Roaming Vermont

Day 15 - Friday - September 23

EC/NE Camping Adventure 2022

The final leg of our big fall trip was spent dodging rain most days. But, when the sun did come out it meant glorious blue skies, often times with big puffy clouds. This second to last day of our trip was spent just roaming southern Vermont. This go-round we spent most of our time in the southeast corner of the state. We visited the always beautiful towns of Brattleboro, Grafton, Chester, Bellows Falls and Woodstock. There are so many covered bridges in Vermont and we tried to visit a few of our favorites and discover some new ones.

Our last day of sightseeing will be spent exploring the site of the 1969 Woodstock festival in Bethel, NY.

Advice from a Weather Man

Day 14 - Thursday - September 22

EC/NE Camping Adventure 2022

We broke camp in a downpour on this morning, but we had checked the weather the night before and actually put everything up late Wednesday night. So, we avoided what would have been a soupy mess. Carrie always teases me about checking the weather everywhere we go - I think she thinks it’s a bit of an obsession with me. 😜 Actually, I have always been fascinated with weather. Funny story - as a kid (7 or so) I would present our family with the weather report at our evening meal. I made the map, the sun and rain images to stick on the map, the big “H” and big “L” (I had no idea what a High pressure front or Low pressure front was at the time). 🤣

I would make my family watch it while they started their meal. I think it was because I knew how intently my parents watched the weather - as dad always had the TV on when we ate dinner so he could catch up on news of the day, weather and sports. It seemed like weather was the most important, however. So, I figured if it was that important, I needed give it to him first hand! 😜😂

But enough about my childhood. I was a strange kid. 😁

We figured since it was raining as we left, we would hop on a train and stay warm and dry and still take in the scenery. We spent our late morning on the Hobo Railway at Lincoln. The crew was a little astounded at the turnout as I think there were only about a dozen people on the entire train. They said they had never seen such a small number of passengers before on their train. I’m sure the heavy rain was the culprit.

The train ride was very nice and honestly the rain didn’t detract from our enjoyment in the least.

In the afternoon, we made our way to our next campground, Tree Farm Campground in Springfield, VT. The owners of this campground are super nice and just down-right lovely people. They gave us a few tips on nearby sights and we inquired about covered bridges in the area - which north of Springfield, up through Chelsea, there are many. We had enough daylight to drive to a few, getting a few photos of each. We ended the evening in the lovely and picturesque town of Woodstock and dinner at Dr Coburn’s Tonic. Great food! And,wow, Woodstock is the quintessential Vermont town, for sure. We made a note to come back on a future trip and explore this town more thoroughly.

Our Friday is a road trip through southern Vermont and more covered bridges. ❤️

White Mountains of New Hampshire

Day 13 - Wednesday - September 21

EC/NE Camping Adventure 2022

This was a day of exploring the White Mountains and central section of New Hampshire, especially the Lake Squam and Lake Winnipesaukee areas. The weather broke and this day was glorious, so we walked probably ten miles this day, just reconnecting with nature. We were a little early on our visit to catch the turning of the leaves, but still it was a beautiful time to visit.

We drove through some great NH towns like, Lincoln, Conway, Ossipee, Wolfesboro, Meredith and Holderness. We traveled down the beautiful Kancamagus Highway (between Lincoln and Vinwsy), which about now is probably lined, bumper to bumper with “leaf peepers”! 😁

It is hailed as one of the most beautiful drives for autumn colors in the country. One year we are going to make our schedule work for visiting this area in mid October. The photos I’ve seen from this area this time of year our glorious.