We've been keeping ourselves busy going on walks, visiting country stores, going blueberry picking, enjoying lobster on the Maine coast and participating in a chowder competition.  The first country store we went to was Bill's Country Store on Route 4, near Killington.  We of course had to buy a jug of Maple Syrup and look at all the Moose sweatshirts and Vermont cheeses.  We also have visited the 'flagship country store' the Vermont Country Store - the one that sends out the black and white catalogue selling everything from flannel shirts to old fashioned kitchen gadgets.

The countryside is beautiful out here and we've done some enjoyable walks.  We've been walking a few times on the old carriage roads in the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park near Woodstock, Vermont.  The trail lead to a peaceful and small pond called the Pogue.  The trails are groomed for cross country skiing and snow shoeing in the winter - can't wait to try those out.  We've also done walks in the White Mountains, in south eastern Vermont, around Lake Willoughby in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont and up Mt Cardigan.