Vermont, New York and Canada

Sunday was a day to relax as it rained all day . It was enjoyable and yesterday we drove thru the Champlain Islands which were beautiful and along the Canada, US border into New York State. It was a beautiful drive and some of the communities we drove thru were beautiful with the stately old homes and spectular new ones but you do see the results of the recession with loads of homes for sale and closed businesses.

We are all in a rush and at the end of the day, we just want to get home so if we stop in a store, we don't want a long line and we want out of there asap. We stopped at a couple of stores looking and each time when I stop and thank the clerk for their help and how much I appreciated it, I noticed how surprised and pleased that all of them were. We all forget sometimes to say thank you. In the lineups, I started talking to the people around me. Love the reactions.....It pleased them and we enjoyed it too. Gary had one yesterday that was rude but he still thanked him for his help and later he stopped Gary to see if he found what he was looking for.

We crossed the border into Canada no issue and arrived at Mike at 5:40pm. It was a great day and we will be spending a few days here before heading north across Ontario.