Not wasting a day!

Despite the rain, we stayed busy. I got out my sewing machine and did some mending, as well as constructing some placemats. Cary donned his rain garb, got out a long-handled brush and did a little cleaning on the front of the trailer.

We took a walk down to the dumpster, got a few pictures along the way.

The name of our park is Ames Brook, so this must be the brook. Surprisingly, it was quite warm out.

Another gorgeous tree!

The owners of this coach had some damage done and had to repaint; their son makes decals and did this for them, incorporating their name. This is the same last name as one of Cary's highschool friends.

Rain, rain...

We really didn't have definite plans for the day...luckily, because we awoke to gray skies which soon gave way to some precipitation. It is now almost 1:00 p.m. and has not let up. I got some sewing done, played a game of Freecell on the computer, made soup for lunch, and now I am going to read. I do hope it lets up in the morning when we get ready to leave. Connecting the truck and disconnecting all those cords and hoses in the rain isn't that fun. We have done it before.

Sightseeing around Lake Winnipesaukee

Before we go any further, I am going to let the car guy do his thing with these photos.


we had followed some guy down the road for miles in his '47 ford convert. he pulls into this way cool garage. he and some other guys own this place and this is where they play. in case you don't know this is one of those funky checkers parked in front. for the most part this company only built limos or cabs.

this late '20s sedan delivery had advertising painted on the side. check out the old gas pump right in front.

this like everything else was for sale. the tab for driving this home was $35k. there were lots of tractors sitting around back and lots of other neat stuff.

there is some old geezer in front of this cool place. that is the ford that we followed for miles.

this is a late '40s chevy convert that he had totally torn apart. the workmanship appeared to be first rate.

here is one of my all time favorite marquees. this is a '51 hudson. on the wall of this place was a picture of jay leno with this car. the paint appeared to be a redo, but the rest of the car seemed to be original.

for those of you that worked at gas stations in highschool or just remember them, this place would take you back. all of the old tools and "stuff" was there. at the buildings next to this behind the glass doors were two brass era cars. one was on a rack up in the air. it was a chain drive thomas flyer. the other was a 1909 stoddard dayton. both looked like they just came out of the factory.

This bookstore was wonderful. I wish I worked there so I could read lots of the books on display.

We love general stores.

I didn't go in this library, but it was voted New Hampshire's Library of the year--maybe tomorrow I will go in!

This must be the biggest fabric store I have ever been in. Overwhelming. I ended up purchasing only 1.5 yards of a mottled purple, on sale, to use for a blouse. This may be another place I return in the morning.

The day was absolutely perfect: blue sky, colorful leaves, a gentle breeze, and good company!

This was our view from the restaurant where we had lunch: the Upper Deck. Cary got a turkey pastrami, while I got a chicken salad wrap. We ate outside. Lake Winnipesaukee has been featured in movies and TV shows: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Winnipesaukee I had no idea!

It would have been fun to do this, but it would have used too much of our time!

The Wright Museum is in Wolfeboro. It specializes in showing what World War II was like on the homefront. I tried taking more pictures than I actually succeeded in getting; again, the lighting interfered with my flash.

There was a section in the museum called the time tunnel, featuring popular things each year, 1939-1945. Around the wall in each section were Life magazine covers. This one is for my friend Andrea. Life magazine needs to be around still; it was wonderful.

My husband was hoping I could get a picture of this; I was amazed that I was successful!

one last car for the day, this 1941 Ford woody was also on display at the Wright Museum.

New Hampshire

Rain all night, a gentle drizzle all night while we were still in Vermont. Fog as we drove towards to our destination for the night--Ashland, NH.

One of the sights along the way...

being festive in the RV park, Ames Brook. When the rain stopped we took a walk.

A very good motto, don't you think?

While at the laundry room--good to have a day to catch up on wash--a lady who was also catching up, showed me a booklet for a fabulous fabric store she had visited today: Keepsake Quilting , located about 9 miles from here. Guess where we are headed tomorrow?


More beautiful leaves before I end for the day.

Stowe

I'm sitting in front of the train station in Stowe.

We browsed the thrift store too!

Ben and Jerry's was wonderful!

Lots of photo ops, a great tour with a funny guide, Josh, and a sample of cookies and cream ice cream afterwards. Yum!

Down the road in Waterbury, more occasions for sampling. You would think we wouldn't have room for lunch. But we ate at a cute diner--the fluorescent light again interfered with my flash!

The Cabot cheese store where we got wine, cheese and some maple syrup.

This house was too cool to not photograph.

What is it about men and hardware stores? This is at least the third one we explored. I have to say there were some cool kitchen utensils in it though.

I finally found a fabric store, didn't buy anything, although the moose print did tempt me.

I was beginning to think a day would go by with no cars passing us or sitting for photos, but when we pulled into the cider mill, this old International pickup was parked there.

Our last stop of the day, for a doughnut and cider. Home for a nap; a few sprinkles of rain dotted the windshield.

Montpelier and Barre, VT

First off, the representative red leaves...

Montpelier calls itself the smallest capital in the nation. I didn't do any research on it, but it is quite small. The capitol building is very impressive with its gold dome.

I love seeing these old buildings still standing and well-maintained

Cary went to check out the fire house...he was hoping they had a pole, but they didn't!It was too soon for lunch so we went driving. As luck would have it, we found a tractor show at the Morse sugarhouse.

I love this one with the pickuptruck cab.

This is the sugar house. Part of it sells all kinds of Vermont souvenirs; the sugaring room is behind it. A video is ready to show the whole process. You can understand why pure maple syrup is so expensive!

A great photo op

Finally it is lunch time, but that meant standing room only at all

the eateries! We lucked out at this funky place serving crepes. I got something called the monster vegan with spinach, seitan, mushrooms, carmelized onions...yum! Cary got his with ham and eggs and cheese.

On our way to Barre we had to stop at the yard sale. No luck. Or maybe it is lucky that there was nothing there we needed...or wanted.

In Barre we saw the Rock of Ages museum and gift shop--didn't take photos, but along this hillside you can see all the granite.

This pond was at one time a quarry. We only got turned around a few times heading back to our camp. Unlike yesterday, it was a little too chilly to eat out on the picnic table, so supper was inside. Tomorrow we are looking forward to seeing Stowe and surrounding attractions.