new England Surprise - a heat advisory

today Bob and I sat across from each other, our eyes locked, our hands clasped and we vowed to NEVER EVER book a room without air-conditioning-ever,ever, ever. Our cottage a.k.a. The sweat lodge, has two fans that are useless at pushing around the hot air in this building that was once a drive thru bank. To escape the heat we took the Cog train up to the top of Mt. Washington. the cog train was the first one built in the whole world! It was built in the late 1800s. Besides incredible views from the 6288 ft summit, there is a 40 degree temperature variation between the top and bottom of the mountain. the winds at the summit were blowing at 57 miles per hour with gusts even higher. one of the buildings on the summit is tethered to the ground with chains. We have seen a lot -highlights include watching the artists at Danforth pewter spin pewter to make cups and vases. we spent half a day at Shelburne Museum which had a fabulous exhibit of fashions, 3galleries of 3d paper art, and wonderful Denzler carousel animals. That museum definitely needed at least a whole day to browse. it also had the paddleboat ,the Ticonderoga, a lighthouse and an exhibition of circus photography. Another fAvorite visit was made before we dropped Kelly off at camp. we went to the Maple View Farm, an alpaca farm in Goshen Vermont. we got to pet a3 week old alpaca, take pictures of the babies and their mothers. we learned that alpacas essentially houstrain themselves. The alpaca yarn was the softest I have ever felt -although the thought of working with yarn ( as the sweat drips onto the iPad ) is more than I can bear.