Trip 5

Today we made a brief visit to Lowell (history, demographics).  "Where the Lowells speak only to Cabots And the Cabots speak only to God?" Erm...I think not:

In 1831 the name [of Kellyvale] was changed to Lowell. Some say that the new name derived from Lowell, Massachusetts, because many of the people who settled in Kellyvale had come from that area. However, that town had been named Lowell only five years before the Vermont towns' name change (long after the settlers arrived), honoring Francis Cabot Lowell, the initiator of large-scale cotton textile manufacturing in the US. Vermont's town is more likely to honor the manufacturer's father or his brother.

There's a nice gazebo in the middle of town we could've used for our backdrop, but given the winter chill and recent light snow, we felt the town garage was more apt. Hey, it's got X-mas lights, a plow blade, and mostly off-frame to the right is the town sand pile (3 times our height!), destined to keep us safe on the roads (and to create "snirt") this winter:

True to form Cairo found herself a stick...

Eastbound on 58, in between where the highway becomes a dirt road and the intersection with Route 100.

It wasn't too cold today--about 35F--but the wind made things very uncomfortable.  My hands got pretty cold and stiff as I took the pictures, and my tripod was absolutely unbearable to touch.  Where were my gloves, you ask?  In the car keeping warm, of course!

Hope everybody had a nice Thanksgiving.

ntodd

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