After checking out of our room, we headed back into Woodstock for breakfast. The one breakfast spot listed on the dining suggestions when we checked in last evening, was the Mountain Creamery. I had my heart set on waffles with maple syrup. We found the cafe, but they didn't have waffles unfortunately, but my eggs, toast, and sausage were pretty yummy.
While Becky drives, I keep a map folded up into a big square on my clipboard. As we toodle along, I mark our route with a yellow highlighter. Sometimes I know exactly where we are going and sometimes I don't because we are winging it. If you could see that Vermont map today, you would think one of us was drunk! We were the Vermont Army...left, right, left, right, left, right!! After checking out of our room, we headed back into Woodstock for breakfast. The one breakfast spot listed on the dining suggestions when we checked in last evening, was the Mountain Creamery. I had my heart set on waffles with maple syrup. We found the cafe, but they didn't have waffles unfortunately, but my eggs, toast, and sausage were pretty yummy. We pumped some extra coins in the parking meter to give us some shopping time. Ellalou had suggested we find Gillingham's, Becky was looking for a silver maple leaf charm for her bracelet, and I was just happy to be back in Woodstock snapping photos. Both of us ended up boosting Vermont's economy this morning! Traveling over the Quechee Gorge took us to Norwich where we stopped at the King Arthur Flour Bakery & Cafe. Wendy is a big baker and loves King Arthur products, so this stop was to snag some items for her upcoming birthday. She already knows this, so I'm not spilling any big secret. Off and on all day we found covered bridges...some in plain sight of the road and others off the beaten path. We didn't find all that were indicated on my map, but that's probably OK, because Becky wasn't nearly as enthusiastic about seeing and photographing them as I was! One particular right turn took us to the Vermont Country Store in Rockingham and another left turn took us to Weston's Country Store. Weston's was definitely our favorite of the two and we had a fun conversation with the owner. We actually saw a bit of color in the trees there! Everywhere we have gone this week, the topic of conversation has been about when the leaves are going to turn. The best U-turn of the day was out in the middle of nowhere where I spied a huge yellow barn that begged to have its photo taken . Our Vermont sojourn is about to come to an end. We are overnighting in Bennington, very close to where we will meet up with our camping buddies for the New England Rally in North Adams, MA tomorrow. We had one more not-to-be-missed item on our VT itinerary and that was to have supper at the famous Blue Benn Diner! And that's what we did tonight. Left, right, left, right, left right. Tomorrow it's SOUTH!! See you you back here Friday evening.
Elaine Lazzaro
9/24/2015 06:22:04 pm
You are very close. Enjoy your evening. See you soon.
debbi " bedbug"
9/24/2015 07:18:01 pm
Oh man we live right behind the VT Country Store in Rockingham...coulda given u a cuppa coffee...glad you got to see so many great places...safe and fun continuation of your adventure
Sharon
9/26/2015 03:45:15 pm
Oh wow...I had no idea we were so close Debbi! We had a fantastic five days in VT, but left a few things to see for another time. I hope you had a great festival day in Peru!!
Highway Bob
9/24/2015 07:38:39 pm
Where'd you stay in Bennington? We've spent several nights at a small campground south of Bennington, near Pownal, just north of the Mass border. Bennington is a neat town!
Sharon
9/26/2015 03:46:41 pm
We bunked at the Best Western just outside of town. We saw lots of nice little motor courts, but came upon the BW first, so that's where we spent the night. Comments are closed.
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