A few more from Vermont

Here are a few more from our trip to Vermont: Kip, the border collie who follows commands better than my children, here at my feet after running the sheep in circles; one of the sheep, in this case a "blue-faced Leicester" I believe; a view from the ski lift at Pico, ferrying us to the top of the mountain; and finally a view of a barn and its surroundings at Plymouth Notch on a rainy afternoon. It's amazing how much we manage to pack into four days up there, and the variety is amazing, from hiking the mountains, enjoying the foliage, herding sheep, and picking apples, to careening down the side of a mountain on a luge-like contraption with wheels. Given our growing love for Vermont, I suspect we're going to be spending more time there than our standard autumnal visit.