Last Day in Vermont

It has been a joy traveling the back roads of Vermont.


This morning we packed up and left our Best Western hotel in Bennington and set out to find a few more treasures before leaving the area.


The sun was shining, the breeze was mild, and the birds were singing as we located these final Vermont covered bridges just outside of town.


This is Henry Bridge, over the Wollomsac River.

 It leads to the Henry House and farm.

 Just up river is the Paper Mill Bridge, 

 and then the Silk Road Bridge.

 Before leaving Bennington, I wanted to make one more stop, at the  Bennington Museum, where they have a collection of Grandma Moses paintings.  We were there before it opened at 10:00.

 Grandma Moses grew up and later spent her older years at her family home just over the border in New York, about eight miles from Bennington.  This is her school house, where she and her children attended school.  It was moved to the museum site for preservation.

 I wasn't supposed to take photos inside this gallery, but I did sneak one photo of her painting table.

 And then we were off back across Vermont, which isn't very wide, through the Green Mountains once again.  We stopped at Willmington, where we found this wooden bowl factory.  Actually they made much more than bowls.

 Fittingly, we bought a cheese board and a little wooden covered bridge ornament.

 Lupine were blooming in the field behind the shop.

 The center of Willmington was badly damaged by the flooding from Hurricane Irene.  The water was above the windows on Main Street.  Much reconstruction is still in progress.

 A favorite local restaurant was destroyed.

 So were other businesses.

 This old house dating from the 1700's still stands, though, and is a quilting shop.

 We had purchased lunch food before setting out today and enjoyed a picnic her at a little park in Willmington.

 Over Hogback Mountain we stopped for the view.

Now we are in our hotel in Chelmsford.  Soon we will be going to my brother's house for dinner, where my other two sisters, who just flew in today, will be joining us.


Tomorrow is the wedding, in the evening.  In the morning we'll do laundry and have a slower day.  It's time to rest and enjoy family.