Tuesday 3 June 2025

We headed off to our house sit in Rochester Vermont this morning. A 3.5 hr drive through green farmland, following the Otter Creek for most of the way. Very rural America in upstate New York and Vermont, the Green Mountain State. We are minding the country house of our Boston pet sit people. It is in a village of 1,700 people with almost all buildings, two to three story, timber built, New England Colonial style and mostly painted white. Ours is the same and quite spacious.

We are however, lucky to be here. We were almost killed on two occasions on the drive here. Just outside of Brandon, a nutter, overtaking on double yellow, came straight for us. Flashy hit the brakes and pulled onto the gravel, as a blue Subaru sped past at a closing speed of 150 mph. Then, not long after in the town, another bloke in a very big F250 ran a red light as Flashy was going through the green.

We arrived at our quaint village of Rochester in time to get some supplies from the small supermarket and enjoy a gin and tonic on the back deck. The colour palate here is deep green and white. It’s officially summer, but the spring grass and all the forest is a lush green colour and as commented before, most of the buildings are white. This part of Vermont gets hot summers and snow in winter, making it a popular, year round destination for those on the east coastal towns. Nearby mountains attract a large skiing following.

Wednesday 4 June 2025

After breakfast on the front porch, we decided to drive a lazy loop around the nearby Mad River valley, check out the countryside and find a winery and a brewery for lunch. This turned out to be a pleasant drive, in what is now mid to high 20’sC sunshine. The boutique, Lincoln Peak Winery, provided a flight of their cold climate wine and in nearby Middleberry, we had a magnificent sandwich lunch at a small brewery/cafe, before a walk around and a visit to a couple of galleries. Home in time for some hot smoked salmon salad on the west deck for dinner.

Our house sit in Rochester VT.
Falls and swimming holes in Mad Creek.
Flashy's flight of Lincoln Peak wines.
A cleansing porter at lunch.
Now, that's a turkey sandwich.
Still using bricks here in Vermont for last century public buildings (Middlebury).



Comments

  1. Graeme6 June 2025 at 21:36

    Having completed my extended duties in my service to democracy I have now caught up with Flashy & Lady P's adventures in the good ol US of A. It should be noted that I have left witty and pithy comments on a couple of the earlier postings.

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  2. Roger7 June 2025 at 11:22

    Very witty and pithy. Pithing down here ATM

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