I walked to the encampment and watched as the ladies cooked and baked over an open fire.
I walked back to the hotel, and Jan and I went to Billings Farm to go to a Quilt Show.
We first walked through the museum and looked at the old farm equipment, and all the other interesting things they had at the museum. My favorite was the old General Store:
The setting of the farm is very beautiful, it is all very calm and happy, even the cows seem very happy. Take that, California!
We went through the Quilt Show and I even participated in a little scavenger hunt. We had to find certain things in the quilts, like wedding rings or ladders or a moose. I'm sure it was meant for kids, but I'm not really interested in quilts, so the scavenger hunt gave me something to do. I got everything right and earned a ribbon that says that I am a SUPER SLEUTH. :)
I walked around a bit more,
found the ice cream shop and got some very good ice cream (sweet cream apple pie for Jan, Maple Walnut for myself). That was our lunch and as I have previously established, there is nothing wrong with ice cream for lunch!
and my favorite: a covered bridge. I made Jan drive through and stop so I could walk onto the bridge.
The inside of the bridge is beautifully done,
and the view from the bridge of the Ottoquechee River was lovely!
After our sightseeing we drove to Kathie's house for dinner with Jan's family. Kathie and Annie made dinner, we sat and talked and had a great time (and a great dinner!). By the time we finally got back to the Motel it was dark and late and we just went to sleep.
We went through the Quilt Show and I even participated in a little scavenger hunt. We had to find certain things in the quilts, like wedding rings or ladders or a moose. I'm sure it was meant for kids, but I'm not really interested in quilts, so the scavenger hunt gave me something to do. I got everything right and earned a ribbon that says that I am a SUPER SLEUTH. :)
I walked around a bit more,
found the ice cream shop and got some very good ice cream (sweet cream apple pie for Jan, Maple Walnut for myself). That was our lunch and as I have previously established, there is nothing wrong with ice cream for lunch!
After Billings Farm we drove around the area. Jan drove, I looked. This whole area is so beautiful, the colors are amazing and I think I have a new favorite place: Vermont. Jan took us up mountain roads, we stopped to take a picture of this enormous barn,
and my favorite: a covered bridge. I made Jan drive through and stop so I could walk onto the bridge.
The inside of the bridge is beautifully done,
and the view from the bridge of the Ottoquechee River was lovely!
After our sightseeing we drove to Kathie's house for dinner with Jan's family. Kathie and Annie made dinner, we sat and talked and had a great time (and a great dinner!). By the time we finally got back to the Motel it was dark and late and we just went to sleep.
I am amazed at the different places we have been to so far. The places we have been to are not really all that far from each other, but they are completely different in architecture, feel, and landscape. Cape Cod is a vacation destination, all about cute and pretty houses, the water, the cute little towns, and tourism. Marblehead is all about sailing and boats and fishing and old houses. Salem is Witches, all the history and the very old buildings that go with that, and of course what people think of witches now. Now we're in Vermont, only a couple of hours from Marblehead and Salem, and yet it is all completely different. Here everything is about the beauty of nature, of farming and down-to-earth people. Even with all the tourists and leaf-peepers it is calm and quiet and sweet. I think so far that Woodstock, Vermont is my favorite place of any on this trip.
