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A country drive

Posted on October 11, 2023 by Ella

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Yesterday we took an old fashioned country drive through the islands of Lake Champlain.

Lake Champlain
Lake Champlain


We pulled into Knight Point State Park for a gander at the shoreline.

We gave consideration to taking a ferry over to Plattsburgh, NY but opted to continue through Lake Champlain. We stopped at a modern version of a general store in Hero where I scored a bottle of cranberry wine from a local vineyard.

We cruised through Alburgh (spitting distance from Canada) hoping for a cutsie cafe with cappuccino- no joy there, took a nature hike in the Missisquoi Wildlife Refuge (separate post), stopped in Milton for a creemee only to find the place closed for the season…geesh.

We kept to the back roads, wandering through farmland bordering the lake.

An abandoned something

A gentle day.

3 thoughts on “A country drive”

  1. Holly says:
    October 11, 2023 at 4:15 pm

    Dang it when those creemee stands close for the season. Lake Champlain waterfront (near the ECHO museum), has a snack bar that I think has creemees year round. Just FYI- if you’re still in BTV-H

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    1. Ella says:
      October 11, 2023 at 5:28 pm

      We leave tomorrow but Mary suggested Burlington Bay Cafe which looks open for breakfast. A blackberry creemee has all the right food groups I’d think. 😎

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      1. Holly says:
        October 12, 2023 at 7:27 am

        Mary’s idea sounds great. So glad you both enjoyed the Shelburne Museum. That was my “get-away” place when I was at UVM (the 70’s!). I liked to go there for the quiet and the beautiful landscaping.
        That photo of the “abandoned something” = barn.
        Thank you for sharing VT photos-and for the “shout outs.” Heartwarming. ❤️

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