narrow for two carts so you have to do a little dance to figure out how to share that space with the people in the other line. Ya'll, they just do things different up here. I bought a fruit that I think is half plum, half apricot. Strange looking spotted critter, but it was good. Visited the Taftsville Country Store that is brick and has a post office in the back room as well as two Golden Retrievers to love on. I had only spotted one and started to pet it when the other one barged up and licked me! Another covered bridge was across the street. We cooked on the grill in order to give Gene one more chance to eat the butter and sugar corn on the cob he loves so much.
Today, up and out early...until the car failed to crank and we found the batter connection was loose. Only a 10 minute delay but a heart in the throat moment for a little bit. Then rattling down 100 miles of bad road to catch the interstate in Glen Falls, NY. Stopped for breakfast near Rutland, VT at a place that has its own sugar house, you are eating around the equipment which is in the center of the room. Historically the home of a Civil War General whose horse is buried on the grounds with a giant rock acting as his tombstone. The maple syrup here was c
heaper than any we have seen on the trip so we got some. A maple tree has to be 40 years old to start producing and it takes 40 gallons of sap to make 1 qt of syrup, so you see why it is pricey. Oh, yeah, and the season is only 4-6 weeks long.
Today, up and out early...until the car failed to crank and we found the batter connection was loose. Only a 10 minute delay but a heart in the throat moment for a little bit. Then rattling down 100 miles of bad road to catch the interstate in Glen Falls, NY. Stopped for breakfast near Rutland, VT at a place that has its own sugar house, you are eating around the equipment which is in the center of the room. Historically the home of a Civil War General whose horse is buried on the grounds with a giant rock acting as his tombstone. The maple syrup here was c
heaper than any we have seen on the trip so we got some. A maple tree has to be 40 years old to start producing and it takes 40 gallons of sap to make 1 qt of syrup, so you see why it is pricey. Oh, yeah, and the season is only 4-6 weeks long. These two pics were taken near Killington, VT which is a ski area. Many of the businesses had decorations made from haybales and these were the only two I managed to half capture. The first one is a really bad shot but if you enlarge it, you might pick out a teddy bear at the far left. The other was cows and I only got half of it.
Through Saratoga Springs(that was our last trip north, the Adirondacks), Albany down to Binghamton, Scranton. And tonight we are in Tobyhanna, PA. Where? Those who have known me a long,
long time know this is where I lived for 2 years in junior high. The old neighborhood, which were the oldest homes in the town, has gone downhill. The house was hard to pick out for 50 years of change had not been kind to it and the historic Methodist Church across the street was a vacant lot. Wasn't much there in those days and there still isn't though the Army Depot has grown a whole lot, coming right up to the town and suburbs have grown to the south complete with a golf course.
The drive today was complete with a lot of mountain scenery, at times, rows and rows of them fading into the haze. Very pretty streams and rivers and bogs, but still no moose. So this was a moose-less trip. That little bear sure was cute though!
To make things quicker, we have barely made camp. We only connected electricity, did not use the levelers and opened one bed. The plan was to take up to four days to get home, but get Gene into a car and he is like a racehorse at the gate, all he can see is the finish line. Early afternoon, he proposed doing the 18 hrs in two days and staying in a motel tonight. But I squelched that one real quick. Was not going to walk into a house that has been empty for 5 weeks at 10PM and face who knows what. The spiders and bugs may have taken over. Gene's answer was that we could always spend the night in the camper.
Through Saratoga Springs(that was our last trip north, the Adirondacks), Albany down to Binghamton, Scranton. And tonight we are in Tobyhanna, PA. Where? Those who have known me a long,
long time know this is where I lived for 2 years in junior high. The old neighborhood, which were the oldest homes in the town, has gone downhill. The house was hard to pick out for 50 years of change had not been kind to it and the historic Methodist Church across the street was a vacant lot. Wasn't much there in those days and there still isn't though the Army Depot has grown a whole lot, coming right up to the town and suburbs have grown to the south complete with a golf course.The drive today was complete with a lot of mountain scenery, at times, rows and rows of them fading into the haze. Very pretty streams and rivers and bogs, but still no moose. So this was a moose-less trip. That little bear sure was cute though!
To make things quicker, we have barely made camp. We only connected electricity, did not use the levelers and opened one bed. The plan was to take up to four days to get home, but get Gene into a car and he is like a racehorse at the gate, all he can see is the finish line. Early afternoon, he proposed doing the 18 hrs in two days and staying in a motel tonight. But I squelched that one real quick. Was not going to walk into a house that has been empty for 5 weeks at 10PM and face who knows what. The spiders and bugs may have taken over. Gene's answer was that we could always spend the night in the camper.
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