...and headed north on I-87 for 29 miles. The drive was quite pretty through rolling hills with glimpses of the Adirondacks in the distance at times.
We turned off on Hwy 74 which was a very rough road up until the sign that said "Rough Road." After that, the road was much smoother. ????? I know. It doesn't make any sense to us either. We drove by Eagle Lake...
...and then the GPS directed us north on County Road 2 to avoid a 7.5 descent on Hwy 74. Driving these country road mean slower going but that was o.k. because the fall scenery was beautiful.
We also began to see the Green Mountains of Vermont to the east.
We passed some old barns like this one...
...and then crossed over the south end of Lake Champlain...
...and into Vermont, the Green Mountain State.
When we reached the town of Addison where we would begin heading north again, we could see the back of what looked like an old schoolhouse and an old church.
As we headed north on Hwy 22A, we passed these two silos -- on of which had blew its top!
As we looked to the west, we could see the Adirondack Mountains again.
As we reached the town of Shelburne, we began seeing what looked like scarecrows from a distance.
They're not scarecrows but "leaf people" that the residents and businesses of Shelburne place along the streets to greet the "leaf peepers" like us! :)
We also passed by a very unusual fire hydrant. :)
After driving for about 3 hours, we reached Lone Pine Campground in Colchester, Vermont. Our sites are close to one another again with one camper between us.
After getting set up, we ate lunch together outside at Ken and Bonnie's because it was such a beautiful day and then we drove into Burlington to go to the visitor's center and check out what to see and do in the area. We were going to walk around town a little bit but it started raining so we decided to drive to a couple of places the visitor's center had recommended.
We drove to Shelburne Farms which is a 1,400 acre working farm that had originally been built beginning in 1886 by Dr. William Seward Webb and his wife, Eliza Vanderbilt Webb. Eliza was the daughter of business tycoon and philanthropist Cornelius Vanderbilt. The farm was developed as a model agricultural estate with guidance from landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted who had designed New York City's Central Park. Farming operations began to shrink around 1910 and subsequent generations struggled to find a workable future for the farm. The farm got a second chance when in 1972 family descendants founded a nonprofit dedicated to conservation education. (http://www.shelburnefarms.org)
Shelburne Farms offers tours but we decided to just check out the store and watch a film on the history of the property. We also sampled some of the cheeses made on the farm and some of their other products. When we left Shelburne Farms, we drove about 10 miles further south to Dakin Farms where we sampled some more cheeses, jams, and other products before heading back to the campground.
Tomorrow, we are going to check out some more of the nearby factories and stores like Ben & Jerry's! Yum!!!
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