Rutland and Return

We ventured into Western Vermont today and our timing was good. The colors there are now near peak and the road we took ran between the Green Mountains on one side and some other mountains on the other side and they provided beautiful backdrops to the houses, barns, fields and small towns we passed.

I found myself wanting to stop and take pictures at every turn—but of course, if I did we would not make much progress. So I passed many Kodak picture locations and stopped when there was something extra-nice in a place where I could pull over or park.

We went up to Rutland, which is roughly half-way up the state. As we approached Rutland 3 church spires were prominent over the town. I headed for that area of downtown. We parked in front of one of the churches (at a parking meter that already had 2-hours on it) and walked around admiring the autumn beauty and taking pictures.

It was lunchtime, so we walked down the hill to find a place to eat. The first place we found was a small Japanese restaurant. It had a reasonably priced lunch menu and we thought it would be a nice change from all the Vermont fare we have been eating. It was a good choice. For most of our meal we were the only patrons so we received excellent service. I led the conversation in the direction of how Rutland may have gotten its name. I can’t find any explanation. Penny suggested I drop the topic.

I drove back south on a combination of blue roads and highway. We passed through the village of Manchester and passed an Orvis store that had its own pond behind the building. There was someone demonstrating fly casting techniques there. A little further up the road was the National Fly Fishing Museum. We didn’t stop there. We did stop a little further up the road at a church and took some pictures. There was the Charles Orvis Inn there—I don’t know if it has anything to do with the Orvis stores.

It clouded up after that so we drove the rest of the way with no picture stops.

When we arrived back at the cabin Lacey, the neighborhood dog and his friend were waiting at the end of the driveway.

I fed them my leftover Japanese food. They liked it but couldn't manage the chopsticks.

It’s supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow morning so we will probably sleep in in the morning. I’ll probably finish stacking the wood. Other than that tomorrow is open. It may be a good day to let Penny rest. All this driving is not good for her.