This morning I posted a blog post that I had started last week (uploaded the photos then at least) and intended to complete and post last Friday morning before we left the KOA we were staying at in Dummerston, VT (they had wifi there which was great because our satellite was blocked by trees). Well, I obviously never got around to completing the post. We left that morning to go to a marvelous rustic, wooded campground in Springfield, VT (Tree Farm Campground). Now this is MY kind of campground - Candy you would LOVE it as well. I will post pictures of our site at the end of this one.
While we were in Springfield we visited the local Elks Lodge (as well as the local Moose Lodge), but no rv room at either. What wonderfully friendly lodges they were.
The Vermont Elks main goal is support of Silver Towers Camp. Well, as it happens my sister was a counselor there many years ago. It was at Silver Towers that she met her future husband .... When we visited the Springfield Lodge they were having a "macaroni and cheese" cook off whose proceeds were to benefit Silver Towers. It seems so often like such a small world and the connections one has to others just are so far reaching. Needless to say, we returned to the Lodge to partake in the fund raiser. Candy, I so wish you could have been there with us. Above and below are a couple pictures of the "event" - hopefully you can click on them to enlarge so you can see the collage of Silver Towers - please forward to Sandra if you desire (I don't have her email address).
Also, in our travels around the area (yes we did put on many enjoyable miles) we came across this "historical marker". As I've mentioned before, Rick has a great interest in planes (and particularly military planes) so this was particularly interesting to him.
Below, are a few pictures of the old factory buildings in Springfield. It appeared to me that Springfield was at one time a very lovely, thriving town. Now, sadly it seems like a town that was wounded and no one even bothered to try to heal it. There are so many abandoned old brick factories, and lovely old buildings in the downtown area that are just crumbling away. We have seen so much of this in this area - it is so distressing. Also, we have noticed lately the roads we are traveling on are just a mess - particularly route 5 in Vermont. I got very annoyed and frustrated thinking about the state of these roads and the fact that we are building roads in a country that would prefer we not be there .... oh don't go on that rant Tracey ~ don't go there.....
I believe it is the Black River that runs through town. Check out how it goes under these buildings!
One of the days we were there we headed over to Claremont, NH (12 or so miles east) to do a few errands. We took the "long way home" (quoting Nora Jones???) and came across this pretty water fall along the side of the road in Ascutney, VT. Nice??
And this great looking moose fella - looking for you Candy?? Nice ass on him huh!
And finally, views of the campground area. Our site during a relaxing fire! Darn I love a nice campfire.
Down one of the "hiking trails" there was this lovely, quiet pond - with this pretty home across the way (way across the way).
This is a fish camp club's clubhouse or something there - not to mention outhouse!
As you can see, the beavers have been very busy beavers in the area!
We are in Hillsboro/Deering, NH now for some weeks. Today we went and played with Princess Paige (aka Paigie Pie, Muffin Face) and will be spending lots of time there in the coming weeks etc. Too cute that grand baby ... so smiley and happy she is with a very calm and loving Mommy. Patrick was at work so we didn't get to see him playing with Princess. We did, however, get to feed and rock her in the chair that Patrick's Mom and Dad fed and rocked him in. So nice, so good, so wonderful these grand babies ....
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