Friday, August 28, 2015
We left Jamaica, VT this morning and drove south to our new site for the next six days.  It was a beautiful day again, and we're seeing the trees making slight changes in color, so fall is on its way.  The Sumac are showing a light orange shade, and they are usually the first to show signs of Autumn.  As we drove south of Brattleboro, I SAW A MOOSE! Yes, it was just down the embankment in a swampy area, not far off the road.  We went by it too quickly to get a picture, but I'm satisfied now, that I got to see one here.  This area is just across the Connecticut River from where we biked two days ago, so we could have seen a moose there, too.  We were in the valley today, and seeing a lot of farming.  We wondered where they were, as they are in competition with WI and their cheese production.  We stopped at "The Farm" yesterday and bought a small piece of Gouda, that they make there.  It weighed 0.53 pound and cost $9.01!  Yikes, it was $18.00 a pound!  Wisconsin cheese is a bargain, and we like it better. Once we got on the I-90 toll way heading toward Boston, the traffic got very heavy.  They were 3 abreast coming out of Boston.  We are going to check into a charter going into Boston when we are either in this area, or after we leave here, we may do a day trip into that city.  We have a lot to check out here and several nice bikes trails (rails to trails) with geo-caches again.  They are old railroad beds, turned bike/hike paths and many times they are along rivers.
 

I had to take a picture of Jim crossing the bridge in our last park.  It was a tight squeeze, but he did great!

This is our new place of residence for six days.  It's the West Lake Thompson Corps of Engineer Park and only has 11 premier sites (water and electric), 11 regular sites (suitable for RV's but it's dry camping, so no water and electric), and 2 Adirondack sites, that is a shelter for tent sites.  How did we ever get so lucky to get a spot in here?  We booked ahead, I guess that's why.  They have several hiking trails within this park, so we'll, for sure check that out.  We also have tv by antenna!  And our WIFI works!  That's a big step up from our last place.  Jim was going to put the satellite dish up here, but it's very wooded yet, so as long as we can get the evening news, we're happy.  I have a feeling, that we are going to be so busy that we won't have time to watch tv.   We are in the northeastern corner of CT, and border Rhode Island and Massachusetts.  We're not far from the ocean again, so we have many options for entertainment!