2023 Summer Road Trip Day 7 – Another Change of Plans

Tuesday, July 11, 2023

Well, we survived the night.  It stopped raining about 9pm with just some light stuff after that.  This morning vehicles were going both ways on the road in front of our site and the sun was shining brightly. It was a good start to the day. We took our time for breakfast and getting ready to travel.  We wanted to wait until all the morning updates were posted.  We continually monitored New England 511 which is a web site that has the most current information about road openings and closings.  Things were bad, really bad, less than an hour north of us.  In Montpelier, state capital, there were homes and offices completely flooded – water midway up the doors to state offices.  That’s the way we were planning to travel this morning.  The tour we planned to take today, Rock of Ages Quarry and Factory Tour would have taken us to the largest operating deep-hole, dimension quarry in the world.  We would have been camping at a campground next door to the quarry. Due to the flooding, the tour was cancelled and the campground told us they did not want us to come.  They said we needed to stay at least an hour away.  We were very thankful that we were on top of a very high mountain.  Now the challenge was finding a way down while avoiding the closed areas.  Google Maps and 511 were very helpful.  We had to take indirect routes, some narrow and curvy, and did have one bridge that closed just before our reaching that point.  However, another better bridge, was opened so all was good. We were so very blessed to avoid the storms and aftermath.  Thank you, Lord! On our way out of Vermont we stopped to find a couple of geocaches and plan to visit Vermont again at a better time.

We drove east to New Hampshire.  We found a little town along our route, Littleton, NH.  It’s between the White Mountains and the Connecticut river.  Goggle told us Littleton has been named one of the best places to live in America and has been voted as having one of the best Main Streets in the US.  What a great little find after the morning’s disappointment.  We spent the afternoon visiting main street, the covered bridge and just walking through the quaint areas of town.  Tomorrow, we plan to do at least one of the local hikes and maybe try a recommended restaurant for some pancakes.  Live is good.