A Glimpse at Beauty

As promised, I wanted to share a few pictures from our trip to New England. The fall colors were at their peak, and the mountain views were simply stunning.

On one of our only rain-free days, Adam and I took full advantage and headed to Peacham, VT which is famed as being the "Most Photographed Town" in New England. Rightly so, as the picturesque mountains, white steeple church, and red barn were laid out perfectly. I had seen the "view" of the town photographed many times and had read a hundred times on how to get to the perfect "spot" to take the photograph...so even though it had been done a hundred times, we parked next to the fire station and carried our tripod up the private property behind it up the hill. It was a steeper hill than we had anticipated, but as the view came into focus it was well worth it.

We debated while driving through the town on whether or not to stop at the cemetery. I had heard so many great things about it, yet it was getting later and we had hoped to reach our next destination by dark and we were still a couple hours drive away (mountain driving at night is not a lightly taken task!). After stopping in the general store and having a nice chat with the gentleman there (and eating some delicious food!) we bought a couple souvenirs and took a last drive through the town. I broke during the drive up the hill, the whole "we'll regret it later" thing got to me, and I made Adam turn into the cemetery. Let's just say, 2 hours later and settling on dusk, we were still in the cemetery, wishing for more time. Every turn was a photographers dream...and this wasn't just any ordinary cemetery. Old, ornate headstones from the early 1700s, fall leaves strewn about, American flags perched next to graves so old you can't read the names or dates...all of this on a hill overlooking those beautiful Vermont mountains. We spent a lot of time there...and we only hit one small area of it. As we finally made our way out (a couple rolls of film and many digital pictures later) we kept turning and stopping for that one last quick shot...even though it was getting dark and we knew a storm was coming. It was just so beautiful, so peaceful.

One day I have to go back. I feel like I missed out on so much...but it was wonderful all the same.