25-28 Sept - Off to the States to look at the fall colors and to find some clues to my roots in northern Vermont...

I had decided to find out more about my maternal grandfather - Arthur Gardner Skeels and his family. About all we know is that the Skeels family came to America sometime in the late 1700's. They came to Vermont and put down roots in the St Albans/Swanton area of Vermont.

So on 25September, Neil and I flew to Philadelphia and on 26 September we took the Amtrak train called the "Vermonter" to St Albans, where we started our search.

We had seen the name "Skeels Corner" on a Vermont road map and thought I had found a lead - but to my chagrin, it was just that - a corner where two roads crossed. I'm standing at "Skeels Corner" none the wiser!

The rest of the photos are from northern Vermont not that far from the Canadian border- Neil had wanted to see the autumn leaves which we did and some other sights along the way. We ended our day at Lake Champlain by this gazebo after seeing covered bridges and pristine New England villages still confused and wondering how we could find out more about the descendants of the Skeels family - maybe they were part of the Green Mountain Boys who fought in the Revolution?? - we still are none the wiser...have to keep searching.

Me looking confused standing at Skeels Corner, Vermont!