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Hiatus

Stef and I are splitting up.  Given that the whole 251 Club thing was something she'd wanted to do, I'm not sure if I'll continue it solo (well, with Mex).  We'll see--need some time.

Peace out,
ntodd

Trip 11 - Shelburne And Middlebury

It's quite unusual for Stef (and Cairo) to be home on weekends, but they were today so we decided to do our first 251 jaunt with the new guy.  First we had to stop at the office in Colchester so I could drop off some stuff, then hit Noah's Ark (apt, given the flood watch in effect today) across the street to buy dog kibble and other sundry animal supplies, then we could mosey on down Route 7...

We figured that if the dogs behaved okay together on the trip to Colchester, which they did, we'd head south to Shelburne (history, demographics):

In the 19th Century, a gristmill, a sawmill, a carding and fulling mill and a blacksmith shop sprang up along the rushing LaPlatte River at Shelburne Falls. Sheep raising and fruit orchards became popular methods of farming, with some 17,740 fruit-bearing trees by 1880. After the War of 1812, lake commerce surged. The Champlain Transportation Company established a shipyard at Shelburne Harbor and launched the "General Green," the first of ten proud steamships to call Lake Champlain home between 1825 and 1905, the last two of which can still be found in New England. The "Mount Washington" (still in service on New Hampshire's Lake Winnepesaukee) and the "Ticonderoga", the landlocked centerpiece of the Shelburne Museum, having been brought up from the lake on a specially constructed rail bed.

Shelburne today supports a wide variety of businesses, from manufacturers and retailers to Vermont's largest retirement community, including some of the more popular Vermont attractions: the Vermont Teddy Bear Company, Shelburne Farms and the best historical museum in New England, the Shelburne Museum.

Mexico's first 251 Club trip with us!  Shelburne has a leash law, so we had to put one on Cairo as well--she didn't seem to mind.

Notice how there's no snow on the ground?  The last few days' thaw wiped it out most places, but it's returning tonight with a vengeance.  It was 50 degrees and foggy when we left Colchester, and by the time we got home 4.5 hours later it was 32 and snowing!  We expect up to 10 inches by the end of the storm tomorrow night.

Another Travel Companion

Meet Mexico, Cairo's new brother...

ntodd