WELCOME TO OUR PICTURES OF OUR VACATION IN VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE USA
YOU MUST VISIT!
AS ALWAYS, THE PEOPLE OF THESE STATES WERE FANTASTIC AND FRIENDLY. WE MUST GIVE A BIG HELLO TO ELLIE, JOHN & LAUREL AT THE COLBY HILL INN, A SUPERB BED & BREAKFAST IN HENNIKER NEW HAMPSHIRE, (FIVE STAR RECOMMENDATION!!!) AND TO CHRIS & LYNN AT YE OLDE NEW ENGLAND INNE IN STOWE, VERMONT (ALSO FIVE STAR RECOMMENDATION!!!)
 | THE VACATION |
| PICTURES FROM THE HOLIDAY |
| 1) Smuggler Notch and Stowe 1997 |
We had visited Vermont in 1997, just before the infamous ice storm, staying at Smugglers Notch, the other side of the mountain from Stowe. What we had seen of Stowe, we wanted to visit again.
We flew into Boston Logan airport on Thursday 17th November and picked up the Chevy Blazer, our hire car for the two weeks, fought our way out of the airport and its never ending road construction and made our way to Henniker in New Hampshire for an overnight stay in The Colby Hill Inn.
Henniker is quite superb! What a lovely small town, with a huge river! (Jealous) P.S., pictures will follow of Henniker and Colby Hill Inn, once I take them from the Digital camcorder
After a lovely night in Henniker, the next morning we visited Concorde, the state capitol of New Hampshire before travelling up to Stowe, Vermont.
When we arrived, it was a little different than the last time, as there was no snow!, but fortunately, that was soon in coming.
Staying at The Mountainside Resort, Mount Mansfield was just a short hop up the road. That is, as far as you could get, as Route 108 over the mountain linking Stowe with Smugglers is closed during the winter, as the pictures show.
Places to go to.
Plenty of restaurants, including Ye Olde England Inn, run by some ex-pats, who also run a British Invasion once a year, Gracies restaurant, Miguels Stowe away, plus many others.
For energetic people, there is lots to do, from walking (Route marching ) in the snow up the Route 108 as we did, walking along Stowe village's recreation path, skiing, snowboarding, horse riding, ski mobiles, the list goes on and on.
As for when you want to relax, or apre ski, there are PLENTY of bars, including a superb Sports Bar with 20 televisions, showing a variety of sports, LOVELY!
You should take the self tour visit of the local covered bridges, as sight to see, you can visit Montreal, just 2 hours away, New York State, over the lake, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory just down the road, Cabot Creamery, The Teddy Bear museum and Burlington, the closest large town, plus Vermont State capitol Montpelier, all no more than 30 mins away.
For shopping, take the two hour journey from Stowe to North Conway in New Hampshire, with it's designer outlet shops. Always buy in New Hampshire, it has no sales tax! So it is another 7% cheaper than Vermont, which is already cheap!
On the way to North Conway, you can go past Mount Washington, the highest point in the USA. On the way back past the mountain at night, the temperature dropped to -16oC (3oF) Chilly!
A great holiday, with very friendly people. If you never visit, you will miss out on a superb area and superb people.
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1) SMUGGLERS NOTCH & STOWE 1997
Pictures taken on our first visit to the area
 THE VILLAGE OF STOWE, LOOKING TOWARDS THE CHURCH |
 THE VILLAGE OF STOWE, LOOKING DOWN TOWARD THE ROUTE 108 FROM THE CHURCH |
 STOWE VILLAGE, LOOKING DOWN THE ROUTE 108 TOWARDS MOUNT MANSFIELD. NOTICE THE COVERED BRIDE ON THE RIGHT. |
OUR TIMESHARE ACCOMMODATION AT SMUGGLERS NOTCH:- SUPERB! |
SMUGGLERS NOTCH SIDE OF MOUNT MANSFIELD |
NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE CAPITOL BUILDING, CONCORD |
MOUNT WASHINGTON, WITH THE HOTEL IN THE FOREGROUND |
3) MOUNT MANSFIELD STOWE, VERMONT AND ROUTE 108 MOUNTAIN PASS
WALKING TOWARDS THE NOTCH |
NOT A SOUL IS SIGHT! |
THE ONLY TRACKS ARE OF A SNOW MOBILE AND CROSS COUNTRY SKIERS |
IN SUMMER ON THE RIGHT OF THE PICTURE IS A PICNIC/SCENIC AREA! |
"CAN YOU REMEMBER? WAS IT LEFT, RIGHT OR STRAIGHT ON?" |
MOUNT MANSFIELD SKI RUNS |
4) CAROLYN'S COVERED BRIDGES OF LAMOILLE COUNTY TOUR
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GOLD BROOK OR EMILY'S BRIDGE STOWE 150 years old, built in1884, using the Howe truss construction. Famous for the story of Emily, a local farmers daughter who lived in the 19th Century. After her lover deserted her, she hanged herself from the bridge.
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GOLD BROOK OR EMILY'S BRIDGE STOWE Sightings of a ghostly presence have been reported on moonlit nights!!!! |
CAMBRIDGE JUNCTION (ALSO KNOWN AS POLLAND) BRIDGE Known as Polland Bridge after the Waterville Judge who helped sue Cambridge to put in the bridge, but he died the year it was built) The bridge gave direct access to the freight station at the railroad junction for communities to the North after it was built in 1887. This bridge is a very long span, second longest in Vermont( 140 feet), but is closed to traffic after trucks ignored the 2 tonne limit and have damaged it in 1993 |
CHURCH STREET BRIDGE WATERVILLE Spans the North Branch of the Lamoille River, has reinforced steel beams for the traffic to go over, after cars started to fall through. 60 feet in length, built in 1877 |
MONTGOMERY BRIDGE, WATERVILLE
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JAYNES BRIDGE WATERVILLE leads to a wonderful sounding place called Codding Hollow |
MORGAN BRIDGE WATERVILLE 60 feet in length, built in 1877
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POWERHOUSE BRIDGE JOHNSON (starting to get dark now) carry's vehicles over the Gihon River at School Street 60 feet long, built in 1870, but had to be reconstructed in 1960, 1993 & 1995 due to the amount of traffic that uses it. |
FISHER RAILROAD BRIDGE, WOLCOTT 103 Feet bridge built in 1908. last covered railway bridge in Vermont and the USA. |
INSIDE THE FISHER RAILROAD BRIDGE (You can't see Carolyn, she is tied to the tracks, but I had to let her go, as I found out that the track is no longer used....curses!!!) :-) |
CAROLYN AT THE STOWE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE, ROUTE 108
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FROZEN RIVER, MOUNT MANSFIELD |
THE POWERHOUSE ON THE GIHON RIVER |
FROZEN LAMOILLE RIVER AT THE FISHER RAILROAD BRIDGE |
THE TOWN OF STOWE FROM THE RECREATION PATH |
CAROLYN, THE TOWN OF STOWE, WITH THE SNOW FALLING |
THE TOWN OF STOWE FROM THE RECREATION PATH, SNOW FALLING |
CAROLYN ON THE STOWE RECREATION PATH BEFORE THE SNOW
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OUR LOCAL HOUSE GUEST |
PLEASE VISIT THESE LINKS TO SOME OF THE BEST PLACES TO VISIT IN VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE
COLBY HILL INN, HENNIKER NEW HAMPSHIRE:- A CAROLYN & ALAN FIVE STAR RATING. CLICK ON THE ABOVE IMAGES TO GO TO THEIR WEB SITE, OR TYPE IN http://www.colbyhillinn.com/
HENNIKER: THE TOWN SITE AT http://www.henniker.org/
SETTLERS GREEN FACTORY OUTLET
SHOPPING IN NEW HAMPSHIRE NO SALES TAX!!!! http://www.settlersgreen.com/
LAKES REGION
FACTORY STORES:- ANOTHER SUPERB TAX FREE SHOPPING PLACE http://www.shoplakesregion.com/lakesregion.html
CONCORD:- THE
STATE CAPITOL WEB PAGES AT:- http://www.concordnhchamber.com/concordareainformation.htm
YE OLDE ENGLAND INNE,
ANOTHER ALAN & CAROLYN FIVE STAR RECOMMENDATION FOR FOOD
AND LODGING AT http://www.oldeenglandinne.com/
MOUNTAINSIDE RESORT AT STOWE:- WHERE
WE STAYED http://www.mountainsideresort.cc/
DUTCH PANCAKE CAFE FOR BREAKFASTS http://www.dutchpancake.com/
GRACIES RESTAURANT:- THE BEST SURROUNDINGS FOR MEALS IN STOWE! http://www.gracies.com/index.html
BEN & JERRY'S ICE CREAM FACTORY:- GO GET FREE SAMPLES!!! AT
http://www.benjerry.com/indexg.tmpl
FANTASTIC CHEESE GROMIT! FROM CABOT http://www.cabotcheese.com/
EXCELLENT STOWE WEB SITE AT http://www.gostowe.com/
