It's a beautiful fall day.
Take a look at the size of that barn.
As we are getting close to our destination the girls spot these two horses next to the road
so we pull over so they can check them out.
What a great country road.
We arrive at the UVM Morgan Horse Farm and see that they are putting a new slate roof on the barn.
This barn was built in 1878 by Justin Morgan and is a histotic site.
We spot a morgan horse pacing next to where we park. Later we find out he is 20 years old.
We go in and pay and sign up for the next tour.
Prilly & Sue are like two kids in a candy store..
This so called tour started and lasted about 10 minutes where we were told about the place and then
told where to go and look around so we head out to the pasture where the yearlings are kept.
I guess this is a self guided tour.
We then head to the other side of the barn where they are feeding them.
Next we head over to the indoor arena where they are training a horse.
Did you know that all morgan horses can be traced back to a small bay stallion owned by Justin Morgan.
He became the foundation sire of the Morgan horse breed.
After hitting the gift shop and the girls find out they can enter a drawing to win a morgan horse we head
back toward Burlington. All the way back all I hear is what they are going to do with their new horse. That's until
we get about 25 miles away and Sue gets a phone call from them telling her she had left her ipad in the gift
shop. So here we go again, 25 miles there and 25 miles back, Only 50 miles out of the way, It is a pretty day for a ride.
After that fiasco we head to the Shelburne Museum. This place has over 150,000 works that are exhibited
in over 39 exhibition buildings all located on 45 acres near Lake Champlain.
The first thing you should know is that there is so much to see here you will need at least two days and then
you won't see it all. It is already 1pm and they close at 5pm so that gives us only 4 hours.
Shelburne Museum’s Round Barn was constructed in East Passumpsic, Vermont, in 1901 and moved to the
Museum in 1985-86. It is 80 feet in diameter.
These two ladies are waiting for the stage or a team of horses.
The cool thing about this wagon is if you look on the front it was made in Cortland NY.
One of the first station wagons, it came with 2 or 4 horse power.
We head over to the railyard and tour this private rail car. The rail car is the 1899 Grand Isle,
designed as a private car for Dr. and Mrs. William Seward Webb.
Here’s the 1915 locomotive no. 220, a 4-6-0 engine that saw service with the Central Vermont Railway.
This is the kind we used to drop big snow balls into it's chimney off the viaduct.
The Ticonderoga was built in 1906 at the Shelburne Shipyard in Shelburne, Vermont on Lake Champlain.Ticonderoga
measures 220 feet in length and 59 feet in beam. In 1958 it was donated for museum display,
Sue is looking for something ! What has she lost now?
Those girls are always looking for a place to eat.
Have you seen a bear around here.
Prilly just found one.
Someone had a lot of time on their hands. This is one of many creatures here made by welding thousands
of metal washers together.
Before we leave we have to check out this covered bridge.
This is Shelburne Museum’s rare, two-lane Covered Bridge, which was built in 1845 to span the Lamoille
River in Cambridge, Vermont before relocating it here.
The 168-foot bridge has two vehicle lanes and a footpath.
It now spans a man-made pond.
Ok we have one more stop before we go back to the motel tonight. We have to go to the water front
and see about making reservations for our lunch cruise tomorrow. Finding a place to park is a nightmare.
Looking back towrds the dock we see Burlington.
Captain Ralph assessing the dock.
Looking at South Harbor.
There is a fleet of ferrys and tour boats.
So the sun is setting in the west as our busy day comes to an end.
The place we came to get the tickets was closed so we will have to purchase them on line.
Tomorrow we take a lunch cruise on The Spirit of Ethan Allen.
See you on Day 9 Ralph, Prilly & Sue