Have been wanting to get to this area for awhile but not until after the west had been conquered. Well here I am! This is the year!
This trip starts a little sooner than planned. Ben and I weren't going to leave until Friday morning but I happened to be able to leave work a little early on Thursday (thanks Doc Render) and pick Ben up, drive to Hanover, throw my things in a suitcase, say good-bye to the men in my family (you know who you are) and hit the road. Heading up Interstate 95 in the rain wasn't much fun but knowing the weather was starting to let up made things much easier to swallow.
We catch 81 in Winchester and drive until we get tired stopping in Carlisle, PA for the night. After a continental breakfast and showers we hit the road heading north into New York towards Albany. Gorgeous weather is with us and actually a little chilly compared to the hot and humid weather we've been having in Virginia the last couple of weeks. Once in Albany we turn east to Arlington, VT. What a quaint little town! The first stop I was interested in was a HUGE antique store I had read about. We get there and it is closed! Not closed like for the day but CLOSED in like FOREVER!! BUMMER!! But just to get on a smaller road and slow down a bit was worth it. Arlington was the home of Norman Rockwell and you can see where he got his inspiration of small-town life.
Next stop Manchester where Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd, built "Hildene" a 24-room mansion where he and his descendants lived from 1905-1975.
Vermont is very mountainous. Lots of green landscape and quaint little towns everywhere. (I can see right now I'll be using the word quaint a lot in this blog) We head back north into NY to Fort Ticonderoga to catch the ferry across Lake Champlain into Middlebury, VT but get there after the ferry stops running so instead we head up through Adirondack National Park and cross the lake at Chimney Point via bridge. Check into hotel, freshen up a bit and into Burlington we go. College town atmosphere with plenty of choices for food and drink.
Next stop Manchester where Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd, built "Hildene" a 24-room mansion where he and his descendants lived from 1905-1975.
Vermont is very mountainous. Lots of green landscape and quaint little towns everywhere. (I can see right now I'll be using the word quaint a lot in this blog) We head back north into NY to Fort Ticonderoga to catch the ferry across Lake Champlain into Middlebury, VT but get there after the ferry stops running so instead we head up through Adirondack National Park and cross the lake at Chimney Point via bridge. Check into hotel, freshen up a bit and into Burlington we go. College town atmosphere with plenty of choices for food and drink.
Blog is working well. Thanks for the update. Keep the pictures coming. Be safe. Love ya. Brotha
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