Patriarch Hill

Mike took me on a lovely drive to the top of Patriarch Hill. We went in the big Gator. It was a fun outing for us. I took a picture of Mike in the Gator and he took a picture of me eating apples from a tree up at the top.

The small picture was taken, looking down from the top of the hill. I wish the picture was clearer, but you can get an idea of what it looks like. Vermont is a series of mountains and valleys. You can see the view in this picture because the leaves have already fallen off the tree.

Fall is a lovely time for a drive in Vermont.

(It does not matter what I do, the pictures don't go where I want them to go. Hopefully you will enjoy them anyway.)
















The bridge below was damaged by the floods after Hurricane Irene, so you can no longer drive on it, but it still makes a beautiful picture.
















The leaves have been gorgeous this year, and we feel really blessed to be here.

Thanks to all who have written to us. We love you all and hope you are having a great fall. Can you believe it is the middle of OCTOBER? We have been here two months and it is hard to believe. We have had lots of opportunities to do missionary work as we travel about and with our neighbors. We gave a birthday party for our next door neighbor Dave and invited all of the neighbors. It was great. Sharon and family who live on the other side gave a huge plant (a yellow chrysanthemum) to Dave and she brought one for us too. Dave asked if we would plant it at the Birthplace memorial. We invited him to come and see it and have a tour and he came. He LOVED the tour and he is what missionaries call "Golden". He even called his mother and told her he wanted to bring her up here. To make a long story short he is having the missionary lessons. We love you all. Hug the grandchildren for us.