East Montpelier, VT - St. Johnsville, NY - Eden, NY - Clyde, OH

 June 8 - 17, 2025

On Sunday, June 8 we took the Mount Washington Cog Railway to the top of Mt. Washington.

This is our train coming down the mountain.

I thought it was interesting how the cog mechanism works to make sure you don't come crashing back down the mountain.

These trees and bushes look like they're growing crooked, but it was because the railway car was at an angle.

The weather towers and visitor center at the top of Mount Washington.

From the top.  The clouds were rolling in but you can still see the mountains in the distance.

The Appalachian Trail goes through the top of Mount Washington.  Although there's not much of a trail; it's just piles of rock cairns to guide them.

On the way back down.

The building was level but we were not.  The reflection is of our car.

Another car going up.

It was something I've wanted to do for a long time and now I can check that one off my bucket list.

On Monday we went on the Kancamagus Highway through the White Mountain National Forest.  We stopped at the visitor center in Lincoln to pick up some maps and more information, which was very helpful.  We also used our Guide Along audio tour along the way.

This is a panorama at one of the overlooks.

We took the Sabbaday Brook Trail to the falls.

Part of Sabbaday Falls.  It started at the top as a stream, then went down several drops through a gorge.  It was beautiful!

We stopped at the Albany Covered Bridge and walked across.  I love old covered bridges!

Interesting architecture.

View from the bridge.

This drive was also on my bucket list.  It was really pretty but I'd like to come back in the fall someday.

On Wednesday we left Twin Mountain, NH and drove to a Harvest Host location in East Montpelier, VT for one night.

It was at a maple sugar house location.  They had a store and although I didn't buy any maple products because I had bought some at the last maple farm, I did get a t-shirt.  We also got some Cabot cheddar cheese and John got some maple ice cream.

The next day we went drove on to St. Johnsville, NY.

We stayed at St. Johnsville Marina and Campsite for 2 nights.  It was $45 per night for full hookups.  The manager was super nice, let us pick from available sites,  and gave us some information on the area.  It wasn't the quietest location as many trains went by fast at all times of the day and night.  At least they didn't sound their horns most of the time.

This was the view from the back of the trailer.

It was right on the Erie Canal/Mohawk River.

There's a paved bike trail next to the river so we decided to bike the five miles to the lock on the Erie Canal.  As I've mentioned before my balance isn't as good as it used to be so John got me some stabilizer wheels and put them on my bike.  Unfortunately about two miles down the trail the left one popped and went flat and the right on was about to.  So I partially rode without them on the way back.  He's now on Wheels 2.0 and working on making it better for me so we can do these beautiful trails all over the country.

On Saturday we went to a Boondockers Welcome location in Eden, NY for one night.  They were super nice and even brought us muffins for our breakfast the next morning.

A nice quiet night.

Sunday we were on the road again.  We went through Pennsylvania for a short distance...

...and stopped in Ohio.

We're at Leafy Oaks Campground near Clyde for 4 nights.  It's full hookups for $60.63 per night.

I've been working on trip planning since we've been here.  Since I didn't plan ahead very well for the July 4th holiday I had a time finding some places, but the Lord provides!

John said one of the cables on the bedroom slide snapped, so he's fixing that the best he can without all the right tools.

Soon we'll be...

Roving on...

By faith we understand that the worlds were framed by the word of God, so that the things which are seen were not made of things which are visible.
Hebrews 11:3