New Life Chapter: More time in VT

A few last photos from my stay at my past neighbors, Ken and Laurie, in VT.

Blake, another Boondockers Welcome pup at Ken and Laurie's.

My first and only meal cooked in the van. I've been getting by with nuts, hummus, veggies, cheese, and crackers and some eating out. I hope I'll figure out the whole cooking thing.

Not a bad place to cook my first meal!

Zoe and Mona. They do so well together!

After leaving Ferrisburgh, I went to Montpelier and got to hang out with Beth. I parked in her driveway and unfortunately have no photos. I had to go to Montpelier to get a new title since I messed up the original when I signed it over to the new owners and NYS would not register it. So, I spent 2 hours at the DMV getting the new title, then got to hang out with Beth. We went to the Barr Hill place (Caledonia Spirits) and had some Bees Knees. YUM! Just love that drink. The next day was pretty rainy, so we hung out at Beth's. She went to work, but got to visit when she came home. Then I moved onto Morse Farm (another HH stay). This wasn't ideal due to the dirt driveway and the rain that just didn't want to stop. As you can see below, it was gorgeous the next day!

Zoe at Morse Farm

From Montpelier, I went to stay with Deb in Tunbridge. What a treat to get to spend a couple days with Deb is her little slice of paradise. Deb had asked if my van would make it up to her place, so I was pretty nervous, but went and managed to make it up the steep gravel driveway with a sharp bend. I was very happy to reach her place until I looked around and wasn't sure how I was going to turn around without messing up her lawn and/or getting stuck. There was a nice level spot that I managed to back into with no problem with some guidance by Deb. Once the van was there, I was able to relax and enjoy myself! And I soooo enjoyed myself. Zoe loved it too! What is not to love. So quiet and so dark to see the stars.

Not a bad spot!

Nap time after dinner

Deb and Zoe. Zoe did NOT want to leave!!!

But alas, we did leave. Deb had here grand kids coming to help close up camp and though she kindly offered for me to stay through the weekend, I thought she'd enjoy having her grandkids to herself, so I moved along.

1st VT bucket list item was to finally get to the Dog Chapel at Dog Mountain. What a special place with such amazing tributes to so many beloved dogs.

Unfortunately I didn't have any photos of past dogs of Zoe to leave behind.

Zoe and I enjoyed a great walk on the trails. It's so wonderful to be able to have her off leash without breaking the rules!

Then onto my next bucket list item in VT - Lake Willoughby. We did the South loop trail and thoroughly enjoyed it, aside from the nudists. Interesting that it was only men who were nude. I have to say that I'm not comfortable walking among nude men, nor probably women either. One man was standing right on the trail leaning against a tree. No idea why other than to make people feel uncomfortable... I considered leaving, but decided to not be such a prude and enjoy the walk anyway, which we did.

Such clear water!

My HH stay at Dirt Church Brewing company in East Haven, VT, which had some good beer and good (frozen) pizza.

Woke to this across the road. I actually really like cemeteries and thankfully they don't creep me out.

Then I decided to go to Newport, which was out of the way, but what the heck. We drove up there and enjoyed a walk around town along with a walk on the beach and then another on the bike path. When I first got there I parked in a lot that I ultimately decided was a bad idea. It wasn't crowded at the time, but if I ended up with cars all around me, I wasn't sure I'd be able to get out without hitting some cars, so I moved and found a spot on the street. I'm sure with time I'll get more comfortable, but for now I'm just finding the easier parking spots.

I had a panic while walking along the lake in town. I let Zoe drink quite a bit of water out of the lake and then after walking away, I saw a sign saying there was Blue Green Algae (Cyanobacteria) in the lake and to keep pets out of the water. I didn't see anything that looked like it, but was still panicking since she drank a lot! Apparently I'd see effects within 15 - 30 min, so I was relieved as time went on. While we were on the bike path later, I could see that there was in fact pea soup looking stuff in the lake over there. Had I seen that in town, I definitely wouldn't have let Zoe drink from it. Thankfully she was fine!!!