Road Trip to Vermont - my 1st road trip in the US

This was my first ever big road trip in the US and also my first holiday outing in the US. Till then I had never gone too far from Boston on the highways. I was still very scared of the speeds on the highways. I think this was also my first trip outside Massachusetts.

Sometime in the late winter of 2003, the sun was just showing up on a rare day but the air was still chilly and big coats were definitely the dress code for the days if you planned to stay outside for long. The snow had not yet started melting except on a good hot day when just the surface was melting. We lived for three days in a nice two floor wooden cottage. The cottage was located on a big sloping mountain side and right next to the cottage was a huge barn. I did not notice any animals in the barn except for the one daring horse which ventured out into the sun to meet us (and lick our hands). 4 miles away was Lake Dunmore. This was a huge lake whose surface had completely frozen over thick and we walked on it :-) About half a mile away was a village (whose name I do not recollect) with lots of local diners and small shops. The setting was near perfect and below are a few snaps taken using the Kodak EasyShare DX3700.