Life on the Roads of Vermont

Aside from all the crazy wildlife we've seen attached literally to the roads of Vermont, we have some other favorite sightings. We hoped to take our own photos, but all the heavy rains have washed out roads here. Many of the wonderful, beautiful, scenic places are now under water or impassable. Thanks to www.freefoto.com we can still bring you our favorites. Those of you who don't live in a city may see some of these all the time, but to my city kids it was something new.

These are everywhere once you get off the main roads especially in the Green Mountain forest.


I love these and an added bonus is the horse dropping right beside to authenticate the signs.


Not sure if I'd want my kids snowmobiling across roads.


These annoying signs are everywhere on these twisty Vermont roads.


Further Sightings

Last Saturday as we drove back from Sharon, we crossed one of the mountains and saw a Neighborhood Watch sign. All those not asleep burst out laughing. We were in the middle of nowhere, hadn't seen a house or driveway for miles, not sure if we were on the right road and here was this Neighborhood Watch sign. Who is there to watch and who's doing the watching?

I wish we could have gotten a pic of the HUGE bug that crossed the road. It was big enough for us to see, smaller than a mouse, had lots of leg, was black/dark brown and scuttled in such a way that shouted bug. Andrew and I looked at each other and said, "What was that?" We've recently re-watched The X-Files episode War of the Coprophages so maybe that's the explanation.

I've already posted about the wildflowers along the road. Vermont also has lots of motorcycles. They roar through all the time singly and in groups. My favorite was the all African-American one. Usually you just see these old, geezery white men or couples out together. This was a group of ten to fifteen bikers with matching jackets, beautiful bikes, everyone wearing helmets with mikes. They definitely traveled in style.

I also love the tall trees creating a canopy across the roads; the rocky, swift moving rivers that the roads follow; mist surrounding the top of the mountains; and such clear, blue skies you know your kids are not ingesting a lot of pollution.