Moving on to Covered Bridges

June 25 -  A nice relaxing morning!  Eventually we headed into Keene, close to lunch time so I could have a Wendy’s salad.  Wendy’s is few and far between up here.  I made quick stops at Dollar Tree and Staples, then we got in the long line for Wendy’s.  Bill was a good boy today and he had a salad as well!  We found a big parking lot across the road with some trees so we ate there in the car.

Bill filled the truck up and also took it to the car wash.  He takes good care of his baby!

Cresson Bridge

As we headed to Hinsdale to a Superwalmart, we stopped first at one of the many covered bridges in the area.  The first was Cresson Bridge, built in 1889.  Of course we drove thru it as well.

After our trip to Walmart we stopped at several other covered bridges on the way back.  The first was Thompson Bridge built in 1932.  I really liked this one

Thompson Bridge

as it has walkways along each side of it.

Number 3 was the ugliest one.  It had no personality and seemed a bit neglected.  It’s name is Coombs Bridge and it’s pretty brown looking.  A little paint would sure help its self-esteem!

Then there was the Ashuelot Covered Bridge which had the nice side walkways.  It was built 

Coombs Bridge

Slate Bridge

in 1864 and has a cute sign at each end that says “$5 fine for riding or driving over this bridge faster than a walk.  Needless to say, we did not go very fast over it!

Ashuelot Bridge

Our last stop of the day was the Slate Bridge built in 2001.  Just a baby bridge!  It also had the same sign about a fine.  There were 4 others that we did not manage to get to!  I was sad but we were both tired and ready to head home. 

As it was, I didn’t get my meatloaf in the oven until 5:30 so we didn’t get to eat until 6:30.  I bought some really sweet corn on the cob today for .29 each and boy, was it good.  Added a toss salad and we were good to go!

Tomorrow we head south to Massachusetts.