Drove today to Minuteman National Park and North Bridge where the first shot was fired that started the American Revolution. Its a lovely place to stroll through history with guides situated to answer questions.
ORCHARD HOUSE
Not to be missed is ORCHARD HOUSE….The home of Louisa May Alcott. The tour of her home, where all her books were written on a small desk in her bedroom, is without a doubt worth it. It matters not if you have read Little Women..its still interesting. Ohhh…but if you love these books as I do, Orchard house is the holy grail.
MONTREAL AND NEWPORT VT
We drove north to Montreal and enjoyed our time visiting with family and friends. Brians folks live in Brossard and had a good visit with them on the south shore of Montreal.
We drove Brians mom to the family summer camp on Lake Memphremagog Vermont. My first time here I was just 16..then all through my twenties it became my second home.. then our children played each summer as they grew. This place is in our collective family DNA. Its been years since I have been here but nothing has changed on these knotty pine walls. So many wonderful memories here. I still struggle to make a “one match fire” in the Vermont Castings stove, though!
Irene and I at Derby Line Village Inn for dinner. Austrian owners have created a warm and inviting restaurant with great food.
MONTREAL
We also Ubered into our beautiful hometown city to meet up with our high school gang in a restaurant Les Enfants Terribles…a name fitting to our earlier selves…on Sherbrooke St. The gales of laughter brought back great memories…nothing but our haircolor has really changed that much..Like yesterday with these fun fools!
BURLINGTON VERMONT
September 10 we left Montreal and drove through Burlington Vermont. We stopped at Shelburne Farms, a beautiful sustainable farming and education center on acreage donated years ago to Vermont. From 1886 to 1902, William Seward and Lila Vanderbilt Webb consolidated 32 farms into a 3,800-acre agricultural estate. Its landscape design was inspired by Central Park landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted. The Webbs’ grand model horse farm began a tradition of agricultural innovation.
headed to scenic Route 100. I used a fabulous app called Gypsy guide rt 100
It uses gps to gently help you find ‘off the beaten path’places you just might overlook with a written guide. All the gypsy App guides are great!
WARREN, VERMONT
The Leaves are just hinting at Autumn color but the cooling days and chilly nights tell us its about to explode. Our first night is at
In Warren Vermont
A Relais and Chateaux boutique Inn with superb staff and clever rooms with unique style.
Cannot say enough about the Relais experience. Try it!
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