We went kayaking with Sallyanne and had a bad influence on her car (Every time we drove with her we had a different problem). Sallyanne treated us to Burlington’s beautiful Flynn music hall to a performance of Jazzer Bradford Marsalis. Burlington has a Jazz festival and during these days the feeling in this pretty town is like New Orleans (I suppose )

You may ask: what about the 5th inhabitant of Camp Vermont:

Here she is. Cinnamon enjoyed being hold by Siegmar:



Then we started our much too short New England round trip. Siegmar’s part of the trip was Concord- he wanted to leave a stone on the cairn at Walden Pond (where Thoreau’s cabin had stood). And Concord was also the best place to meet Karen and Paul who took us out for dinner in the old Colonial Inn- unfortunately Miss Hoppy didn’t like the menu and therefore objected to come:





We got some inside information. Among others we heard that the question whether Miss Hoppy will ever be POTD is still unsolved. Her dad thinks it’s not ok. I tried to convince him that it’s discriminating if she cannot be POTD and her mom seemed to agree.

A little more background pressure may be helpful!

Then we went to Maine, having lobsters, climbing the Beehive in Acadia NP and seeing some of the 63 Maine lighthouses:



We were happy that we could come back for a last day to Sallyanne’s place. We had breakfast at Shelburne Farms, a very impressive manor plus farm:



And you can see that not only cats are cute. Swiss cows- they have them there- are also irresistible:



And we found something in Maine that now hangs above my bed:



The kitties now deserve the velcro kitty name:



It was one of the best holidays we ever had! Thanks to everyone at PT who made it so unforgettable, especially to my friends Sara and Sallyanne!!!!!!!!