Comfort Inn And Suites At Maple Montpelier

... their day off. We walked along with the crowds along the main street passing by local boutiques and shops. There wasn't really anything out of the ordinary here just establishments you would normally find in small towns that cater to tourism. We passed a town crier which I found to be really neat. Not the typical town crier, which is a person who yells out the day's news but a board were local events, yard sales, and auctions are posted. After strolling through the central green, we ...

Since the trip from New Hampshire to Vermont was only going to be a couple of hours, we took the long way, seeing some great vista's and getting lost only a couple of times. The town of Stowe is like Sisters on steriods, or if you've ever been to Jackson Hole (it's like that). We had 2 days to explore the area so the first day we went south, and saw the von Trapp Family Lodge, yes the Sound of Music family apparently relocated in ...

... 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!

... to Honeydew. Always take the roads less travelled..... that was our mantra. Texas was suprisingly (to me) pretty and green. People EVERYWHERE were friendly and nice. Are different parts of the country more the same or more different? Hard to say, it depends, certainly the South was the most different for me. Glad we went there, don't know if I will make a point of going back to many of the places we went there, interesting as they were. The coasts probably are ...

... area, Brent tried for ½ hour prior to dinner with no luck, but it is certainly a beautiful area, however as we head south we notice the population is starting to increase again, By the time we hit Boston in the next few days we should notice a huge contrast to the quite and slow pace of life that we have enjoyed for the last week.

... ne faut surtout pas se précipiter, regarder où on met les pieds, et avancer intelligemment, un pied devant l'autre et doucement, et ne pas tomber dans les trous ! Un endroit où un faut pas et on reste coincer en espérant voir du monde nous récupérer ! Je dois vous dire qu'en fait, il y avait un passage moins difficile pour contourner ce passage. Mais c'est au retour que je l'ai vu !!! Pauvre moi !!! Le reste de la montée s ...

... in the 1920's. We didn't have much time to explore Portland - we did walk around the Old Port but it was disappointing because it was mixed with modern buildings so it didn't feel like an old city with an old history. Driving in was easy, but driving out of Portland was tough, and we got quite lost. After many U-turns we heading out of Maine :( We drove ...

I visited Montpelier by myself on my way back from the Quebec City conference. Such a trip! May 1991. I had a grand time in Quebec City (will go back there) and then drove south back into the states and into the little village of Montpelier, smallest of all the capital cities. The town is compact, and such a pretty spot. I didn't go to Stowe, of Von Trapp fame, but on to Franconia, NH for the night; then back into Vermont ...