Today, we moved north to the Montpelier area. The plan was to check out some small villages where we could look down on the villages from a high vantage point. Good plan, but our timing was a little late. The leaves were past and many of the trees were bare. That meant we finished early, so we decided to check out some covered bridges in the area.
Our first stop was the Cornish-Windsor Bridge.
It crosses the Connecticut River between Vermont and New Hampshire and
is the longest covered bridge in America. It was even wide enough for two cars to cross.
Windsor was a cool little town with a beautiful old church and steeple. Next to the church was the cemetery where the graves were shaded by the giant maples that filtered the sunlight into a golden glow. A thick layer of leaves blanketed the graves in preparation for the cold winter ahead.
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| Windsor-Cornish Bridge | Old South Church Cemetery | Old South Church |
One of our more unusual stops was the American Precision Museum in Windsor. It was less about the fascinating mathematics of the museum than the interesting river that ran right beside it.
We also photographed six covered bridges in the Turnbridge area. They were certainly much smaller than the Cornish-Windsor bridge, but each had its own charm. Although the day was overcast and cloudy, we had a few minutes of sunshine at a couple bridges.
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| Mill Brook in Windsor | Mill Bridge |
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