Chiselville Bridge [WGN 45-02- 05]

Chiselville Bridge

West Arlington Bridge [WGN 45-02-01

Hi Folks
       We arrived at the Bennington Best Western about 4pm on Sept 13. After checking in, we drove to the two Bennington area covered bridges that we missed on our previous trip 25 years ago, Chiselville and West Arlington. Both bridges are in excellent shape.
       On September 14, we drove to the Vermont Covered Bridge Museum with a "Moosefest" Moose on the grounds and another inside the entrance. I took Liz's picture with the outside moose and she took mine with the inside moose. We enjoyed the museum. The rest of the pictures are by Liz.
       We are using "Covered Bridges of Vermont" by Ed Barna for directions. For the most part, directions were very good, although after comparing it to Joe Nelson's book at the museum, I think Joe's book is better.
       Buffalo,NY had buffalo statues around town several years ago. After being displayed for 6 months, they were auctioned off with proceeds going to various charities, including Children's Hospital, so important to our granddaughter Julia. One of the buffaloes is now at Children's Hospital permanently.
       We then did some shopping at a nearby craft complex with a winery store. Then we drove to some Rutland area bridges--Brown, Kingsley, and the Rutland Twin.
       The Rutland Twin, the extant half of the twin bridges, no longer is used as a bridge but a storage shed for Rutland's highway dept. Kingsley and Brown are in excellent shape.
Tom

West Arlington Bridge.	Covered Bridge Museum at Bennington Center for the Arts

Moose and Tom Keating at Bennington Center for the Arts.	Moose at Bennington Center for the Arts.

Moose and Liz Keating at Bennington Center for the Arts.	Brown Bridge [WGN 45-11-09]

Kingsley Bridge [WGN 45-11-03]	Rutland Twin Bridge. [WGN 45-11-10]