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Trip 2, Day 2. Fairlee, VT. to Franconia, NH.

It’s always weird to book a room sight unseen, in the middle of nowhere, in the dark. We stayed in a nice place last night. I brought the swimsuits, so we were looking for an indoor pool. We arrive to the hotel, check in and schlep our bell cart upstairs to our room. We get off the elevator to find the hallways on each side pitch black, and the doors of every room wide open. It was creepy as hell, straight out of The Shining. Chills… Clover was creeped out, I was creeped out. It was super weird. The whole place was empty, quiet, and dark. So, we requested a room on the first floor, closer to the pool, and front desk, humans. A quick dip and off to bed.

We awoke to a beautiful huge window over looking Lake Morey and all it’s wintry glory. It was a vast mountainous landscape with hints of snow and a smooth wet untouched coating of ice on the lake. Back on route 5, our first roadside attraction was a waterfall that was gushing and half frozen in Bradford, VT. Tremendously loud and powerful. I love waterfalls.