9/22/2011

We left camp and drove to South Hero, Vermont (on Grand Isle). On the way we went south about 11 miles out of Montpelier and drove to Northfield Falls. There were four covered bridges in the span of about a mile. Slaughter House bridge was built in 1872 and was over the Dog River. The other three were on Cox Brook Road. Station Bridge was the first and over the Dog River. The other two were Lower Cox Brook Bridge and Upper Cox Brook Bridge. All three were built in 1872 also. We got a campsite at Apple Island Resort on Grand Isle in Lake Champlain. Jim wanted to go into Burlington to three brewpubs -- Vermont Brewing, Three Needs Brewery and Zero Gravity Brewing. Vermont Brewing was founded by Greg Noonan, a pioneering microbrewer and author of “New Brewing Lager Beers”. Jim has an autographed copy of that book. Greg died a couple of years ago.