Autumn on the Back Roads of Vermont

 Vermont in Autumn......there's nothing much more quintessential or more sought after than that.   As much as I love New York and find so much beauty to photograph here, it's tough to beat Vermont in the height of autumn.  

We took a drive to Vermont last Tuesday and caught the foliage at its peak. Unlike most tourists who visit Vermont's popular attractions - Manchester, the outlets, Northshire Books and all this picturesque state has to offer, our mission is pretty much the opposite of that.  Our goal is to keep our travel  confined to dirt roads as much as possible, off the beaten path, where travel at a speed more like 10 or 15 mph is the norm.  

Although our journey did take us through Bennington, Manchester and Dorset, the main roads served only as a connector to roads less traveled.  Our only stops were a pit stop at Stewarts, and a quick lunch from Amy's on the Road food truck on their last day of the season.  One more stop at the Dorset Marble Quarry before heading home made for a wonderful fall getaway.  Come along on our road trip and enjoy the view!

Beginning in Bennington...........

Then on to Shaftsbury......

And Arlington......

On to Manchester.....

And Dorset.....

And Danby......

And finally Rupert.....

I hope you had a chance to take your own scenic autumn drive but if you didn't, stay tuned. I have several more to share including Summit Lake, Schoharie and Broome Counties and Columbia County. Please share this with your Vermont loving friends and check out my blog Directory for more blogs like this one. DIRECTORY  Thanks for stopping by to share Life As I See It.

 

 

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Vermont in Autumn.....What Could be More Iconic than Back Roads and Maple Trees?

 

Fred Rogers once said, 

"Vermont is a small state which makes an enormous difference." 

Although that rings true year round, there is no time when it's more true than in autumn.  A trip to Vermont is good for the soul in any season, but nothing can compare to a visit during autumn when the landscape is dappled with gold and red and rust in every direction.

The foliage this year was a bit disappointing in our area of upstate NY, and the week we made it to Vermont was a little underwhelming compared to some years. Just the same, I was able to capture the flavor of the essence of Vermont and I'm glad to be able to share it with you all here on the blog. Come along for an autumn ride through southern Vermont.

The colors may not have been perfect - or peak - but there's no denying the beauty that is Vermont.  Life is a little like our autumn ride to Vermont.  Every season of life isn't always picture perfect.  Some seasons of life are downright messy and some contain things we'd rather put in storage and forget about rather than capture to remember in the future.  But if we take a moment in those messy seasons of life, the seasons that don't look or feel like we had hoped, the seasons that have more storms than sun, the seasons that challenge our stamina and maybe even our faith....if we just take a moment to take inventory we may find that despite the storms and mess, life really is good.  Between the clouds and trials, blessings remain quietly in the background waiting for us to take notice.  Sometimes life's little blessings are the very things that keep us from throwing our hands up in surrender during life's storms. They give us just the faith and endurance we need to handle today's disappointments.

I hope your autumn has been colorful and filled with blessings.  I know life isn't getting back on track as quickly as we'd hoped after the Covid storm.  We're all tired of the challenges and mess, but I know that somewhere at the end of the storm, God has something good waiting for us - for me and for you.  Here's praying that peace will fill your heart as we prepare for Thanksgiving and that the next couple weeks you will be reminded of the blessings you've forgotten lately.  Those blessings, and the natural beauty of Vermont, do make an enormous difference.  I'm thankful for the blessing of the beautiful world we live in, the ability to capture that beauty and the blessing of being able to share it with you.  Thanks for that and for coming back again and again to Life As I See It!

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