Yesterday morning we drove Chris back out to school and then headed north to Vermont for some early leaf peeping. We popped in at the visitor’s center for some updated maps and saw the first of many Vermont Bears in the Valley. From there we headed down Route 9 where we stopped at the Hogback Mountain overlook for the lovely 100-mile view.

When we turned onto Rt 100 we stopped at a local brewpub for a bite to eat.  The burgers were geat and I had a fabulous micro-brewed root beer. We spotted several more bears before we headed out again along winding Rt 100 that borders the Green Mountain National Forest. When I spotted a kitty sculpture we pulled over for a few pictures. This one looks like a stretching cat, another looked like Don Quixote and a few others seemed suggestive but not definitive.

We turned off at Rt 4 to head for home and stumbled across the corn man. We’d stopped here years ago and we were never able to find him again as we usually go further north. Along this same road we stopped to view the Quechee gorge and continuing on down to Rt 5 we made our yearly stop at King Arthur Flour. If these photos didn’t satisfy you there are several more here.