Thanks to this rest day, we all were able to sleep in just a little bit. Had a quick coffee and then headed to do a small load of laundry. While waiting with the small group that opted to do laundry, we went for breakfast at the Wooden Soldier café. The building had been the home to many businesses, starting as Koloway’s Department Store back in the 1920’s and 30’s. Then it was a hardware store, then a soda fountain shop in the 50’s, followed by three different restaurants over the years. It has been the Wooden Soldier since 1997. I took photos of many local buildings after breakfast.
My friend Janet is originally from Vermont and she had several friends visit as well as her sister and brother. It was a very special day for her and it reminded me of when my family visited at a stop when I did the Southern Tier Coast to Coast. Lunch was a combination of sub sandwiches that Janet’s sister brought, and baked/fried chicken provided by the tour.
After lunch four of us went on a pontoon boat tour of Lake Bomoseen. We tried to get four more, as the boat held eight, but we were unsuccessful. It was a very relaxing hour and our boat operator/guide was very knowledgeable about the area. He and his wife are teachers during the school year. Lake Bomoseen is a freshwater lake in the western part of the U.S. state of Vermont and is the largest lake that lies entirely within the state's boundaries, with a surface area of approximately 2,400 acres. The lake was formed by glaciation and has an average of 27 feet and maximum depth of 65 feet.
The evening plan is to relax. Tomorrow means more climbing!
Woke up to some clouds and rain this morning. It did clear up by afternoon.
While some of us did laundry today, we stopped in for a super reasonable breakfast: $3.50 for two eggs, toast and coffee.
I’m using the fan on the left to dry my bike jerseys. The rest of the group used the driers.
“Standing on 1.78 acres on the Green in Fair Haven, Vermont, the Marble Mansion Inn is a twenty-two room 6,400 square foot French Second Empire mansion complete with mansard roof, belvidère, and porte cochère. The big marble house was built in 1867 by the Honorable Ira C. Allen, a prominent businessman of the Fair Haven community. Allen was the grandson of a cousin of American Revolutionary War patriot Ethan Allen.”
Janet’s family and friends visting.
Tasting the local cider!
Fair Haven Post Office.
View of Lake Bomoseen Lodge from the pontoon boat.
Hard to seem but a young bald eagle. We did not see the parents.
Views of Vermont’s mountains in the background. The picture does not do them justice.
Wonderful end to the day.