North Adams at last

We tried to find my great grandmother's grave this morning.  On our last visit in 1977, Nancy and I had been given directions by my uncle and had found it with little effort.  This time, I couldn't even be sure we were looking in the right cemetery and quickly decided that we were on a fool's errand.  It didn't help much either that the RV is too big for about half the streets in Bennington, never mind the parking spaces.

Abandoning Bennington, we made the eleven mile drive south to Williamstown, Massachusetts, home of Williams College.  Another five miles and we were in South Williamstown where my mother was born.  At that time (1922) her father's father owned a large tract of land here that included a dairy farm and the historic Store at Five Corners.

By the time all the pointing and storytelling and picture taking were done, we had killed all the time we had to kill, plus some, so we headed for Dorothy's.  Half way there (it's about a 20 minute drive) she called to see what had become of us.  We reassured her that we were just minutes away, but then I couldn't resist a couple of short detours, which involved a few more stories and trying to turn the RV around on ridiculously narrow streets (twice), and then a stop for lunch (didn't want to show up at her door hungry) and 10 minutes turned into an hour and a half.  Still, when we finally drove up, she never complained about how long we had taken.  She just greeted us with hugs and told us to park on her front lawn.  Ya gotta love family!

Tonight, she made us dinner.  When we went back out to the RV, the sky was clear and the stars were spectacular.  I could even see the Milky Way.  I hadn't see it for decades and hoped I'd get the chance on this trip.  Now I've seen it twice.  The first time was the night we camped at Devils Tower in Wyoming.

Day 36
Woodford, VT to North Adams, MA

Daily Mileage:  45.8
Total Mileage:  7,002.9