We've been on a couple of lengthy outings over the last couple of days. Lake Placid (the site of the 1932 and 1980 winter Olympic Games) was our first destination. We went up to the top of Whiteface Mountain before we went to Lake Placid. We had the opportunity to get out of the car and hike up to the very, very top.....but we declined...partly because it was warm and we didn't want to exert ourselves and partly because of all the black flies that were swarming around us whenever anyone even attempted to open the window or car door. These nasty little black flies kept us in the car and on the move. I did venture out long enough to get a couple of pictures....one of the pictures shows Lake Placid (the actual lake, not the town) and another of the pictures that is posted shows my sister, Jolene, batting away the biting little black flies :)
Once in Lake Placid (the town) we walked for a little while up and down the main street. Lots of cute little shops and eating places. It wasn't too crowded since it was pre-tourist season and also a Monday. Another of the pictures posted is of Mom at an overlook along the main drag in the town of Lake Placid where there's a great view of Mirror Lake. There are so many lakes, rivers, creeks, brooks (you get the picture) in this part of the country. And, so many country roads with beautiful scenery. It's just refreshing to be away from concrete, and in Washington we have less concrete than some other areas of the country. Mom has commented upon how clean everything is and how there are so many beautiful trees, green fields and no grafitti. We've seen lots of fields that are being plowed for crops, too. And, of course, lots of cows and horses.
Today, we drove with Bob into Vermont to find some old covered bridges. We probably saw 9 or 10 of these bridges. Most of the bridges we saw were built around the 1880s. The last bridge we saw was the oldest (dating from 1844) and is supposedly the only haunted bridge in Vermont. I'm attaching several different bridge pictures because these bridges are so wonderful. It was a great outing. (I'll also include an enlarged photo of Emily's Bridge - the haunted bridge- taken when I was inside the bridge and looking up). All I can say is that I saw some light reflected onto the wood....but I don't recall seeing anything that looked kind of filmy. And, that filmy-looking stuff doesn't show up on any of my other bridge pictures or any other of my pictures taken today. Probably just more reflections, but woooo woooo ...Who knows?
Our lunch today was all Vermont. We stopped at a little country store and bought a package of Vermont "Seriously Cheddar", a white cheddar cheese that is seriously wonderful, along with some crispy rye crackers (also made in Vermont) along with some Vermont-made summer sausage. We used Bob's swiss army knife and cut slices for everyone to enjoy while we made our way to our next bridge. During our bridge search, we saw a couple of places that might warrant a return visit. Might warrant are the operative words....One of the places was Grampa Grunt's Lodge and then others included some much higher-end places like the Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, VT. The Trapp Family Lodge is owned by members of the vonTrapp family (remember The Sound of Music?) I'm sure that all of you can figure out which lodging location might be worth a return trip....Anyway, back to the bridges....
Some of the covered bridges are easily seen from the nearest country road, while others are on side roads and there are no signs to mark where they are. We were following a map, but still missed some of them even though we were looking for them. It was a fun day, and spending today in an air-conditioned car made lots of sense since the temperature was 90 degrees today. Tomorrow should also be warm, so we will plan to lay low. The end of the week is supposed to be cooler....I really hope that is the case, because I'm very wimpy when it comes to the heat....just ask anyone who knows me.
4 comments:
Sounds like a fun day going covered bridge hunting. My kind of drive and picture taking. Lunch sounded yummy, except the swiss army knive part...lol Just break me off a piece please..haha
The 90 degree heat wouldnt be much fun, especially with those icky flies that bite..It is cool here, needed the heater, and rainy. Want to trade? lol
Fortunately the biting flies were just with us at the top of Whiteface Mtn...nothing that's biting here....thank goodness. We are keeping cool with lots of fans, cold drinks & ice cream Tomorrow is is supposed to be much cooler. I hope the weather people have it right about the temp getting more normal for this area. This is abnormally hot, wouldn't ya know it!
If you get too hot, go jump in the lake!
On the haunted covered bridge, were the spots that looked like bird poop the haunted stuff that you saw?
I didn't see anything that looked spooky...but the camera caught something that my eyes didn't see. Like I said, could be just reflections, but enlarge the part at the bottom of the picture. It looks kind of wavy with a couple of holes in it....I don't know what it is...maybe nothing at all...
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