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August 27, 2008
Silver Lake, Vermont
This past weekend Alison took me up to Vermont to meet her cousin Nikki and her husband Jay for a weekend of camping.
Their good friend Rich joined us;
And Scott and Jaime, and their dogs Moose and Niko, who are Nikki and Jay's neighbors.
We camped on Silver Lake near Goshen, VT.
Look out point overlooking Lake Dunmore
In the 1880's, Frank Chandler, missionary and owner of Silver Lake, built a road from Goshen to the lake through Leicester Hollow and erected a beautiful 50-60 room hotel/seminary at this site. Until it was abandoned in 1919, the hotel- with its motto of "Godliness, Holiness and Cleanliness"- offered respite and religious instruction. The hotel burned to the ground aound 1940. (From the information bulletin, Moosalamoo Association, www.moosalamoo.org)
This is a view of our campsite from the lake and our beach where we spent the day.
View to the lake from the campsite
Silver Lake
Native American History around Silver Lake
The canoe provided great fun!
Nikki, Jay and Alison off for a paddle.
We lounged by the beautiful lake all day.
Refreshing Margaritas...
Floating...
Night canoeing
Alison and Moose
Jelly Antler Fungus
Campsite in the morning
Cooking breakfast
Also breakfast, due to necessity. We had to get rid of as much weight as possible so we wouldn't have to carry it out. It had to be finished.
Pretty field
Posted by Heather at August 27, 2008 01:52 PM