Another fine morning! The first adventure of the day was again at breakfast. The couple next to us noticed my t-shirt from Cartagena, Columbia and asked if I had been there - yes on a cruise - oh we are going on that cruise soon and will be stopping there. It turned out the guy was also from Virginia, Hopewell to be exact, and I know someone from Hopewell and it turns out he went to school with her! It is indeed a small world! Then we later ran into them in Smuggler's Notch!! Anywho, the plan for today was to first go to one covered bridge (a haunted one!) then head up to Smuggler's Notch to hike to a waterfall. One thing we have run into a LOT on this trip is road construction. And once again, road construction threw a wrench in our plans. The covered bridge was right where the road was closed for emergency culvert repair. We tried to get to it in the morning from one direction and the afternoon from the other with no luck. So... on to Smuggler's Notch where we saw our first covered bridge of the day!
Haha - just kidding - just a bridge over the sidewalk in Stowe.
Next we stopped at the information area and there were some interesting rocks there.
Next the hike to Bingham Falls. It wasn't a long hike, but it was a challenge. It was steep and sometimes over wet rocks. This was partway down the trail.
We made it!
Bill went a bit further than I did... I wimped out at the falls. See him out there? A gentleman with a lovely Irish accent came by and said "are you the widow?" pointing downstream to Bill. Yup - that's me!
The colors are coming alive here!
Next was the covered bridges that we COULD get to despite road closures!
And the second.
Walk your horses please!
And the third.
I'm not much of a shopper, but we did want to get some Vermont Maple Syrup and HAD to get some Lake Champlain Chocolates at the chocolate store....
Another day is in the books. Tomorrow we point the very dirty Prius to New York. Bye Bye Vermont - it's been fun!
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