Woke up to clear, beautiful skies and Mark telling me "Let's go to Vermont"!!!! Well, what the heck, why not? As he pointed out, these northeastern states are so close to one another and we would just duck into the southwest corner of Vermont and tah dah....cross off another state for Daisy and pick up some yummy maple syrup! But first things first.....exercised, went for a bike ride (love this Rocky Neck Park) and then left around 10:45. And along the way, the temps dropped and the clouds moved in.
Drove thru CT and MA and into the Berkshires - beautiful area and they are to MA as the Catskills are to NY and the Poconos to PA.
Pretty scenery along the way
Waterfall at Mill Pond here at the campground
We stopped in Bennington, VT - pretty little town of 10,000+. After checking out soo many small towns this summer, I now have certain criteria that I judge whether it's a good one or so-so. HA! Although clothing and gift shops are fun, a neat coffee shop, bookstore, bakery, ice cream and candy/chocolate shop are high on my list and Bennington passed all of these with high marks!!!
We drove on a bit further to Woodford, Vermont and are staying tonight at the Greenwood Lodge and Campsites on Prospect Mountain, a popular cross-country ski area. The sun came out and we went for a long walk up some steep hills - whew!!! The Green Mountains of Vermont are so pretty and can only imagine how spectacular the fall colors will be in a few more weeks.
Today Ryan started his new career as a Blue Angel and the traveling begins! In the next several weeks he will be in Oceana, VA, Grand Junction, CO, Honolulu, San Francisco, Miramar, CA, Jacksonville Beach, FL, Houston and Pensacola. He bought a house this past week - Mark and I will help settle him in later this fall!
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