Morrisville, VT

Monday morning we left early from Rochester.  With a quick stop at a local bakery to pick up some kemmelwick rolls to take to Vermont, we joined the morning rush hour traffic.  Thankfully, we were going the opposite way of most of the traffic and got to I-90 (aka New York State Thruway) with no problem.  Travelled over to Syracuse and then took I-81 up to Watertown.  Then it was US 11 across the northern tier of New York State.  Familiar territory since we lived for a short period in Potsdam, NY back in the 80's (plus the fact that we have made that trip from Rochester to Vermont more than once).

Went through Canton, home of St Lawrence University, but Katie had already finished her junior year and was back home.  Countryside is mostly rolling farmland - still ran into some Amish, but not literally.  Still have to watch out for the buggy's on the road, but there were only one or two that we encountered.  Came close to the Canadian border, but didn't cross over.  It was raining pretty heavily as we crossed into Vermont at the top of Lake Champlain.

Arrived in Morrisville around 5:00 p.m. (in time for dinner - fortuitous timing).  Fun visiting with Tom III, Carolyn, and Katie.  Tuesday we played golf at Copley Country Club (sounds glamorous, doesn't it?), but it's a neat nine-hole course in Morrisville.  Started off with a par and it went downhill from there.  Still fun, both Tom III and Katie play well, so we tried to learn from them.  Don't think I'll ever approach Tom III's club head speed though.

In the afternoon, we went over to Hyde Park where Carolyn's high school softball team was having a game - it was their Senior day, so they presented flowers to the graduating seniors from both teams.  Nice evening and the sun was out for most of the event, but when it went behind the clouds, it was cool.  The girls lost, but it was a good game - Carolyn has done a good job of building the team.  They still have another couple of weeks of school - not like North Dakota which ends this week.

Today we're heading over to Ashland, NH to stay with Mary Ann (my sister) and Stuart before going to Danny's graduation this weekend.  We'll keep you posted (pun intended).