Sunday, September 30, 2012

VERMONT COVERED BRIDGES AMID AUTUMN SPLENDOUR

Lower Falls on Kancamagus Highway


Rocky Gorge on Kancamagus Highway

Who is this mystery man with the fabulous hat?
A whole day of rain as we traversed the first half of the Kancamagus Highway, still stunning views of foliage, falls and gorges.
Still raining on second half of this gorgeous highway with endless autumnal views. Into Vermont and our tour of covered bridges,starting with one out of the ordinary - a covered railroad. We then ditched the trailer in the campsite and had a tour round Montgomery and four covered bridges. They dont exactly advertise their location so we discovered them by looking for load limits on back roads and we also found the remote Creamery bridge as advertised in our New England travel book.


The soft rolling hills of Vermont are awash with glorious autumn colours in spite of the gloomy weather. Roy has been amazing at planning this trip to make sure we saw the fall colours at their peak.


We spent another rainy day looking at three covered bridges in a row, a floating bridge and as most Vermonters seemed to do on a wet Sunday, we went into Ben & Jerry's shop/factory in Waterbury to have a look, declining the tour as they were not making ice cream.

Back into New Hampshire and the White Mountains tomorrow to catch the sun and do some hiking.


Fisher railroad covered bridge

Roy in Fisher bridge struggling to walk across broken wood with river flowing below

Pumpkins everywhere

Remote Creamery Covered Bridge

Vibrant Vermont



endless Vermont country roads
Ben & Jerry's

Oooh which to choose!

Brookfield Floating Bridge

Northfield Falls Upper Covered Bridge

Northfield Falls Staion Covered Bridge







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