The final journey and last blog entry 11-09-07
Final greetings Foliage Seekers
I won’t make any long teary goodbyes and save room for the last blog entry of the 2007 fall season. I will ask though, that if you read and enjoyed my blog or maybe found it useful then send your feedback to Yankee and let them know so they may invite me back again next year.
Remember that you can talk foliage year round in the forum where the foliage gang hangs out until next Sept… ![]()
The final journey
We left Fort Ticonderoga with a promise to come back and spend more time here.
We proceeded south so we could catch 4 east back into Vermont and to start the journey home. We traveled through farm areas
that were as picturesque as any I’ve seen.
and at this barn I felt obliged to pull over and catch a shot of the barn with the moon rising in the distance. We started hitting some hilly areas and I finally found a pull out to stop at so I could turn around and catch the color on the hills cascading down to us.
It was while I was looking back along the road that I decided to walk along the pull out. I was just enjoying the view when I suddenly saw, between the trees, in the distance, a barn appear.
I thought to myself that the farmer must love this place in the fall, if only for the view.
I have to admit that these two are my favorite shots this fall!
Most everyone knows that we have four seasons and Lisa informs me that in Vermont there are six seasons. In between fall and winter you have stick season (no leaves on the trees.. get it?) and between winter and spring you have mud season… (self explanatory) She thinks there are a few more but can’t remember them Do you know what they are?
Anyway we were near Killington and spotted the Water Wheel Trading Post (Which is also a Gulf station)
And there I saw the biggest teddy bear of all time!
apparently the woman who runs the post (her name is January) loves bears and they are everywhere. I will get killed for this but I even talked Lisa into getting into the act.
So no one tell her this is here (shhhhh…) ![]()
January even has vampire bears
just for this season but I fell in love with the old water wheel that was attached to the side of the store. ![]()
As most who know me realize, I can’t help but go into a place like this to look around so we went in and talked with January about the foliage season (very quick and all too soon, gone) And we were soon back on the road seeing the store
off behind us, we pointed the big red beast (my truck) towards home.
We had lost the light but I took one more shot of the hill that towered above us.
and I guess I must bid adieu to all of you for this fall season.
I hope you enjoyed the stories and places we explored and I want you to remember that even if you don’t live in New England you can still get out and explore. How many of you take the same route to work each day because it gets you from point A to point B and you don’t have an alternate route. Well leave early one day with a map and try a few different routes and see where they take you. You may find something totally unexpected… Who knows!!!
Until next foliage season
Jeff Foliage
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