New England - tick!

Wow, we have been busy!  We have had a good tour of New England starting north and working our way south, crossing all six states on the way.  For the nerds amongst you, these are Vermont, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut.

The autumn colours up north were pretty amazing - we never knew that trees could make the countryside so colourful.  Not your normal yellows and browns here - reds, purples, oranges and  the odd yellow - trees have never been so interesting!

Out of all the states Vermont was our favourite.  It was very much like rural England with small villages, rolling countryside, quirky unique shops, lots of rain (well we had that all over) and for America it was quite refreshing that there wasn't a McDonald's in sight. 

 

Stowe Church

A lovely display of pumpkins!

Someone getting ready for halloween

Another upside of Vermont is that it is the home of Ben & Jerry's ice cream.  Anyone who knows Lisa knows about her love for ice cream, so how could we leave Vermont without a visit to the factory?  Answer is, we couldn't!  She was hoping to get a job in quality control but sadly they have machines that do that kind of thing, so she had to settle for a sample of one of the new flavours instead - yum!

Ready to go in and see how they make it taste sooo good!

Just being silly!

For pure pure 'Fall' colours, New Hampshire was the winner.  Home of Crawford Notch State Park and the Kancamagus Highway (or "Kanc" as the locals - and now Rob - call it), we had an enjoyable couple of days enjoying some of the dramatic scenery on offer.  Here is small sample of some of the millions of photos taken...

 

Sabbaday falls

Otter Rocks

One of many covered bridges - this one by moonlight!

Silver Cascades

A scary moment for Rob!

Beautiful leaves

Another waterfall - this one called Goldmine Brook falls

As we headed south, the colours were no where near as bright (very yellow and green) - frankly a bit of a disappointment.  After having a read on the internet it looked like the best of these colours wouldn't arrive in these states for a few more weeks.  Couldn't hang around for that so on to pastures new for us.... Philadelphia.