This has been another beautiful fall day.  We had to spend the morning in St. Johnsbury, but it was quite pleasant.  Eastern Avenue is torn up - much like Danville was for a couple of summers - so it's a good idea to plot where you need to go ahead of time, and helps if you know alternate routes.  We know the businesses are feeling the pinch of people not being able to get to them by car.  I believe the plan is for the work, which involves  sewer and water lines and perhaps some communications lines, is expected to be finished in a few more weeks, but having the street torn up during the fall foliage tourist season is tough, and we just hope the mess is over before the holiday season.

The bridge on the rail-trail in St. Johnsbury was put in place today, so bikers and hikers will have access to the trail from St. Johnsbury to West Danville.  They are making good progress, and I believe the trail will be ready for snowmobiles by the time snow flies.

On our way through Danville this morning we got a picture of the Beattie's new barn.  It's coming along pretty well, but it's quite large and there's a lot of work still to be done.  It's looking good, though.

Then, on the way home, we swung down Point Comfort Road to see how the new cottage is coming along.  I believe it's Albert and Alice Towle's place.  It looks very large, but that's perhaps because the places on either side are quite small by comparison.  It will be interesting to see what the finished product looks like. 

Before I forget, here is an updated schedule of events for the Cabot Library.  The previous one had an error, so this one is a correction.  Click on any of the images to enlarge them.

Yesterday, Fred and I went to pick up some donations for the Apple Pie Festival Silent Auction coming up on October 19th.  We went out the old Bayley Hazen Road - there are a couple new houses since we'd been out there, perhaps two years ago, and that surprised us.  The road isn't great - it's better than a trail, but I believe it's a class 4 road that only gets attention from the town once a year or something.  It had some rough spots, but as long as we went slowly, it was fine.  Then views from there towards Camel's Hump, Mt. Mansfield the Worcester Range and Jay Peak are spectacular.  It's a different perspective from the view from the cemetery.  We used to often taken visitors on that road and could drive through a field to the top of what used to be called Burbank Hill, which is almost as high as our night pasture hill on my Grandfather Bolton's farm, about three miles southeast of there.  Now most of the land around both spots is private, with residences, so those lookout spots are pretty much out of reach.  But the view from the Bayley Hazen Road is still worth the trip.

We were in the area to pick up some Vermont Switchel at the Alexander's.  It's for the Silent Auction, and I took this picture of "Charlie" as we were leaving.  She's big, friendly and beautiful; and I think she knew she was having her picture taken.