Hollister Hill Farm B&B Marshfield

... Pie. The service was rather slow and there were flies that seemed to annoy all the patrons but the atmosphere was relaxed. It probably would have been a nice place to relax after a day of snowboarding on the local slopes. From Killington, we made our way to the number one tourist attraction in all of Vermont, The Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory. This is one of my favorite companies as it is a company with a social conscience. It was a quick tour, only about 45 minutes and cost 3 ...

... us into Canada in order to get to Averille.......oops.....we left the passports in the safe for this day trip, so by the time we got turned around, we were way off course and decided to go to plan B, and look for moose somewhere else, like in US.

Back over the pass without incident, and off for an early dinner. Florence is using the Inn's washer and dryer to do some laundry before we head off to Niagara Falls tomorrow.

... and out of stores and enjoying restaurants, staying in a B&B like the ones I looked at longingly. The only setback was Charlie lurching out suddenly while I was taking a photo, making me drop my camera. I yelled a couple of expletives at him and apologized to a nice man in a suit standing on the steps of the town library. He said the past winter here was the hardest in the last 20 years. Very nice fellow and great to talk to ...

... to see the figurative art show at the Vermont Art College and I saw some wonderful pieces done over the past decade or so by students and alumni.

The air here is so wonderful, I doubt I have ever enjoyed breathing this much. I took so many photos to show you this lovely peaceful town, it will be hard to winnow them down. Their administration ...

I'm at home, hanging with friends and the parentals. I'm working out the final details of my upcoming adventure and downloading an ambitious number of telenovellas in a last-ditch effort to learn a bit of Spanish before flying to Guadalajara. Will I succeed? Stay tuned!

What am AWSOME place I found to spend the night! I'm in East Hardwick, Vt. Just off RT 15. I was half kidding when I posted my blog about staying in the woods along the side of the road, but I found a real nice spot. There’s an old railroad bridge across a stream, the sun is just going down, and it looks like a thunderstorm is on the way. There is no TV, but I have the Red Sox on the XM radio. I may try some fishin’ in the morning. What could be better?

Post Mills
July 8th

Funny how you get home and the trip drifts away from front and center - certainly the urge to share what the last few days included with the blog kept getting put aside in favor of family reunion, grandchildren, piles of mail, a weedy garden, laundry, and seeing much-missed friends. But we are starting to get caught up, and the rain keeps coming down, so here we go.....

After our laid-back visit in Ann Arbor, we headed down into ...

We left David after a hearty breakfast of bacon and eggs, and headed south, the day was wet and the RV and truck are now quite dirty. We arrived at Manchester Vermont late afternoon and visited a few stores at the local outlet mall prior to finding our Campsite. We are currently camped right next to the Battenkill River, a famous trout ...

... who apparently are looking to "Berlinise" the town with a wall. Further south we came upon a General store that sold absolutely everything, but it would appear that the local folk are very keen hunters or alternatively the local taxidermist closed down, as the store was full of stuffed animals.   That evening we had a great evening meal with David and his "ex-mother-in-law" Barbara who ...

... got use to this hotel in Waterbury. Got to the hotel, i find the receptionist most strange, wearing a yellow hard hat and a safety orange coat. Thought, isnt this a posh hotel, and they normally where suits. But Ken pointed it out that they are doing refurbishments. So checked into the room, gosh my first impression of my room was woww, King-size bed, its very clean, and it was relatively big room. Anyway have to go now, Ken just called his friend, and we gonna meet up with him.