News of the Day

On our Canada trip last fall we went north of the Eastern Provinces of Quebec. On this trip we’re off to see the area that inspired Louise Penny to write her mystery novels. Be forewarned Louise! We’ll soon be in your nick of the woods. (we being John, Judy, John & me AKA Patty). But first a couple of days “doing” some stuff in Vermont.

First destination, the American Precision Museum in Windsor, someplace Bruce has been promoting for years. To be honest we found the exhibits a bit scattered and some of us (do I dare say the female contingent?) found them a bit boring as well. However, the exhibits are soon being completely redesigned so improvements are on the way. I don’t envy anyone who has to move those heavy machines even an inch. My personal favorite, definitely not heavy, was this typewriter.

In addition to the museum, Windsor is home to a covered bridge, the longest in the U.S., and also the longest two lane covered bridge in the world. Let’s hear it for Windsor! We drove across it in John & Judy’s big, heavy suburban, met traffic in the bridge, and made it across without incident.

As for other touristy things we stopped at today….  the Vermont Country Store; the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream factory (where do they get the cream - in all of Vermont, we’ve only spotted 4 cows!); the King Arthur Flour store where we got, you guessed it, some flour. (We haven’t seen any wheat fields either!) The day by taking the road north past the Stowe ski area and through Smugglers Notch on this insane, twisty, steep, uphill, downhill, almost one lane road. No wonder the tavern in the Inn where we’re staying at the north end of that road is so popular. Making it up that road alive is definitely a cause for celebration!