Woke up this morning in a Walmart parking lot in White River Junction, NH (how did that happen again??) This time though it was worth it. We only bought tank treatment and dunkin donuts for breakfast. Hurricane Nicole hit early that morning, or what was left of her. There were standing puddles (small lakes) all over the parking lot, some several inches deep. We headed out early and actually beat the storm to Maine. Every time we stopped, it chased us and caught up with us. And then we would drive out of it again. Driving was okay, the only slow down was a roll over accident in front of us, and we made a couple of great stops along the way .... the first at Hope Cemetery (actually the night before) and Claremont, NH to see the church my gggrandfather designed.
When we were in Scottsburg IN, as part of our Chain Reaction Tour, we followed the advice of Herb and made a quick stop in Barre, VT to view the granite, hand-carved sculptures. Hope Cemetery was first plotted in the late 1800's. They brought in granite carvers from Italy to Vermont, the granite capital of the world and basically it became a competition to see who would get the job. The result is some of the finest granite headstones in the world, all located in the small town of Barre.
The headstones are amazing, especially when you understand that they were hand carved. The intricate details are difficult to capture on film, but we tried. Here are a few pictures and there are more in the Picasa Web Album titled "Hope Cemetery". Hope you enjoy.
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