Drive from NYC to Burlington, Vermont

We left the Staybridge in New York this morning about 8:45 after Ira picked up the rental van and we packed all our stuff into it. It was a long day's drive with the only real stop being at Hyde Park, New York, which was the home of Franklin D. Roosevelt. It was a lovely sunny day and we took the 11:30 tour of his home and some of the grounds, including the rose garden. This stop was particularly meaningful to Paul because Roosevelt was the president who had the Grand Coulee Dam built, along with others, and Paul's book is the history of that dam; Grand Coulee: Harnessing a Dream.

Paul and the Garmen made a slight navigation mistake which took us up a parallel road to the one Ira had planned to take. As a result we got to drive through Middlebury, VT. It is a very quaint college town we would not have seen otherwise.

It was after 6:00 when we pulled in to the Marriott in Burlington on the east shore of Lake Champlaine. It is a gorgeous setting and we were able to watch the sun set across the lake. It was only a two block walk up to the main pedestrian street where we had dinner and have come back to collapse early (oops, it isn't so early any more).

Tomorrow will be driving around through the mountains in the area looking for colorful leaves and covered bridges.

That's it for now. Grace and Paul