Killington Grand Resort Hotel And Conference Center

... of the home.

Nestled among the rolling hills and pastures of eastern-central Vermont, the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park is the first national park to focus on the theme of conservation history and the changing nature of land stewardship. It was the boyhood home of George Perkins Marsh, one of America's first conservationists, and later the home of Frederick Billings. The property was donated to the Park Service by its most recent owners, Mary ...

October 21, 2009

Driving the back roads from Randolph to Norwich and Hanover we were again dazzled by pockets of color on protected hillsides and along some of the rivers. We entered Norwich VT and dubbed it the "white" town seemingly all of the homes and buildings were white but ...

... a little TLC.

October 18, 2009

Sunday we all pack into the car and head west to Shelburne Farms near Burlington for a little exploring and some photo ops.

Shelburne Farms was the vision of Dr. William Steward Webb, railroad entrepreneur and his wife, Lila (Vanderbilt) who purchased 3,800 acres on Lake Champlain in 1886 with the intention of creating an exemplary agricultural ...

... were impounded until reunited with the owners. The "town pound", perhaps the origin of the word for stray animal shelters used today. Further down the road we encounter the Jenne Farm a very scenic farm in dramatic rolling hills. Another covered bridge before heading to the Harpoon Brewery for unique beer and good food. Vermont is indeed a beautiful state, especially in the fall. A state that is indeed worthy of ...

... is yelling at me to swim to the other side where the second ladder is and I'm thinking that I might freeze to death. The water came straight down from the Mountains. So Thomas and his athletic self basically jumps up the ladder and was now telling me to go back to the first ladder. He finally pulls me up, as I'm vowing never to get on a water trampoline again. Later we make it back to land and have dinner at the house, then get into the hot tub to warm back up.  It turns out the hot ...

... Falls. Up and down the Canadian side to view the American Falls and the Horseshoe Falls from every angle and every lighting perspective. At night they shot off fireworks above the falls and then lit up all the falls with colors changing every minute. By day you have the rainbows and by night you have the pscyhedilacs. The next day we took the Maid of the Mist boat ride into the falls and you can see me in my raincoat if Nels posts the picture, it is ...

We have enjoyed Vermont. It is alot like home except for accents and food. The mountains are beautiful and we have really enjoyed the hot air balloon festival. We have been on some of the back roads taking pictures of the beautiful country. We took a self-guided walk through a maple farm where they collect the ...

... evening and Saturday so the balloons can fly. There are several things to check out around this area if the festival is rained out. Got here this afternoon around 3:00 and have not even left the campground. Just ate in tonight and resting up a bit. The drive here was alot like driving through the mountains in Tennessee. It would be a beautiful drive in the fall with the colored leaves.

I got home from Arizona and only had three days to get all of my stuff ready and leave for NYC to catch my plane for India. I was able to pull everything together but ended up spending a small fortune on vaccinations, medicines, etc. Luckily I had dawnkwan around to help me out!

... highway, but somehow my feet were snared and despite my natural sense of balance I found myself tumbling forward onto the concrete. My athleticism almost righted me, but that snare pulled me down and I badly scrapped my right arm (and subsequently discover, my right leg too). Had Wayne Sleep been watching I truly believe he would have been inspired by my balletic movements to create a new dance, but sadly for Mr Sleep and dance ...