For Rachel’s birthday, we went to the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont for a long weekend. We stayed with a longtime friend there. While we were there, we celebrated Rachel’s birthday with a lunch at the Burke Mountain Hotel, which has … Read More

On the first weekend in October, we made our annual pilgrimage to Vermont to go apple picking at Burtt’s Apple Orchard. We stayed with our friends on Kirby Mountain, and made apple butter, cider, and pie filling with some of … Read More

We made several trips between our campsite in Hubbardton and Middlebury, Vermont while we were camping at Half Moon Pond State Park again this year. Route 30 is a Vermont Scenic Byway, and there are a number of farms and … Read More

While we were camping at Half Moon Pond State Park in Vermont, we drove to nearby Bomoseen State Park in Castleton. The park has a nice playground next to a sandy beach on Lake Bomoseen. We spent the day enjoying … Read More

Near the end of June, we went camping for a week at Half Moon Pond State Park in Hubbardton, Vermont for a second year. After staying there last year, we were eager to return for another week this year. We … Read More

For Rachel’s birthday weekend, we went to Vermont to stay with our friend Alison. The weather was just starting to warm up enough so that some of the many dirt roads in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont were starting to … Read More

We continued our fall tradition of going apple picking in Vermont with our friends Mary and Miles. Eliza and Lindsey had fun picking and eating apples at Burtt’s Orchard in Cabot. The weather was beautiful and on the late September … Read More

While we were camping at Half Moon Pond State Park in June, we drove up and down a scenic portion of Vermont Route 30 several times. We made a few trips back and forth between Hubbarton and Middlebury, and enjoyed … Read More

In late June, we packed up the car and drove to Hubbarton, Vermont for a week of camping at Half Moon Pond State Park. This was our third year camping in Vermont in June, but our first time at Half … Read More

During the last week of June, we went camping in Leicester, Vermont. We had a good chance to visit some of Rachel’s family and friends, and had some fun camping and sightseeing too. Unfortunately, the weather wasn’t great for the … Read More

After a couple nights of camping in western Vermont, we headed to the Northeast Kingdom, where we stayed with our friends Mary and Miles. We did some sightseeing, and spent a windy afternoon at scenic Lake Willoughby. Rachel and I … Read More

During my June vacation, Rachel, Eliza, and I went to Vermont for a few days. For the first two nights we were there, we camped at the Country Village Campground in Leicester, which is just a little south of Middlebury. … Read More