We're still in Vermont, not traveling real fast, just hanging out enjoying the relatively cool summer weather. Vermont is seriously cute.
Otter Creek in downtown Middlebury looks like you could kayak right through town. We'd seriously considered that until we saw the falls.
Middlebury is just another New England mill town turned college town.
In the course of poking around, we made day trips to Vergennes, Brandon, and Ripton and to a couple of nearby covered bridges. Vermont has the "Long Trail", a hiking trail that runs the entire length of the State. We made an excursion to Middlebury Gap and hiked the Lon Trail a bit both north and south. Vermont woods are thick, and given the wet spring and summer, FULL of mosquitoes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The next few days we'll check out Rutland, Woodstock, and Hanover, then, back to Boston...
The "Cutest Town in Vermont" is a three way tie between Montpelier, Middlebury, and Woodstock. That's our story and we're sticking to it.
The Jeep is camped out on the banks of the Ottauquechee River near Bridgewater, VT. I am happy to report that there is a 12" rainbow trout hanging out in the hole behind the right hand rock. It chomped a #14 Magenta parachute Adams. Hmm, Hmm good.
Hanover, NH --- Home of Dartmouth College, and not much else.
We wrapped up our Vermont visit with a hike to the bottom of the Quechee Gorge.
Driving around here is a real chore. We took the train or subway whenever possible.
The Boston Museum of Fine Art...
We walked the Freedom Trail, a 2.5 mile red-brick walking trail that leads to 16 nationally significant historic sites, including Paul Revere's house, the Old North Church, the site of the Boston Massacre, the old and new State houses, several Churches, burial grounds, and public meeting houses. Cool walk.
Waiting for you at the end of the 2.5 miles is the Bunker Hill Memorial --- the site of the 1st Revolutionary War battle. If that doesn't get you heart started,
the 294 steps to the top will. Consider yourself forewarned.
We've kayaked all over the country, including places in the Northeast. In addition to being a nice place to paddle, the Charles River is the first place that we've seen sculling.
If you want to overdose on baseball, this is your town. Play ball!
The report we got was to go to the Canadian side and view the falls for there. It turned out that both side were good. The Canadian side was better for a large grand view. But, the America side put one right beside the falls so one got a sense of the strength and power of the water. Pictures just don't do it justice.
How do you top photos of Niagara Falls? Rolling hills in Central Pennsylvania? Pictures of State College or Penn State? Maybe not...
Although this area looked idea for fishing and hiking, we have done neither. Summers heat has warmed the rivers and out down the fish, and, the hills are alive with bugs. Instead, we are biking and shooting instead. This is wonderful biking country --- quiet back roads with gently rolling hills. It's good shooting country too --- two pistol ranges just minutes from town.
On our last day, a little IDPA.
We wrapped up the month by sprinting from the middle of PA to Indianapolis. Along the way we stopped at Horseshoe Curve outside Altoona (The best train watching spot in the US), and the steel and coal town of Johnstown. Ohio was a flash along Interstate 70.
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