Next day. October 18th 2011, Mystic Ct. to Burlington Vt.

Before leaving Mystic this morning we did a little drive through the township. How very quaint and tidy it is, nestled on the banks of the Connecticut River mouth. The area was first colonised in the early 1600’s and became a centre for clipper ship building. Now the main industry is tourism.

We then headed north to Springfield Ma. – the birthplace of Dr Seuss and home to the Dr Seuss National Garden. Like the excited bunch of kids that we are there was a race to disembark the coach and get in the gate.

Each of the marvelous bronze statues shows immaculate detail and is life-size.   My favourite was the enormous book inscribed with ‘Oh The Places You’ll Go’. Even the cover (back) was exact.

From there we kept on north to Brattleboro Vt. for a lunch stop. Another charming little village with heaps of character and a good place to stroll around.  Brattleboro was an English fort town in its early life.

Now we are driving North West toward Bethel Vt. to visit Garden of Stitches, a lovely little quilt store, seemingly in the middle of nowhere. The store is not normally open on Tuesdays, but I’m very pleased that they offered to open for us. We all found a little treasure - or two!

The trees all around are glorious. Yellow, red, orange and a few still green. By the time we departed Bethel it was 5.30pm and we faced a drive of another hour to Burlington. Amazing how a few miles down the road the passengers get very quiet!

We are now at Green Hills Suites for the two nights. What a magnificent place. I have a suite with a kitchenette, bedroom (with two enormous beds) and bathroom complete with bath. The gas fire is flickering away as I write. Over the winter months this place will be packed with skiers, as there are many resorts in the area.

Today has been a very significant one. We have been in three different states - Connecticut, Massachusetts & Vermont.

Tomorrow we are off to Shelburne Museum and a few other little treats along the way. Thank goodness there is very little distance involved tomorrow.

See you!