A Walk Back in Time

One of the things you can do when you visit the Joseph Smith Memorial is walk the trails and roads through the countryside. The old Turnpike Road, the main road through this part of the country, was built more than 200 years ago. The stone walls were built along the sides of the roads in the 1700's. There are stone walls EVERYWHERE here.

Mike loves taking pictures everywhere we go and he took a lot of pictures of this tree with the delicate pink leaves.

I like taking pictures of the rock work and the rock walls. I have taken a lot of pictures of the stone bridge too. The stone bridge was built on the Old Turnpike Road so wagons could cross the brook. (We call them streams.) Many of you have heard me talk about the Stone Bridge. The pictures just don't do it justice.















I am totally fascinated by the rocks here. The one I am sitting on is HUGE! It was moved to it's present location (as a bench) by the use of a front end loader. Someone (a very long time ago) cut it and shaped it and moved it without the help of machinery. Mike is standing by the foundation and cellar of the Solomon Mack home. Solomon was Joseph's grandfather. Because wood was so difficult to cut into boards, when people moved (in those days) they took the boards with them, leaving only the foundation. It is still pretty interesting to me.
We took these pictures last Saturday. This Saturday (last night) it started snowing and we woke up to 5-6 inches of snow this morning. It was beautiful, but melted before the days was over. Can you believe it is going to be NOVEMBER? We have been in Vermont 10 weeks. It has been amazing. We love you all. Write when you can.