On a recent Sunday
afternoon, my wife Cheri and I made several stops at various points of interest
while driving through Vermont's Northeast Kingdom. Two of these locations might have some appeal
if you are in the area and only have a limited amount of time to spend.
LAKE WILLOUGHBY:
One of our stops
was at Lake Willoughby. We parked at the
trailhead parking lot on Rt. 5A at the south end of the lake. We hiked a few tenths of a mile along the
South Shore Trail where we enjoyed several nice lakeside views, as shown in the
two photos below.
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| Cliffs on Mt. Hor on west side of Lake Willoughby |
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| Cliffs on Mt. Pisgah on east side of Lake Willoughby |
BREAD and PUPPET MUSEUM:
Another one of
our stops was at a very unusual place named the Bread and Puppet Museum located on Rt. 122 near Glover, VT. The museum is located inside a 140 year old
barn which houses a massive accumulation of puppets, masks,
paintings and graphics from the Bread and Puppet Theater. (Click HERE to read more details about the
museum and the theater.)
This unique
place was brought to my attention by a fellow Blogger named Rita who lives in
Utah, but just happened to drop by this museum on a recent visit to Vermont. (Click HERE to read Rita's excellent report
about her visit.)
The following photo shows the entrance to this
museum. Admission is free. You may make a donation, but only if you
choose to do so.
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| Entrance to Bread and Puppet Museum |
I took lots of pictures. Shown below are two photo collages, which
contain merely a small sampling of the hundreds of unusual caricatures in this
unique museum.
Directly across the road from the museum is an
old school bus which serves as sort of an Annex where "cheap art" can
be purchased by leaving your money in an unattended box.
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| Annex across the street from museum where "cheap art" can be purchased |
And yes, there are toilet facilities, and they are
even handicapped accessible (see next photo)!
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| Toilet facilities at Bread and Puppet Museum |
Presented below is a map which shows the two locations
that are the subject of this report (click on map to enlarge it).
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| Map showing the two locations that are the subject of this report |
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Interesting. An old friend of mine used to make the trek to Vt. for the bread and puppet show each summer, but I'd never experienced it and thought it was kind of creepy, still do.
ReplyDeleteHowever the Lake W. area is a place I would love to visit someday! My husband ice climbs up there in the winter and says it is a gorgeous area!
Hiking Lady
Yes, the Bread and Puppet museum and theater productions are certainly unconventional. My wife and I were fascinated to learn that positions in their apprenticeship program are quickly filled each year!
DeleteAnd yes, the Lake Willoughby area is gorgeous, just as your husband says. I’m impressed that he ice climbs there. A few winters ago, I happened to be in the area and stopped by to watch the ice climbers. Who knows, maybe your husband was one of the people I was watching through my binoculars!
John