Hi,
Thanks Busybee, and you to JD!
Got home early Friday morning. Was a long trip but alot of fun. Saw family and friends that we have not seen in a long time. The day we got there we had a family reunion to go to. Ummmm, lots of good northern foods I forgot about.
Had a great time checking out some of the new antique shops that have been established. Brought home a few goodies. Went to several local Farmers Markets, now have lots of the items in my pantry, Vermont Maple syrup, Cabot sharp cheese, natural casing hot dogs in the freezer, tons of vegetables from relatives gardens, homemade jams, jellies and marmalade's. Good eatin till its gone!
I will share one thing that I did while I was there...you grinning JD...When I lived in Vermont I guess I just took for granted that all rivers and streams are clean, free of water moccasins, lots of stones to use to step across the rivers.
Well I decided that I wanted some Vermont river rock to bring home to place around my water garden...it's a fairly long road to get down to the river, very narrow, and lots of brush hanging into the road. There's deep pot holes that I am navigating around and still trying not to get to close to the edge and have the car slide down a bank on both sides. Come around a sharp corner, going real slow, the car is creeping along under it's own power...there's a big dip in the road...the sun is reflecting off the hood of the car into my eyes and my new NON glare glasses, but the sun is still glaring...did not see this huge rock sticking up in the middle of the road! BANG...a big BANG! Thought for sure when I backed off this rock to check it out that I was going to find engine oil, transmission fluid...something all over the ground, thankfully the car was centered enough that it hit a cross member underneath, and I learned that there is a skid plate underneath there as well.
From then on I decided to walk to the river, went stone stepping across, watched the fish, and collected a bunch of river rock, placed them in the trunk way up near the back seat area and covered them with other luggage. Hubby never knew till we got home and he unloaded the car...can I say not impressed!
Took the granddaughters to Santa's Village, what a great time that was! Spent the whole day there, riding all the rides, and playing with reindeer. Of course the girls had to fill out there wish list for this year.
Anyways, we had a real good time except for the travel up and back, white knuckle driving on very little sleep both ways! But we made it so all is well.
Oh, I apologize for not responding sooner, but since I got home I have been fighting (literally) pc issues. Gotta love people that use your computer and change all the settings......none of them for the better of the machine!
Take care everyone.
Yanita