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We went to Cabot today to have the car inspected at the Cabot Garage. It was a short stop - Mike Cookson got it done right away. He has added a neat little waiting area at the back of the garage (see photo at right) where you can sit comfortably, have a cup of coffee and read a magazine while waiting. We wanted to take a look at the new snack bar at the back of Harry's True-Value Hardware, directly across the street from the garage. (That's the hardware store from where we parked at the back of the garage which is also where you park if you're going to the to
wn clerk's office - Cabot is a really small town . . . )
The snack bar is pretty neat, too. Walt and Julie Ackermann have done a nice job of renovating the back of the store to accommodate a couple of tables and two counters - one for take-out and one for sitting a spell. We were there at about 2:30, and we didn't have a lot of time, so we didn't have anything to eat - Julie said we'd missed the rush. It is a very pleasant space, though, with windows along the back overlooking
the river, although they are too high to be able to really see the river, 
but the hillside will provide a nice view for people sitting at the counter, whatever the time of year is. Right now the snowmobile trail comes off that hillside and crosses the river right at the end of the building, and there was some activity there while we were talking with Julie.
We stopped briefly at the town offices just to say "Hi" to our town clerk, Tara Rogerson, but we didn't see assistant clerk, Velma White. After we pi
cked up the car we headed home and stopped on the Plain to take pictures of the snow. I've told you and shown you pictures of how much snow we have around our house - it's about 4 feet deep in most places. Up on Cabot Plain there are bare spots! The wind blows so hard up there the snow just drifts in certain spots and the ground is laid bare in other places. Very little snow in the cemetery, but big drifts where the snow plows have gone through. The top picture is right at the highest point in the road, looking at the Spaulding farm. The wind was whipping, as you can see. Fred took another picture looking towards the mountains, but we didn'
t want to have the car window down for very long and neither of us wanted to get out to take more pictures. The reading on our car thermometer was 13 degrees, and the wind must have been at least 35 m.p.h., which puts the wind-chill at around 10 below. Even with the sun shining, it wasn't the kind of day we wanted to linger outside on that pinacle.
We had noticed on our way to Cabot the driveway at the new house Erika and Bob Burke built was completely blocked by snow. When we came back, we could see a plume of snow
being sent up by a really big snow blower.
The driveway wasn't completely cleared, but you can see by this picture it would take an industrial size machine to make it up through all that snow. I wonder how the Burkes feel about living on Cabot Plain now . . . ?
We continued up to the farm where I grew up. Of course things are different there now, but looking at all the snow and drifts, I remembered my grandmother saying my grandfather couldn't have found a colder, windier place to farm if he'd searched all of Vermont.
Well, that's my report for today. I just had a call from my cousin, Marilyn(Bolton) Perrin, telling me how much she and David are enjoying the DVD, "Cabot Vermont in Photographs." She grew up in Cabot and takes a great interest in it still, but I really appreciated her call. She also mentioned that there were a couple of duplications on it, but said with 700 pictures to manage, it was ok that I got one or two in twice.
wn clerk's office - Cabot is a really small town . . . )The snack bar is pretty neat, too. Walt and Julie Ackermann have done a nice job of renovating the back of the store to accommodate a couple of tables and two counters - one for take-out and one for sitting a spell. We were there at about 2:30, and we didn't have a lot of time, so we didn't have anything to eat - Julie said we'd missed the rush. It is a very pleasant space, though, with windows along the back overlooking
the river, although they are too high to be able to really see the river, 
but the hillside will provide a nice view for people sitting at the counter, whatever the time of year is. Right now the snowmobile trail comes off that hillside and crosses the river right at the end of the building, and there was some activity there while we were talking with Julie.We stopped briefly at the town offices just to say "Hi" to our town clerk, Tara Rogerson, but we didn't see assistant clerk, Velma White. After we pi
cked up the car we headed home and stopped on the Plain to take pictures of the snow. I've told you and shown you pictures of how much snow we have around our house - it's about 4 feet deep in most places. Up on Cabot Plain there are bare spots! The wind blows so hard up there the snow just drifts in certain spots and the ground is laid bare in other places. Very little snow in the cemetery, but big drifts where the snow plows have gone through. The top picture is right at the highest point in the road, looking at the Spaulding farm. The wind was whipping, as you can see. Fred took another picture looking towards the mountains, but we didn'
t want to have the car window down for very long and neither of us wanted to get out to take more pictures. The reading on our car thermometer was 13 degrees, and the wind must have been at least 35 m.p.h., which puts the wind-chill at around 10 below. Even with the sun shining, it wasn't the kind of day we wanted to linger outside on that pinacle.We had noticed on our way to Cabot the driveway at the new house Erika and Bob Burke built was completely blocked by snow. When we came back, we could see a plume of snow
being sent up by a really big snow blower.The driveway wasn't completely cleared, but you can see by this picture it would take an industrial size machine to make it up through all that snow. I wonder how the Burkes feel about living on Cabot Plain now . . . ?
We continued up to the farm where I grew up. Of course things are different there now, but looking at all the snow and drifts, I remembered my grandmother saying my grandfather couldn't have found a colder, windier place to farm if he'd searched all of Vermont.
Well, that's my report for today. I just had a call from my cousin, Marilyn(Bolton) Perrin, telling me how much she and David are enjoying the DVD, "Cabot Vermont in Photographs." She grew up in Cabot and takes a great interest in it still, but I really appreciated her call. She also mentioned that there were a couple of duplications on it, but said with 700 pictures to manage, it was ok that I got one or two in twice.
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