The Home Stretch

For our last day on the road, we were greeted with absolutely perfect weather for the day.  It was so nice that we all had some coffee by the pool as we talked about our last day of travel.  Staying in Bennington brought back good memories of our many years of attending the Bennington Car Show and Flea Market.  It was one of our favorite weekend trips until they moved the venue.  Imagine how happy I was to find out they are moving back to the old field this year. 

We went to Jensen's for breakfast, which is one of our favorite places and one I highly recommend, or the Blue Belle Diner, if you are in Bennington.  Both are great.  The next stop was to the Hemming's Gas Station.  This is another fun place where we could fill up the Model As, in addition to shopping for all kinds of auto related stuff in the garage.  We managed to find few things to buy.

In addition to the Gas Station, there is also a small collection of vehicles that are on display in the basement of the Hemmings headquarters building.  Mike and I did a good job to view all the vehicles and investigate the automobilia/petrolinia that adorns the space as well.  The old fire engine also gave us the chance to get a feel for what it's like to pilot one of these big guys.

Just up the road from Hemming's is a great antique coop and we wanted to search this place before we headed for home.  The shop is in a couple of connected multi-level barns, so it does take time to walk around.  We always manage to find something, however it was only Nan who found an old ice cream scoop to ad to her collection.

I noticed a problem when I started the Model A up at Hemming's, the battery was turning the engine slowly,  so I parked on a slight hill at the antique shop.  Sure enough, the battery was not able to start the Model A.  No problem, I just let her roll a few feet and popped the clutch.  It started right up, but the ammeter never went below 10 amps all the way home.  So it looks like a new battery is in order. 

Our route home would be on the Molly Stark Trail to Brattleboro.  This is a very scenic road and the beautful weather really gave us a great view of Green Mountains.  We did commet on the fact that this was one of the warmest days we've had for travel and we could feel the difference from the cool weather we have enjoyed since arriving at Marquette. 

The Model A's purred along without noticing the air temperature had gone up and before long we turned off in Sudbury and headed home while Mike & Grace continued to Weston.  It was a great trip for both of us, lots of fun together in our Model A's.