Vermont Teddy Bears and Echo Lake Aquarium & Science Center

Monday was spent doing laundry in the morning and then a  delicious steak dinner at Nancy & Rich's house.  Tuesday was a lazy day.  We all went to dinner at the Castleton Pizza Place and then to Rutland.  Nancy & Rich had tickets for us all to go to the Paramount Theatre in Rutland to see Arthur Miller's classic Death of a Salesman starring Christopher Lloyd.  Good play and nice evening.  Wednesday we were off to see how Teddy Bears are born at the Vermont Teddy Bear Company in Shelburne, VT.  We went on the tour and saw how the Teddy Bears are made....all by hand.  Was really interesting.  Next stop was in Burlington, the largest city in Vermont.  We walked along Lake Champlain boardwalk and went to the Echo Lake Aquarium & Science Center.  We were planning to leave on Thursday, but because of the big storm that hit the Northeast we stayed an extra day.  We called Nancy & Rich and they came to our house for spaghetti dinner.  We did leave about noon today and only drove to Woodstock, NY.  As you can see our trailer was surrounded by water.  Our site was not flooded, but all the sites below us were.  They received over 5 inches of rain.  Tomorrow we will be in Gettysburg, PA.  Hopefully we will move away from flooding.

They make 1000 bears a day.

 Lots of bears!

 Lake Champlain

 Burlington Breakwater North Lighthouse

 The Echo Lake Aquarium & Science Center

 Lake Champlain

 Car Ferry that crosses Lake Champlain

 Yes that's a camel with the sheep!

Don't expect to see a camel in Vermont. 

Lake Bomoseen

Water, Water everywhere except our site.  

Fall Foliage in Vermont

On Sunday Rich and Nancy took us on a ride to see the beautiful fall colors.  We drove to the summit of  Mount Equinox, 3848 feet.  The Mount Equinox Skyline Drive is the longest privately owned paved toll road in the USA.  Some beautiful views from the summit.  On the drive back to Castleton we passed through Bromley, Vermont's sun mountain and ski resort and Ludlow...(Ray's middle name)..maybe some ancestors here?  We stopped for dinner at Curtis' All American BBQ Restaurant, delicious ribs.  Another great day. 



 Cauthusians Monestary



Nancy, Ray, Sandy, Rich and Larry at the summit of Mount Equinox

Sandy, Ray & Larry

 Bennington



 Bromley

Castleton, Vermont

We have been in Castleton since the 24th Sep.  We are having a such a good time with Rich and Nancy.  They are great tour guides.  Rich and I have enjoyed seeing each other after 50 years and remembering some good times we had growing up.  We are staying at a nice RV Park on Lake Bomoseen.  We are about 10 min drive from their house and Castleton.  I think it is about 8 miles.  On Saturday we went to the town of Poultney for their Annual Chili Cookoff and Farmer's Market & Craft Fair on Main Street.  They said there were 25 contestants vying for the title of "Best Chili Chef."  You paid $6.00, got a cup and spoon, then you went to each table and got a scoop of chili to taste.  After you tasted all the different chilies you were to go vote for your best.  Problem was by the time you tasted each one you forgot which one you liked the best.  So if you are like Ray you had to go back and taste the ones you "think" you liked the best again.  Later in the afternoon we stopped by Castleton College to watch the girls Soccer Team.  The boys were just finishing up when we arrived so didn't get to watch them....all we saw was they won.  The girls team is good.....enjoyed watching them play.  They also won.

Rich & Sandy sitting outside our trailer

Just one of the Chili Chef's

Even the goats like chili!

So did Ray!!

One of the pretty trees on Main St., Poultney, VT

Castleton College

Entrance to the Soccer & Football Stadium

Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, New York

We arrived at the Cooperstown KOA RV Park late yesterday afternoon.  Just relaxed last night.  This morning we drove into Cooperstown to go to the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.  It is a large museum..3 floors of Baseball memorabilia.  Ray took some photos.  It was difficult to take pictures because most everything was behind glass, so lot of glare.  We really enjoyed our visit to Cooperstown.  Tomorrow we leave for a short drive to Vermont.  My cousin Rich and his wife Nancy will meet us at the Vermont Welcome Center.  It will be fun seeing Rich and meeting Nancy.  We haven't seen each other in about 50 years...so have a lot of catching up to do. 

 The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

 Reggie Jackson

 Pete Rose - 1981

 Mike Schmidt - Phillies

 One of the many Baseball souvenir shops

Doubleday Field

 Doubleday Field.  Annual Hall of Fame game played here up until 2008.  Opened in 1920.

 Otesgo Lake - Beautiful colors on the trees around lake. 

 One of the interesting houses in this area around Cooperstown.

 The KOA park we are staying at.  Very nice and quiet.