Robert Frost Trail

We decided last weekend to go on an easy hike near our home that we've heard a lot about. The famous poet Robert Frost lived and worked right here in Vermont for many summers and the college where he worked has created a trail in his memory. Some of his poems are on plaques along the way. The day started out rainy and gloomy but it was clear long enough for us to take the one-hour hike. The kids did pretty well with only a little complaining at the end. Abi walked most of the way, only asking to be carried the last few minutes.

There was a lot of different things to see along the way: rivers, ponds, meadows, forests, and fields.

This is the spot that inspired Robert Frost's most famous poem that states, "two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the road less traveled." We tried to capture that there really are two ways to choose on the hike. (Neither was the road less traveled-- they ended up the same place, but that's only thanks to the Park Service.)

This sign was only a few steps away from "The Road Not Taken" poem. How can we take the road less traveled if we have to stay on the path?!

This would have been a beautiful view of the mountains if the weather wasn't so gloomy and the clouds weren't covering them.

These kids haven't got many adventurous bones in them. They were all scared of being this high up in the tree, trembling. (Except Abigail, actually, who showed no fear.)

I captured a few sweet moments between these two, who get along like this maybe about half the time, and the rest of the time they're always arguing! For some reason, Abigail loves rubbing people's ears for comfort. Andrew's seem to be a personal favorite of hers'. He usually doesn't mind.

We met a few friends along the way, too. This is Lizzy the Lizard. And I don't know the caterpillar's name. Andrew was the only one not afraid to hold them.

We will definitely do this easy hike again, as it was a lot of fun and we saw a lot of cool things.