Back Into Winter

Travel Day

• NYC to Montpelier, Vermont via 42 St. (NYC), Henry Hudson Parkway (NYC) Sawmill Parkway, Cross County Parkway, Hutchinson Parkway, Merritt Parkway, Wilbur Cross Parkway, I-91, I-89 (nb. Most of the parkways melded on into the other. The only thing that changes is the name.)

Before we could get out of NYC, we had to get out of the Theater District. The traffic in this part of town is perpetually busy.

Looking down 42nd Street towards the Hudson River and the West Side Highway.

The now decommissioned USS Intrepid is tied up in New York along the Hudson River. This ship was commissioned in 1943 and saw active service in WWII. It now serves as a core part of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Complex. We didn't have time to stop; I would like to visit it one day.

Heading up the Henry Hudson Parkway along the Hudson River on the west side of Manhattan, the George Washington Bridge comes into view.

You pay to get on to Manhattan Island; you pay to get off. That's just the way it is. There is only one bridge or tunnel connected to the island which does not have a toll. It's the Broadway Bridge, deep up in the far end of Harlem.

Just to confirm the various parkways we took to get up to Connecticut and Massachusetts.

I failed to give Katherine adequate warning that we were about to leave New York state. The distances from state to state are small along this part of the east coast.

There are hills in Connecticut, even ski hills. Some of those hills require tunnels.

Once again, inadequate warning about the state to state transition.

But I did give her plenty of warning about going from Massachusetts to Vermont. That's the sign in the distance.

Regardless of warning, it didn't seem to matter for the closeup. Oh well, we made it to Vermont regardless.

The roadways up here not all that pretty this time of year. However in the green of summer and the rich colours of fall, these highways and byways are amazingly beautiful.

Just a shot of a typical Vermont small town. Are there any big towns in Vermont? I don't think so, at least none that I can think of.

Winter still has its icy grip on the land here. There is plenty of snow to be found in spite of the warmth of spring.

Just to confirm, there is snow in a lot of places, although some are clear already.

Our destination for the day.

This is the capitol building in Montpelier, VT. It's the smallest capital in the US by population, with less than 10,000 people living here. The capitol building is pretty small too, one of the smallest I have seen.

There are a few interesting older buildings in the city, mostly serving as government offices.