Having dined on our last delicious breakfast at the
Harpswell Inn and after receiving hugs from Ann, it was time to move on to our
next destination. (Note: I can’t recall
ever having received hugs from any other innkeeper or hotel manager before!)
It
was raining when we left and it rained throughout the six hour drive down along
the coast of Maine, across New Hampshire and across Vermont. Even so, we got to see some incredible fall
colors, especially as we drove across the Green Mountains. Mona was driving and I kept having her stop
so I could take yet another picture…and another….and another.
Otter Creek Falls |
Newhart's Inn |
Along the way we passed through East Middlebury, Vermont,
near our Inn. There in East Middlebury
is another B&B that’s just a little more famous than ours. Recognize it?
It’s the B&B used for the outside shots of the Bob Newhart Show! Another recognizable spot that’s nearby are the Otter Creek
Falls which are beneath Main Street, Middlebury. These falls were used in the movie Me, Myself
and Irene.
Our B&B is the Cornwall Orchards Bed and Breakfast. It’s a restored farmhouse built in 1783 and situated
on 14 acres of orchards. Juliet, the
Innkeeper, told us we could wander through the orchard and pick whatever we
wanted. Our room here isn’t as lavish as
Harpswell, but Mona’s feet can reach the floor from the bed. (Wish we had a pic of her standing next to
that bed!)
William's Sugar House |
A few miles past the Inn is a Maple Syrup House, called the
Williams Farm. We stopped by and met a man and his wife who appeared to be in their eighties and both had been farming
maple syrup for most of their lives. They
told us how the trees are tapped and how the sap is boiled down to the syrup. The husband showed us a picture of him as a
young boy, with a wagon of syrup being pulled by a team of oxen. He’s been in the business a long long time!
We found a nice place in Middlebury for dinner. You wouldn’t believe the huge stuffed
mooseheads they had adorning the walls.
Huge!
Our B&B |
This really is a quaint area…feels like we’re in
England. Lots of English named towns
such as: Corwall, Essex, and
Underhill. And, Middlebury is the
shiretown. Not to mention, we’re just a
few miles from the Northeast Kingdom.
Most of the people here have a slight English accent, with a hint of
French. After all, we’re just 85 miles
from French Quebec.
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