Norton travels, USA and beyond: Vermont and Cooperstown, NY

Vermont has a laid-back lifestyle, so relaxing is what we did there. We took a scenic drive along the wooded rural roads, passing by picturesque farms, covered bridges, and through several tiny villages. We ate at the Putney Diner in the town of Putney and bought Vermont maple syrup. The next day we crossed the Connecticut River that separates Vermont from New Hampshire. Thanks to a bit of internet searching (it’s amazing what you can find), I was able to locate the exact location of my 6^th great-parent’s, Israel and Abail Johnson, graves in a small burying ground outside Chesterfield, NH. They had been farmers there and he died in 1802. He was a patriot in the Revolutionary War. Before that his family had come from Massachusetts, and after his son moved to Ohio.

Monday we left Vermont and traveled to upstate New York, outside of Cooperstown. Cooperstown is a very quaint small town with one important attraction. Going to the National Baseball Museum and Hall of Fame has long been a bucket list item for Chuck. We spent the day there; it is a great place for baseball fans like us. They have all sorts of displays about the history of baseball, each MLB team, players, records, etc. We really enjoyed it all.

After Cooperstown we traveled south, back into Pennsylvania. This time we are in the Poconos. They call it mountains, but how can 2,000 feet elevation be a mountain? The whole way since Vermont has been through beautiful green rolling hills. Finally things are warm and really look like spring, but we’ve had some rain also. Today we took a trolley tour through the Delaware Water Gap, the town and National Recreation Area. This is where the Delaware River separates Pennsylvania from New Jersey. From here we’ll be headed due west, across Pennsylvania, headed to Ohio.