We travelled North-West today through the forests of New Hampshire and into Vermont. Vermont is famed (amongst other things) for her covered bridges, the one here is reported to be the longest in the US. The exact reason why they built covered bridges seems to be lost to the mists of time, but there are several perfectly good explanations that they are happy to tell you, so take your pick!
1) To keep you dry during the rain
2) To make the horses feel more safe when travelling over rushing water
3) To make the bridges last longer in the Vermont Weather
4) To stop the bridges getting covered in snow.
We stopped off in a couple of places to admire the sceneary and took a stroll down to see the Queechee Gorge (I think that's how you spelt it!) but we did little else today due to the long drive, especially when our Sat Nav packed up about half way through when it no longer recognised any road maps in the United States and we didn't have any paper maps to fall back on... which was Fun!
We finally pitched up in our tent and collapse for the night!
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