Road Trip Day 2: Drive to Vermont

For driving purposes, we have been using the GPS in Jen's car, which she calls Lola, due to the lovely female voice that tells us where to go. We decided to avoid the interstate for our drive from Cooperstown into Vermont and instead explore country and states roads. What an adventure! I'm glad Jen drove this leg of the trip because for roughly four hours, the roads were winding and curving as we climbed higher and higher into the Adirondacks.

Outside of Cooperstown, the little (and I mean tiny) towns we passed were occassionally dotted with either Amish or Mennonite families. We sometimes had to pass the horse and buggy in order to continue along our drive in decent time. As we got further into the drive, the towns were more spread out and basically set alongside the multiple lakes we passed. Honestly, it seemed like every ten miles we were passing another tiny town set up alongside another lake. Beautiful scenery amid the extremely green mountains. "Hey, look, another lake" was probably uttered twenty times during this voyage.

We basically drove near the NY/VT border as we traveled north to Vermont. We crossed into Vermont as a storm was brewing and came in to Burlington via Route 7, passing through Shelbourne. We were immediately impressed by the state of Vermont's dedication to signage; seriously, just about everything in Vermont is marked with a road sign telling you how many miles until you reach a particular site. We appreciated this informative approach and actually found the signs useful while in the state.

We settled into a hotel outside Burlington. I'm pretty sure the desk manager, who was definitely attractive, was in love with me immediately. Jen thinks I'm crazy, but I'm fairly certain in another life, this guy could be my friend or more. Ha.