Fall color tour - Part 1

We began our trip on Wednesday October 2nd and spent two days getting to Rutland, Vermont. Here a few pictures along the way.



 From South Bend, IN we took the Indiana tollroad. Must say it was the best maintained road we travelled on the whole trip. So much for the argument that privatization of the toll road would lead to a poorly maintained road.

 This was about the most color we saw until getting into New York state.

 A little side trip to see lake Erie. Our first lighthouse.

 On our way to Buffalo, NY we began seeing a little more color.

 Took a side trip to Niagara Falls but could only do the American side as we forgot our passports at home. Never dawned on us that they would be needed a couple times on our trip. These are the American Falls in the background.

 Some color in the trees.

 The falls on the Canadian side as seen from the American side.

 On Thursday morning we left the Buffalo area and headed for Vermont

 This is highway 100 in Vermont. We took it all the way north to Morrisville, VT then went over to Littleton, NH for the weekend. 

 Fran discovered that this store was on route 100 so we stopped to do a little stretching of the legs and pocketbook.

 

Thursday evening we stayed in Rutland, Vermont then went back to route 100 to continue our journey on Friday.



Evergreen goodbye

 Our big spruce tree in the front yard was dying and when our neighbor had her big maple tree removed I had them take our spruce tree down as well.

 That little front end loader really did a great job of directing where the tree would fall.

 Going down.

 Timber!!!

 Right on the street.

 Blocked traffic for about 5 minutes.

 They sawed off about 10 feet of the end and loaded that onto a truck. The rest of the tree was fed into the chipper. It ground up the whole tree in under 20 minutes.

 All gone except for some cleanup.

 

 

 Then the stump grinder moved in and ground up the stump.

Now comes my workout. Take away all the chips, haul in some black dirt, and seed to grass. Might think of planting another tree there.

Lab Reunion at Lavonne Peak's August 15 - 20, 2013

The following are some of the pictures taken during our reunion.

 Jeff Peak enjoyed getting back on the skies

 

 Fran got to see her loons. They came in close to pier but we also took canoe and got close.

 

 This is the baby born on the lake this summer.

 Those of us who actually worked in lab at Hinsdale Hospital.

 The lab workers and spouses and daughter.

Beautiful flowers