Another good and beautiful day

Last evening at dinner, we met a young man who was hiking the Appalacian trail. He needed a day or two off, so he came into town for a nice dinner. He is doing half of the trail, 1000 miles. It is a much easier task now with cell phones than in the past. Anyone want to try this nice, long walk?

Today we headed east toward Woodstock, Vermont. This is not the August, 1969, Woodstock, NY. This is a lovely town with cute shops and these beautiful homes in the saltbox style, clapboard siding, and very, very large. Some are of brick with black shutters or the white clapboard. Very pretty. And of course, another cute covered bridge. This is a privately owned one going to a farm house.

Isn't this church magnificent? This is the First Universalist Church and Society. The building is dated 1844 and it is located in Barnard, Vermont. It is so well cared for, you would never imagine it to be 165 years old.

We had a lovely dinner this evening at "The Prince and the Pauper." I had black and white sesame crusted salmon and the Trout had lobster and crab cakes. Just enough with a beautiful pate' we shared as an appetizer. This was served with pickled red onions, cornichons, grainy mustard and lingonberries. Very, very perfect.

Tomorrow is my day to go exploring after I drop the Trout off to go fly fishing with his guide. By the way, we hit it pretty good this morning at the Orvis tent sale. I know they were just waiting for us to show up.

Beautiful Vermont

It was a good day. We had a nice flight from Ohio to Manchester, New Hampshire. Had a pleasant drive and stopped in Petersboro, New Hampshire, for a late lunch at Harlow's Pub. Delightful people and a local couple immediately started a conversation with us. Small towns and friendly local folk--it is a good combination. Oh the wall of the restaurant was written a quote by Roger Waters, who once was lead singer of Pink Floyd. I loved it immediately and wrote it down.

"Long you live and high you fly and smiles you'll give and tears you'll cry and all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be." Roger Waters

Staying the night just outside of Manchester, Vermont. These beautiful New England states are close together and we even dipped into New York for a few miles. The Trout spilled a cup of coffee on his pants in the airplane, and the lady running this motel immediately offered to wash and dry them and delivered them pressed to our room less than 3 hours later. It's been quite a while since I have seen such kindness. It makes likely this part of the country very easy.


Today was a busy but beautiful day. We started by finding Robert Frost's grave and his home where he sat on a hot June day and wrote "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening," in 1922. His home is displayed beautifully and definitely worth a stop. The cemetery is old, graves back to the 1700's.





Stopped at a covered bridge over the Batenkill River. My first covered bridge. I grew up in Iowa near Winterset which is known for its covered bridges i.e. "Bridges of Madison County," but I have never seen one, so this was a thrill.

We also toured HIldene, the summer home of Robert Todd Lincoln, President Lincoln's only child who grew to adulthood. This is a beautiful museum and even has one of Abraham's 7 top hats.

The Orvis store and American Fly Fishing Museum were fun. Orvis has a tent sale tomorrow morning, so guess where we'll be when the tents open?