I went over to say hi to Joe, while in the stables. |
Joe has beautiful long eye lashes. |
He is a beautiful boy! |
You must have reservations for this tour. You can make reservations at the visitor center or by calling 802-457-3368 ext. 22. |
The guide led us to the front porch and we sat down while she gave us some information. |
We did walk up to the gardens. |
View of gardens and the mansion. |
View of gardens and greenhouse. |
There was a pool off of the green house. |
I could have jumped in at that moment if it had been allowed. |
This building was attached to the green house. We figured it must have been the guest house. |
This is the side view of the mansion. |
Front view of the house. I loved the large deep wrap around porch. |
The mansion has beautiful detail on the porch . |
Billings plan was sustained by three generations. Billings granddaughter, Mary French married Laurance S. Rockefeller, which brought together two families with strong conviction of conservation. |
Close up of the detailed porch. |
The Rockefeller family had generously created or enhanced over 20 parks, and Laurance's love of the land followed suit. |
Laurance and Mary Rockefeller gave the gift of the established Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park as Vermont's first national park. |
The Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historic Park is the only national park that tells the story of conservation history and how we have evolved to take care of our environment. |
This is the carriage barn built in 1895 and restored in 1999. |
It now serves as the visitor center for the Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller Historic National Park. |
We left the farm and historic park to look for a couple of covered bridges in Woodstock. |
I jumped out to take some pictures as Joe drove through the bridge. |
This bridge is in Woodstock and crossed the Ottauquechee River. |
It is named the Middle Covered Bridge. |
Then we drove a few miles north on Hwy. 4 to the 1877 Lincoln Covered Bridge. |
It also crosses the Ottauquechee River. It spans 136 ft with a clearance of 9 ft 2 inches. |
On the way home I had Joe stop so I could take a few pictures of some beautiful country homes along River Road. We have passed these homes several times and have admired them each time. |
This home has what looks like an apple orchard. |
We followed the Ottauquechee River to go back home. The last three days we have driven by here, there has been young adults parked along here. |
There was a line of cars again that day. They have a rope tied to the tree, and swing out into the river. |
I had Joe stop so I could watch from a far. I just got a splash in this picture. |
This guy was trying to do a dive, but in fact did a belly flop. |
We drive past the Taftsville bridge for our last time. |
We have seen this simple home for sale every time we've taken this route. It has a beautiful view of the mountains. We both agree, we could enjoy owning it as our summer home, if it had a lake below. |
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