Day 5: Thursday Just Breezed By

Fall Foliage: Day 5






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After sleeping in just a bit, the hotel hosted a lovely breakfast buffet. We've recently recognized that we Californians are pretty spoiled with the fresh fruit we expect with breakfast every morning, that's a little harder to come by in these parts.






Durning our time Proctor Vermont we discovered the beauty and mass of Vermont marble at the world's largest marble museum. Vermont marble was used for several DC monuments, Lincoln Memorial, Jefferson Memorial, the Capital and many more. We watched a short movie, walked through the hall of marble presidents, observed modern marble art, wondered through the show room and then went nuts in the gift shop. Our bags are all a little heavier.

Woodstock VT (not to be confused with the woodstock in N.H. or N.Y.) We strolled through the town of Woodstock browsing the shops and dining at some very special restaurants. We checked out the Mountain Creamery (home of the "Mile High Apple Pie), the cafe at the Woodstock Inn or Bentley's Restaurant. Thankfully, Woodstock had very unique boutiques to satisfy our shipping urges.

The Quechee Gorge is also known as New England's Grand Canyon. Half of the group appreciated the view of the gorge from a bridge over looking the canyon while the other half took a short hike down to the damn at the start of the river. The sights were all spectacular.

Margo, out tour guide, continues to remind us what good timing we've had to see the bright colors of the foliage. However, we are experiencing December temperatures which Margo calls a "cold snap" because they are very unusual for this time of year. If we didn't come with gloves, hats and scarfs, then we have certainly bought some by now...burr..

The evening was spent at leisure at the hotel.