New England trip report - Fall 2015
My family has made many trips out West but our last long trip together was somewhere entirely different, New England. My husband and I met up with Dad in New Jersey where we visited with a relative t...
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OCT 7
Our 13th day on the road dawned nice and sunny, allowing us to appreciate the beautiful fall colors we’d missed when we arrived late the evening before. I walked around the campground and, although the sites on the back side of the loop were near a creek, that was also where all the other campers were crowded so I was glad we’d picked out sites at the front where we had the place to ourselves.
When we left, Kohldad and his DW split off on their own again to go visit Niagara Falls. Dad, the DH, and I made our way back to US 302 West and followed it out of the Twin Mountain National Forest. A short distance outside the forest we passed through Bethlehem NH. The name of the town caught my attention first then we came upon a sight that had us hitting our breaks and pulling into a parking lot. The front of the Indian Brook Trading Post was decorated with several large welded scrap metal statues. They were fantastic pieces of ingenuity which had us posing with them like the tourists that we were. Inside the store we could see more interesting pieces but, alas, it was closed.
Back on the road again and still on US 302, we passed into Vermont.
We passed through Montpelier and cut off on a side road. One can’t go to Vermont without stopping in at one of its many maple syrup makers!
Morse Farm is located in a beautiful area of rolling countryside. A number of tractors were on display, some old and some not so old.
Can you spot the “tour guide” in this photo pointing out the entrance? Look in the upper left corner of the stacked wood wall.
Inside the “theater” we watched a show on the history and how-to of maple syrup. In one window of the theater were samples of syrup. They looked rich with the sunlight streaming through them.
Someone here has an active imagination and an artist’s eye.
Of course we purchased some syrup and a few other items from the farm’s store before moving on. Jumping onto I-89, we traveled a whole 13 miles before exiting at Waterbury to visit the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream factory.
We took the 30 minute tour, sampled a few of the new varieties, then left the crowd behind.
From Waterbury we traveled south on Hwy 100. At Hancock we turned west on Hwy 12 and passed through the Green Mountain National Forest. On the other side we turned south on Hwy 7 to Lake Dunmore and Waterhouses Campground and Marina on the west side of the lake. We would have stayed at Branbury State Park on the east side of the lake but it closed on Columbus Day. That was OK as we found the Marina had a good restaurant where we ate supper. Another pleasant day on the road!
To be continued …
OCT 7
Our 13th day on the road dawned nice and sunny, allowing us to appreciate the beautiful fall colors we’d missed when we arrived late the evening before. I walked around the campground and, although the sites on the back side of the loop were near a creek, that was also where all the other campers were crowded so I was glad we’d picked out sites at the front where we had the place to ourselves.
When we left, Kohldad and his DW split off on their own again to go visit Niagara Falls. Dad, the DH, and I made our way back to US 302 West and followed it out of the Twin Mountain National Forest. A short distance outside the forest we passed through Bethlehem NH. The name of the town caught my attention first then we came upon a sight that had us hitting our breaks and pulling into a parking lot. The front of the Indian Brook Trading Post was decorated with several large welded scrap metal statues. They were fantastic pieces of ingenuity which had us posing with them like the tourists that we were. Inside the store we could see more interesting pieces but, alas, it was closed.
Back on the road again and still on US 302, we passed into Vermont.
We passed through Montpelier and cut off on a side road. One can’t go to Vermont without stopping in at one of its many maple syrup makers!
Morse Farm is located in a beautiful area of rolling countryside. A number of tractors were on display, some old and some not so old.
Can you spot the “tour guide” in this photo pointing out the entrance? Look in the upper left corner of the stacked wood wall.
Inside the “theater” we watched a show on the history and how-to of maple syrup. In one window of the theater were samples of syrup. They looked rich with the sunlight streaming through them.
Someone here has an active imagination and an artist’s eye.
Of course we purchased some syrup and a few other items from the farm’s store before moving on. Jumping onto I-89, we traveled a whole 13 miles before exiting at Waterbury to visit the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream factory.
We took the 30 minute tour, sampled a few of the new varieties, then left the crowd behind.
From Waterbury we traveled south on Hwy 100. At Hancock we turned west on Hwy 12 and passed through the Green Mountain National Forest. On the other side we turned south on Hwy 7 to Lake Dunmore and Waterhouses Campground and Marina on the west side of the lake. We would have stayed at Branbury State Park on the east side of the lake but it closed on Columbus Day. That was OK as we found the Marina had a good restaurant where we ate supper. Another pleasant day on the road!
To be continued …
