It’s been nice to have wifi available in the Roadtrek since yesterday afternoon. We have all our pictures uploaded and refreshed many of the websites that we carry around on our computer for offline reference. Moose River campground is a nice place to stay not only because of the wifi but because the sites are nicely laid out, the staff is friendly, and the bathrooms are kept clean. Lastly, they sell Ice Cream in their lobby.
We only had a few blocks to drive to our first stop at the Maple Grove Farms factory in St Johnsburg. According to the AAA tour guide, they make maple candy Monday thru Thursday year-around. Of course, today is the one-day they are doing inventory, so tours were not being offered.
Highway 91 from St Johnsburg is both fast and scenic. The rolling hills are covered with green trees and a many farms all the way to White River Junction. We had very little traffic on this well maintained highway.
Mary read about the King Arthur Flour bakery-store-school as we neared Norwich, VT. What a great selection of baking supplies and baked goods. We bought a bell-pepper focaccia and a couple of rolls. The fmadocaccia made a great lunch and dinner and the rolls somehow evaporated all by themselves.
The Sugarbush farm near Woodstock makes cheese and maple syrup. We liked all the cheese samples and bought a pound of Jack and smoked jack cheese for our travels. They also had a steer, goats, and chickens we could pet and feed. You get a big bag of feed for only 50-cents. It made one city girl feel a little country. It was interesting to walk thru the maple grove and see the sap collection tubing. This would be an interesting place to visit during the winter… except for the cold. They said the temperature drops below zero.
The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Park is a grand place where Lawrence and Mary Rockefeller once spend their summers. The house tour is conducted in a much different manner than the FDR and Vanderbilt tours in Hyde Park, NY. You actually felt as if you were a guest rather than a trespasser. The National Park service could learn a lot from the people who work here.
This park and a number of other national parks were gifts from the Rockefeller estate. Even today, money from the Rockefeller Trust provides the upkeep of the house and grounds. My mental picture of the funding and management of our national parks continues to change as we travel.
We camped at the Quechee Gorge State Park near Woodstock. This is a nice park with widely spaced sites that are set far back from the park roads.
We both fell asleep soon after dinner of salad and the last of the focachia .
