Thursday September 25
September 25 Thursday, Lake Dunmore Waterhouses, Salisbury, VT
This morning we saw the neighbour, that had arrived after dark, was towing the cutest little caravan painted bright yellow and white. Got chatting with them ( he was a retired headmaster) and he showed us through his little “house”….really compact and ideal for short breaks away.
First stop in the morning was in the valley at Bennington, and were impressed with the life size sculptures of people going about their everyday actions. Initially we thought they were real! Found out that they are a travelling exhibition and the town had acquired them for the summer, and they were positioned all over. At one stage we thought we had spotted one….then he moved! Met a delightful window cleaner who was joking about the statue of a window cleaner….so he posed for me!
Travelled north on Route 7, then back onto the old road 7A for a more leisurely trip through to Manchester. This is a ski town, which also has a huge number of Outlet Shops and is really quite busy. Spotted the home of Orvis, that started out as a Fishing rod and reel manufacturer, but has also got into top line country clothing and home accessories. They had a magnificent “autumn” display outside their large store, which drew me in initially, but the inside was magnificent, they even had an indoor tank with a number of very large trout! A rather expensive store, but great to have a browse.
Stopped in town for a sandwich and coffee then on the road north again. Not far out we sledged to a halt when we spotted what was an original marble quarry developed in the late 1700’s, that was now a small lake. The colour of the water was surreal, with very interesting rock formations around the edges.
The country opened up to flat areas with dairy farms, but the animals were all in sheds.
Stopped in a really small town, Pawlet, after reading in Lonely Planet that they still generated the electricity for the General Stores by water. Felt like we had really stepped back in time. Spotted a painting of Obama on the wall of the signwriter’s store!
Poultney was another small town, which is the home of a large College, although the street was really small town. Spotted some ladies outside the “knitting store’, who were very happy to have their photos taken.
Arrived at the camp just before 5, a very quite spot beside the lake, which appears to be quite an affluent area. Ian discovered a tyre that was going flat, so made arrangements to use the camps compressor in the morning, and will go to the next town and get a repair job done on it.
This morning we saw the neighbour, that had arrived after dark, was towing the cutest little caravan painted bright yellow and white. Got chatting with them ( he was a retired headmaster) and he showed us through his little “house”….really compact and ideal for short breaks away.
First stop in the morning was in the valley at Bennington, and were impressed with the life size sculptures of people going about their everyday actions. Initially we thought they were real! Found out that they are a travelling exhibition and the town had acquired them for the summer, and they were positioned all over. At one stage we thought we had spotted one….then he moved! Met a delightful window cleaner who was joking about the statue of a window cleaner….so he posed for me!
Travelled north on Route 7, then back onto the old road 7A for a more leisurely trip through to Manchester. This is a ski town, which also has a huge number of Outlet Shops and is really quite busy. Spotted the home of Orvis, that started out as a Fishing rod and reel manufacturer, but has also got into top line country clothing and home accessories. They had a magnificent “autumn” display outside their large store, which drew me in initially, but the inside was magnificent, they even had an indoor tank with a number of very large trout! A rather expensive store, but great to have a browse.
Stopped in town for a sandwich and coffee then on the road north again. Not far out we sledged to a halt when we spotted what was an original marble quarry developed in the late 1700’s, that was now a small lake. The colour of the water was surreal, with very interesting rock formations around the edges.
The country opened up to flat areas with dairy farms, but the animals were all in sheds.
Stopped in a really small town, Pawlet, after reading in Lonely Planet that they still generated the electricity for the General Stores by water. Felt like we had really stepped back in time. Spotted a painting of Obama on the wall of the signwriter’s store!
Poultney was another small town, which is the home of a large College, although the street was really small town. Spotted some ladies outside the “knitting store’, who were very happy to have their photos taken.
Arrived at the camp just before 5, a very quite spot beside the lake, which appears to be quite an affluent area. Ian discovered a tyre that was going flat, so made arrangements to use the camps compressor in the morning, and will go to the next town and get a repair job done on it.
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