Holiday Inn South Burlington

... br>Electra Havemeyer Webb (1888-1960) founded Shelburne Museum in 1947 to display her collections. She took the imaginative step of collecting 18th and 19th century buildings from New England and New York in which to display the Museum's holdings, relocating 20 historic structures to Shelburne including houses, barns, a meeting house, a one-room schoolhouse, a lighthouse, a jail, a general store, a covered ...

October 19, 2009<br><br>We drove to the ski town of Stowe and spent a sunny afternoon biking along the river, the path criss-crossing the river by way of ten bridges, bordering pastures and farms. The leaves are falling and the colors fading but it was still a pleasant ride ending at the Brookdale covered bridge. <br><br>

... br><br>http://www.shelburnemuseu m.org/<br><br>We went straight from there to the Ethan Allen III for a cruise on Lake Champlain. It was pretty windy and a little cold but absolutely beautiful. Then off to the hotel and a group dinner with our new Texan friends; a really great group of people :-)<br><br><br>

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 old motel repainted as a La Quinta. I really like the hotels La Quinta builds, and HATE the ones they buy and repaint.<br><br>Burlington is a wonderful, lively college town, and it is full of coffee shops, bars, restaurants, and clubs. With its waterfront on Lake Champlain, it is wonderfully scenic. We had dinner in a seafood restaurant overlooking the ferry dock. We ...

... Lake Champlain, and the University of Vermont, pedestrian style. We then met up with John's aunt and uncle, Mary K and Steve, in Essex Junction, VT. They graciously hosted us for several days, inviting us to celebrate Mary K's birthday, lending us their bicycles for an exilerating ride along Lake Champlain via Burlington Bike Path's ...

... we spent most of time figuiring out a jigsaw!!!!<br><br>We drank alot of beer and so many nice meals. I love going the the Bickford household, we get treated like such gems!<br><br>Had to say bye to Matt at the train station before heading back to NY. Was horrible, but we have plans for him to come to Australia at Christmas for a couple of weeks!<br><br>

Two miles into the trip we had to stop at Perkins Pier in Burlington, VT, because Dave wanted to look at the 1820's Erie Canal boats that were docked there. The girls had bananas while they waited. Mom tried using Alexis' bike but since she was used to riding the tandem she forgot about the pannier weight on the back of the bike and pulled a HI-HO Silver moment and popped a wheelie. The biker's stopped at the Auer Family ...

Well another bicycle affair has commenced and they were off at 10:30 this morning! This time with the addition of madre (mom). The four (Dave, Carmen, Alexis, and Emily) did some last minute tinkering on their bikes. Alexis and Emily have added rear-view mirrors to their helmets, which is step one in Dave's 5 ...

... dipped the toeside of the snowboard a few times I'd fallen forward to my knees <br>and arms so it even hurt to lift them. My legs hurt from using muscles harder <br>especially ones you don't usually use. My back and tailbone are a wreck because <br>I'd caught the heelside of the board in snow and launched myself backwards. It <br>was a full body rush of pain. I love the feeling you get when your muscles ache; it <br>reminds you that you did something.