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Originally Posted by graciegirl
Oh Senior, wait until the first time you really come here and see this place with your own eyes..
Senior...reading is one thing, but NOTHING is like your first sojourn down the streets of TV...and I have said this before, each time we return from the "outside" and enter the greenness, the lushness, the perfectly paintedness, the prettiness, the plantedness, the sweet waving peopleness of TV, the colors brighten, the music comes on and the sun shines brilliantly.
It is just like when the color came on in the Wizard of Oz.
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You do paint a lovely picture Gracie and I truly believe you.
Summer and autumn, Vermont sees many Floridian tourists who come up here to escape the heat......and they likewise enjoy our most unpopulated state roads and byways while viewing the beautiful emerald green mountains, tiny quaint villages and numerous horse and dairy farms............not to mention our gorgeous fall foliage which we call "leaf peeper" time....
Alas, the winters can be harsh as we age, the mountain road driving not the easiest thing to do and that is why so many Vermonters either winter in Florida or move down permanently.
I doubt if you could find a greener state than Vermont. It would remind one of Ireland. When my mom, who retired up here from New Jersey and enjoyed 30 years of retired life......would return from a Senior Citizen bus trip, she would say she felt like kissing the ground.....that it was indeed "God's Country" and she was right. It was a great place to raise a family.
Springtime with the tulips, apple trees in blossom and all the wildflowers along the roadsides, also is a lovely time of year..........of course up here, one always has to watch out for a moose or deer in the road (they do cause accidents).
Warmer climate is what we seek for our golden years. Hubby just retired in January but spent a few more months closing up the store and packing.
He ran himself into the ground and ended up with pneumonia......this is why our trip to TV has been delayed.......as they say, "Life is What Happens When You Are Making Other Plans".
Ohio is also a beautiful state which we've been to many times when our son lived in Cincinnati and worked for Proctor and Gamble Corporation. We always take the "road less traveled" and try to stay off the major highways if we can........we enjoyed the Ohio Amish countryside a lot. Very pretty.