On a weekend devoted to remembering explorers who got a little lost and made some great finds, we too decided to do a little bit of exploring of our own. This adventure will be fondly remembered as CDW.13 (Columbus Day Weekend).
Our first bridge of CDW was the Cornwall-Salisbury.
Such a beautiful to look at bridges. We had the company of a family taking pictures as we explored this bridge.
This beautiful bridge crosses the Otter Creek.
The bridge was built in 1865.
Signage on the Cornwall-Salisbury.
The Town Lattice of the Bridge.
Amazing!
Oh look, Natalie found a friend.
Dead frog.
The Otter-ly amazing view!
More signage.
Such a great way to celebrate CDW!
Good bye, Cornwall-Salisbury!
As we approached the next bridge. This welcomed us.
We love jersey barriers and boulders blocking paths to covered bridges!
We can see the bridge from here. Take that Christopher Columbus!
Presenting the East Shoreham Railroad Bridge.
Time for a bridge pose!
Natalie carefully crosses the East Shoreham.
The Lemon Fair River flows under this bridge.
This bridge would be dangerous at night. There are all sorts of places to lose your flip flop.
Natalie is nervous about this bridge.
Yuck, open slats with water below. Scary!
Such a beautiful day!
Charlene agrees.
A familiar sign.
Just in case, you forgot where we are.
The Lemon River.
There was a big hole on the side of the bridge.
Every town needs a covered bridge access area.
Good bye, East Shoreham Railroad!
We traveled northwest on a beautiful Saturday in October. The foliage was breathtaking. We even drove through the Middlebury College's Family weekend. Then we came across the Pulp Mill Bridge.
The Pulp Mill Bridge is a double-barreled bridge.
The Pulp Mill looks over the cute town of Middlebury.
Fire safety is important.
The Otter Creek on this beautiful day!
The bridge was originally built in 1853, and has been rebuilt several times. The most recent addition was built in 2012.
Pretty dand-i-lion!
The water rolling down the dam, I would imagine this is where the Pulp Mill used to stand.
Some bridges like to protect themselves.
If you look carefully, you can see the neighbor who was watching us during our exploration.
No OTTER day could be more beautiful in October!
Artistic picture...FAIL!
Next, it was onto the Quinlan in Charlotte, VT!
Natalie and the Quinlan.
The Quinlan was built in 1849.
The Quinlan is VERY high, with a very LONG drop!
Natalie, is that you hiding in the truss system?
Phew, it is!
You can't see the Lewis Creek, the bridge is up so high.
While taking this picture we heard a car come and join us. Two older women got out of their car to take pictures of the bridge.
I tried to be stealthy and take a picture of the future us, but clearly you will have to use your imagination as to what we will look like in the future.
Natalie snaps one more picture of the Quinlan.
Next it was on to the Spade Hill Farm Bridge.
Just in case, we were thinking about taking our unicycle.
This bridge now has a lot of interesting art.
Natalie takes a picture of the interesting art. In the background, you also see a bridge similar to the ones we used in Girl Scouts to bridge from one level to the next. Aww, memories!
I was afraid to walk by this hope chest, I was pretty sure it housed a vampire or several bodies.
I really don't remember what this was, but it must have been meaningful at the time.
Did I mention the interesting art work?
The Vermont Flannel Country Store owns and cares for this bridge now. They share a parking lot.
This guy, wished us well on our journey.
We were craving cheese, and thought we might find some in the Vermont Country Flannel Store. No cheese, just flannel and of course a covered bridge replica.
At this point in the day, we were starting to hit a wall. We were hungry and a little tired of being in the car.
Here is the view of the Lewis Creek.
Here stands the Sequin or the Seguin, depending on the resource.
This bridge had a sad wreath leftover from Christmas.
The town of Charlotte does take their bridges seriously.
You can get your mail delivered on this bridge.
The Seguin's burr arch.
Natalie announces that this is not really a covered bridge, but a road that has been covered. Fail!
Two memorial markers are on this bridge.
While we were getting ready to leave this bridge, a pick up truck drove up behind us. The two men apparently used their vehicle as a fitting room and changed into their swim trunks in order to enjoy the warm weather and the waters of the Lewis Creek. This was a nice little pick me up, but we did not have time to play.
Next came one of my favorite views in a long time.
Lake Champlain!
Now Champlain was an explorer who knew what he was doing! Wow!
Oh yeah, and there was a covered bridge!
The Holmes Creek Bridge in Charlotte.
So breathtaking!
This Charlotte bridge was built in 1870.
The bridge spans the Holmes Creek which flows into Lake Champlain.
This is the only bridge that has a kingpost AND a Burr arch in New England!
The Holmes Creek has a lot of obstacles.
Happy blogger selfie!
Next it was on to the Shelburne Museum to check out their covered bridge.
We couldn't cross the bridge, but we could admire the kingpost truss.
This bridge is well guarded.
We have yet to see an intercom on a bridge.
Natalie checks out the Burr Pond.
The Brown's River Bridge in Westford.
Fun fact: the original bridge was built for less than $600. It had to be rebuilt in 1998 and it cost $50,000!
The Brown's River.
Natalie and one of the 10 multiple kingpost bridges in Vermont.
Check out the shore of the Brown's River.
Vermont Proud, Vermont Strong!
Pretty scenery!
Natalie enjoys the sights!
Beautiful potted plants at the Brown's Covered Bridge.
The Maple Street Bridge had to have the most interesting setting. There were two children about 6 and 2 walking down the road. That made us have questions.
Then we saw this picture of someone on a tree. Hmmm.
Very interesting truss work.
Very blurry lady bug.
This face added to the creepiness factor.
The two tone bridge lies within a cozy neighborhood.
While we were taking this picture, someone started yelling at us from their porch. At first, we thought they were yelling at the kids we saw. Then we realized that they were offering to take our picture with the bridge. Apparently they had been watching us for a while. We politely declined and got into the car immediately.
Yet again, we almost died, at one of the craziest intersections I have seen. We were stopped going up a hill at a stop sign and we were trying to make a right turn. There was a yield on one side and a right of way to the other. The cars just kept whipping by us and it was impossible to see without getting into the middle of the intersection. Luckily after several minutes of distress a nice motorist waved us on. We were happy to leave this area.
West Hill Covered Bridge, here we come!
Such a pretty view!
What a tall bridge!
The Montgomery Town bridge.
Natalie approves of this bridge.
Next it was back to Charlotte for the last bridge of the day.
Unfortunately, this bridge was getting a makeover.
Safety is important. There was no exception, not even to bloggers.
But what about tricycles? Or people on horseback? Or bloggers?
Hmm. We've seen this sign before.
Someday, Warren, you will be good as new.
You look pretty regal, even in this condition.
The bridge was hit hard by Irene in 2011.
Such a nice arch!
Get better soon!
Day 1 of CDW in the books! Now it's time for dinner and sleeping in Stowe!! Christopher Columbus couldn't have done it any better.
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