Year 5, Day 38, “Living the Dream”. Saturday, 6/7/2025. The Wellington – After breakfast at the Hilton Garden Inn in Rockaway, NJ we picked up my brother Manuel. It was a rainy foggy long 206 mile drive to Wilmington, Vermont located in southern Vermont from Rockaway, New Jersey. We passed through the historical downtown area of Wilmington.
On our way to Wilmington, Vermont we drove along the Hudson River and through Troy, New York.
For a while before we entered Vermont we had no telephone service. Where have we taken ourselves? From that point on, the road climbed to a very high elevation. There were lots of trees and no cell phone service. Everything is very green here. There are a lot of small motels and signs for cross country skiing. My ears popped a few times adjusting to the elevation of 2,400 feet in Woodford State Park. We currently live in Kentucky at 1,300 feet. Woodford State Park is 398 acres and has the highest elevation campground of any park in Vermont. Woodford is located on a mountain plateau surrounding Adams reservoir. High Point State Park in New Jersey where we lived near has an elevation of 1803 feet. We passed a few covered bridges that were blocked off before we headed onto Interstate 91 at Brattleboro, Vermont. Vermont has about 100 covered bridges. There used to be about 500. Pennsylvania has the most covered bridges out of all states with about 200. Covered bridges were built to protect their wooden trusses and decks from the elements in harsh weather areas. These coverings extended the lifespan of a bridge from around 20 years to 100 years. Covered bridges were usually painted red to make them look similar to a barn. Horses were less likely to be spooked by entering them then.
In Brattleboro, Vermont we changed direction and started heading to Nashua, New Hampshire to visit my sister Mary. The detour through Vermont was to add another state to our list of visited states. Now we can say we have been in 43 states. Seven more to go!! The main purpose of the trip is actually to get together with my brother and sister. It has been a few years since the three of us have been together.
Dinner at the Lost Cowboy. They had the longest bar I have ever seen.
Things to ponder today! Have to leave you thinking.
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