Sep 26, 2012 - A day in Vermont

After doing the laundry, we were ready to leave Sugar Ridge RV Resort and drive into Danville, VT, for something to eat. We found a little cafe, Bentley's Cafe and Bakery. The coffee smelled great as we entered. I had pumpkin soup and quiche and John had pork pie. After this early lunch, we headed west on US Hwy. 2, noting pumpkin stands along the route. We stopped at Goodrich's Maple Farm where we had a tour of their syrup-making facility with its boiler. We purchased some syrup and maple candy. Our tour guide said the Goodrich family...

Aug 3, 2012 - Colchester, Vermont

The morning of August 3rd we left Coles Creek State Park and headed to Lone Pine Campsites in Colchester, Vermont, a distance of 141 miles, for a 8 night stay. Colchester is located about 10 miles northeast of Burlington. Burlington is on the east shore of Lake Champlain and is the largest city in Vermont. The main purpose of staying at this location is that this is the area where Kathy was born and grew up and she wants to visit all the locations that she remembers as a little girl. The towns we visited were, Burlington, Winooski, Essex...

Jul 19, 2012 - Colchester, VT - Near Burlington, VT

We spent 3 nights in Colchester, VT. Not a big place but had lots of good things to offer. We were lucky to get two hair appointments on short notice, and on a weekend to boot. The small market had wonderful foods and we got two of the best steaks we've had in a while. The restaurant that we didn't know was right behind a large stand of trees has a full bar and tasty cooking. Maggie got a great nature walk with Camden on Coates Is. and Roger got some much-needed time to himself at a breakfast diner with his newspaper. Camden practiced her...

Jul 17, 2011 - Colchester, Vermont

We said our goodbyes and were on the road shortly after 9 this morning. I had a great plan, travel about 4 hours north to Burlington, Vermont on the east shore of Lake Champlain, and find a campsite. The plan worked great until the campsite Glenna selected had too many trees and I was unable to pick up a satellite signal. (In fairness to me, it was a 4/4 campsite and the pickings are pretty slim in Vermont!). We are staying a Lone Pines Campground, just north of Burlington. It is a beautiful little campground with two swimming pools and...

Sep 20, 2010 - Colchester, VT

Nice campground -had to change spots so we could get TV. Costco & walmart nearby. Drove around searching for covered bridges. Saw quite a few. Really cool - some old and in good shape others not. Went downtown Burlington and walked around marketplace. Went to Vermont Brewery. Took Oscar to the vet.

Jun 22, 2010 - Easterly we continue

Short distance drive today mile wise but long time as we travelled all along the St Lawrence in upstate New York and over the top of Lake Champlain to get into Vermont. Got some berries from little Mennonite girls on the road side some sweet they are. Later we were in an ice cream store getting a treat or 2 when a young girl came in and won $1100 bucks in the lottery lots of screams of delight for sure. Off to New Hampshire tomorrow and prepare for the track

Jun 4, 2010 - Colchester, VT - Lone Pine Campsites

It was a quick, easy, 125 mile, three hour drive that was mostly on Interstates from Springfield to Colchester. Colchester is just above Burlington, VT on Mallet Bay of Lake Champlain. The drive would have really been beautiful except for the smoke. Apparently there has been fires in Quebec that has the whole state of Vermont smoke filled. We spent the whole drive going from 500 feet altitude to 1,900 feet and back in rolling hills, up and down, up and down. We were only traveling 50-60 MPH on good roads the whole way so it wasn't stressful...

Oct 3, 2009 - Colchester, VT

It rained almost steadily overnight; every time we awoke, the raindrops were pounding on the roof. It was still raining when Joe got up and he and Foxy went for an abbreviated walk. Foxy went back to bed and Joe brought my coffee to get me conscious and lucid. Luckily, Joe had done quite a bit of our pre-departure prep work last night so he didn’t get too soaked as we broke down to move on. We are moving about 150 miles northwest to Colchester, which is a little north of Burlington. If the Jeep wasn’t filthy before, today’s drive took care...

Sep 24, 2008 - Burlington, VT

On Wednesday we moved a few hours to the west to Colchester, just outside of Burlington, where we will remain until October 11th. Not only were we a few hours west of the Northeast Kingdom, we were also at a lower elevation. Thus, we went from rural, gorgeous, rolling hills with mountainsides full of near-peaking color, to urban summer-like conditions. Not a single leaf seemed to have even begun to think about turning in this part of the state. It was not until we arrived in Burlington that we realized how just much we had truly enjoyed the...

Aug 23, 2008 - Burlington, VT

We spent 8 hours on the road today as we traveled west out of Maine to Burlington, VT. Most of the drive was along gorgeous, country roads through small towns with only the occasional traffic light to slow us down. We would stay three nights in Burlington, using it as a base to visit Montreal and Fort Ticonderoga this time. Assuming we enjoy our stay, we will return for a few weeks later in September as the leaf peeping season gets underway. We arrived at an extremely busy campground about 6 miles north of Burlington. Camped on one side of...

Sep 30, 2007 - Colchester, Vermont

Sunday, September 30, 2007 We had a wonderfully uneventful day!!! At 10:14 am we left Twin Mountain KOA. It was sunny with high clouds and 48˚. We drove on Vermont Highway 15 to US 3 to Vermont Highway 302 to I- 93 North. We merged onto I-91 North then onto US 2 West to I-89. We stopped at a Rest Area about 25 miles from our destination. One o'clock was the Campsite check-in time and we were running early. After getting back onto I-89 we merged onto US 2 West and then turned onto Bay Road, which is Vermont Highway 127. At 12:55 pm we drove...