Phil, thank you, thank you, thank you, for the most wonderful day today!!!!!! Phil is going to post on our tour today, but I must say that Hazens Notch Road was at full peak and the most gorgeous drive I have seen since I have been up here! We were snapping photos the whole way and when 58 opened up into Lowell, there are no words to describe the reds, the oranges and golds popping up across entire stretches of mountainsides! The colors and views are what I have been waiting for!
Other areas were amazing today: Elmore Mountain and pond, Belvidere Pond both peak. A loon was calling at the end of the lake and I almost had tears in my eyes! I never heard a loon call and here I was at Belvidere Pond, my favorite place in Vermont where I feel like I am in total bliss! Route 12 north was simply gorgeous. Eden just beautiful! We stopped at Chandler Pond Farm (thanks Carol!) and I bought some carrots. I've been eating so much up here, I think they may help the waistline!
However, I got back to the inn and had two cookies. Don't worry folks, I had my huge food bag with me and Phil was well taken care of with a treat for lunch in Montgomery at Bernie's. YUM! (bm can attest to the junk food bag, I'm sure). 
Stannard Mountain Road was past peak but still nice. It did not rival last year at all, but we had such a great day it didn't matter. I convinced poor Phil to take me to Willey's in Greensboro so I could buy some clothes but I came out empty handed. That's the good news for what I have succumbed to over the past few days with my shopping habit!
I hope Phil has energy left and time to post our tour before the Red Sox game. We are off again for a meetup tomorrow with Tim our webmaster, mmvt and mmvt2 and bm to tour Waitsfield and parts unknown.
CT
