I feel like describing our town.

One main road runs N-S through our town, and there are several roads running off it, leading to homes and farms.

As you drive through our town on the main road, you will pass one of two churches in town, the Town Green, Town Hall, General Store, garage (no gas), and Post Office. That’s it! You have just driven through town center. We have to leave town just to get gas! I don’t mind.

We live 2 miles north of the town center, off the main road. The road dips far below our property as our house is on a hill, so trees and a steep grade make a natural boundary from the road.

Being off the main road is good because it is a mandatory plowing road in the 6 months of snow weather. 90% of the roads in VT are dirt, but the main roads are paved, so we are blessed to be off a paved road.

I usually see someone I know if I run to the post office or general store. The town itself has 3 covered bridges in it. We swim at one if we want a change from the pool in the backyard.  There is a little covered bridge at the town green, also.

The seniors who are passing away in town remember when horse driven carriages pulled up to their parent’s homes. President Chester A. Arthur was in one of those carriages, as a 2 week old baby, being moved to his new home after being born a mile down the road from where I live. You won’t figure out the name of my town by looking up his birthplace, though. They list the town of his new home and have the birthplace wrong. Some still imply he was secretly a citizen of Canada, which is 45 minutes north of us (by car) but he was definitely born in the United States.

I hope you have enjoyed this little tour!