Thursday, October 15, 2015
10/2-10/9 North Beach, Burlington, VT
This is a very cool city campground on the lake. We came to see Steve's "Big Ride" friend Bob and his wife Gail, and we also met some great neighbors, the Kolbs, who also have a Can-Am bike.
We had dinner with Bob and Gail, both at the Waterworks restaurant, but at their beautiful farmhouse!! It was great to catch up, and get the "insiders view" of what to see.
We took their advice, and toured Shelbourne Farms, which was partly built with Vanderbilt money, so it was big! We had such a good time on the tour, that we came back the next day for a more in-depth look-see.
We had dinner with Bob and Gail, both at the Waterworks restaurant, but at their beautiful farmhouse!! It was great to catch up, and get the "insiders view" of what to see.
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| beautiful colors |
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| the barn |
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| the cheese room |
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| in the education center |
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| the Inn |
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| the Inn |
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| back view of the Inn |
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| Side view of the Inn |
This is such a great place to visit! We ate lunch in the barnyard the second day. They grow all of the ingredients on the farm,
We took a side ride to Ben and Jerrys to see how ice cream is made and we got samples!!!!
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| "Nathan" chicken - view one |
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| "Nathan " chicken - view two |
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| chickens are all heading into the barn |
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| View fon Sheeps hill |
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| Inn on the Lake Champlaign |
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| Cathy grooms the donkeys |
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| turkey |
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| Huge hogs |
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We stopped at a falls during one of our travels. We also took in the Shelbourne Museum, which is a collection of many buildings with different collections, started by one of the Vanderbilt cousins.
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| Moss Glen Falls |
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| Beautiful Colot!! |
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| Ticonderoga Side Wheeler |
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| Ticonderoga dining room |
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| Top of one of the buildings |
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| Steve in the Jail |
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| One of the beautiful art quilts |
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| a lighthouse |
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| outdoor couch |
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| Ticonderoga side view |
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| Three story round barn, entrances on each level |
We also visited the State Capital Building, of course!!
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| what a door!!! |
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| the prettiest color we saw! |
9/29-10/2 Mountain Lake Campground, Lancaster, NH
This is a little private campground that overlooks a beautiful valley and lake. However, it was raining when we got here, and during the next day. Cathy's cousin Joan and her husband, Michael came for lunch the next day, and we had a great talk. Joan and Michael have been discussing full timing, and had lots of questions. That evening we had a great fire with the neighbors and left the next morning.
8/29-9/29 Narrows Too, Trenton, ME
This is an Encore/Thousand Trails park right on the water. Although our campsite isn't on the water, we can walk down during low tide to see all the muck whenever we want. Then when the tide comes in, we can't see any of the boulders we could see 12 hours earlier. What a difference!
We drove through Acadia National Park, which is just across the bridge from us, on Mount Desert Island. Bar Harbor is a cute village on the Island.
We took a trip to the Blue Hill Fair, where we were able to see the truck/tractor pull (very loud and smoggy), the sheep dog trials, and the skillet toss. Cathy really should have entered the skillet toss, which measured length but deducted the distance from the straight line. The sheep dog trials were very interesting, and really tested the dogs. The sheep had never worked with a dog before, and were very belligerant and nasty. One puppy just dropped and peed. Several of the sheep made an escape under the fence, and many people spent time herding them back. One of the dogs bit the wool and hung on, but lost points for it.
Cathy flew to Omaha for niece Michaela's wedding to Vinson. While she was visiting family, Steve met the neighbor, Chuck and rode bikes in Acadia for a week.
We took several trips around Acadia National Park, including Cadillac Mountain ( pink granite that the island is made from), Thunder Hole, and the Carriage roads. The carriage roads are closed to motorized traffic, and were designed so that the rich could travel to each others vacation cottages without mixing with the riff raff.
We also took a trip across the bay to Schoodic Penninsula, which is also part of the National Park, but newer.
We took a trip on the Downeast Scenic Rail Road, which was just up the road. We also spent some time with our RV neighbors, Chuck and Paula, eating lunch out, having fires, eating in, and watching the lunar eclipse. As we were heading out, Paula made us pancakes for the road!!!
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| Bar Harbor city park |
We drove through Acadia National Park, which is just across the bridge from us, on Mount Desert Island. Bar Harbor is a cute village on the Island.
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| cruise ship heading to Bar Harbor |
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| Fair Produce |
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| Sheep Dog Trials |
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| Truck pull |
We took a trip to the Blue Hill Fair, where we were able to see the truck/tractor pull (very loud and smoggy), the sheep dog trials, and the skillet toss. Cathy really should have entered the skillet toss, which measured length but deducted the distance from the straight line. The sheep dog trials were very interesting, and really tested the dogs. The sheep had never worked with a dog before, and were very belligerant and nasty. One puppy just dropped and peed. Several of the sheep made an escape under the fence, and many people spent time herding them back. One of the dogs bit the wool and hung on, but lost points for it.
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| Jacob Sheep - 4 horns! |
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| Oxen |
Cathy flew to Omaha for niece Michaela's wedding to Vinson. While she was visiting family, Steve met the neighbor, Chuck and rode bikes in Acadia for a week.
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| another carriage bridge |
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| carriage bridge |
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| Cadillac Mountain |
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| Sand beach |
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| at the beach |
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| Thunder Hole without the Thundering |
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| Cadillac Mountain in the fog |
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| Carriage horses |
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| Anhinga drying wings |
We also took a trip across the bay to Schoodic Penninsula, which is also part of the National Park, but newer.
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| Too True!!!! |
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| View toward the mainland |
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| "Beach" |
We took a trip on the Downeast Scenic Rail Road, which was just up the road. We also spent some time with our RV neighbors, Chuck and Paula, eating lunch out, having fires, eating in, and watching the lunar eclipse. As we were heading out, Paula made us pancakes for the road!!!
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| Heading Out! (with pancakes!!) |
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| One of our sunsets |
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| Engine turning around. |
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| Downeast RR |
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| Lunar eclipse - early |
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| Lunar eclipse - middle |
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| Lunar eclipse - later |
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