What a phenomenal day! We left the RV park about 9:30 this morning and hit the ground running. Our first stop was a large store called Basketville in Putney. Lots and lots of baskets, but, sorry Alanna, there were no Longaberger’s. Nice baskets from Nantucket though.
We drove on up Interstate 91 to Windsor to the Precision Tool Museum. It had all kinds of tools and inventions including clocks, sewing machines, lathes and huge machines that built almost anything. Also, in Windsor, VT, we stopped at the Constitution House where Vermont’s original state constitution was signed. The docent was a woman that graduated from Washington High School and Coe College in CR. Small world! We learned that ‘Vermont’ means Green Mountain in French; Vermont was the first state to establish themselves as a non-slave state; also, VT was the first state to allow all men to vote, not just land owners.
We drove on up Interstate 91 to Windsor to the Precision Tool Museum. It had all kinds of tools and inventions including clocks, sewing machines, lathes and huge machines that built almost anything. Also, in Windsor, VT, we stopped at the Constitution House where Vermont’s original state constitution was signed. The docent was a woman that graduated from Washington High School and Coe College in CR. Small world! We learned that ‘Vermont’ means Green Mountain in French; Vermont was the first state to establish themselves as a non-slave state; also, VT was the first state to allow all men to vote, not just land owners.
We then had lobster sandwiches in the Windsor RR Depot before we crossed the ‘longest covered bridge in the U.S.’ into New Hampshire. Here we visited the national historical site of the home and studio of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. He was the world famous sculptor that was commissioned to do several large amazing, statues including Lincoln (pictured) at Grant Park in Chicago.
Back we drove to Woodstock, VT where we made it just in time to tour the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller home, another national historical site. Wow! All of these owners were conservationists who were instrumental in VT’s reforestation. This brick home (pictured) is a nine bedroom, 14 bathroom home with many, many beautiful furnishings including a huge collection of art work. The history of the site and home was amazing – much more than I can tell you here. Laurence Rockefeller, the youngest Rockefeller brother, gave this home/farm to the federal government for a park.Back to the RV park for a quiet evening of reflection. It’s raining now; will it turn to snow???
We also wanted to point out that the population of Vermont is about 600,000. One of the few states that we will visit that is less populated than Iowa.
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