Monday, October 13, 2008

Oct. 9-10 Middlebury, VT



Oct. 9 We traveled to Middlebury today where we will spend our last two days at Lake Dunmore campground. It's a nice campground - this tree was outside our RV. We went to a marble factory this afternon. Joe and I had been there on a bus tour years ago, so it was a little redundant. That night we went out with six other couples to a fabulous restaurant called Fire and Ice. It was excellent. The whole place was filled with old photos and other memorabilia, plus there was a full size boat similar to a Chris Craft boat (like the one Henry Fonda drove in the movie "On Golden Pond"). The food was superb. Joe and I had prime rib - yummy good.







Oct. 10 We took another scenic trip around the hills of Vermont. It was breath-taking. My camera battery had died so I didn't get any photos. Yankee RV treated us to yet another lunch, at a place called Rosie's. We can thank the RV tour company for all the extras pounds we're bringing home; they have fed us too well. We passed by the Inn that was used in the filming of The Bob Newhart show, also stopped for a glass blowing demo and a bowl factory.








Our other new friends are Bill and Jane from Traverse City Michigan. They've carted us around several times on the trip and we all got along so well. They had taken us on the

Van Trapp lodge trip and a tour of the capitol city, Montpelier. Today they took us into the little town of Middlebury to see some of the quaint shops, a waterfall and the beautiful Middlebury College campus. The college was your typical Ivy League school with grand marble buildings and lush landscaping. I heard that all you need to get in is about $30,000.00 a year and a lot of smarts.




To end the day we walked over to Lake Dunmore at the campground. It was just perfect with the colorful trees reflected in the water.That evening we had a talent show. Joe even did his hambone and of course I did a hula. There were other people who shared their talents with us.



The final morning together the Tour Co. provided breakfast before we all departed.


What a perfectly delightful adventure we have had!

1 comment:

Ed, Carol and Gopher the dog said...

Glad to see you two are having such a wonderful time. Hope to see you at Hanna Park.
Hugs:
Carol