We left the St. Johnsbury area a few days ago, but not before photographing a fabulously intense sunrise.

We called our drive south toward Rutland “cute en route” as we stopped for one adorable landscape after another.

We stopped to photograph two covered bridges: Green Banks Hollow and Martin. They were on the itinerary and we would have stopped there anyway, but covered bridges took on new interest. Eric, one of our group, is currently photographing and writing a book about covered bridges in Georgia. I am encouraging him to add an appendix about covered bridges in Vermont. 😋

We checked into our hotel and shortly thereafter headed out to shoot the sunset at Kent Pond. We would return for a wonderful sunrise – more details below.

Our days took the form of a sunrise shoot, then breakfast at a restaurant, some shooting of interesting places, then lunch and a very short quiet time at our hotel followed by a sunset shoot and dinner. The days were certainly full.

The next morning – yesterday – we took in sunrise at Leffert’s Pond. There appears to be no shortage of ponds in Vermont and they all reflect fall foliage beautifully.

Our midday activity was a visit to the uber-cute town of Woodstock. This is a town that takes autumn and Hallowe’en decoration seriously as you will see in many of the photos in the slide show below. And guess what – another covered bridge right in the centre of town. Eric was delighted!

On the way back to the hotel we passed by Quechee covered bridge. There was a nearby carwash called SQuechee which I thought very cute tribute to the bridge. We did not stop to photograph the carwash.

That evening we returned to Leffert’s Pond for our sunset shoot. It did not disappoint.

For our final suunrise in Vermont we returned to Kent Pond. Mother Nature put on a breathtaking show for us.

I am now on a flight to Vancouver, reliving the past six days in Vermont with Backcountry Journeys. This company is fantastic. All our needs are looked after, the group leaders – I have had two now – couldn’t be better and the group size is small – max 7. And it’s fun to travel with people who are as interested in photography as I am.

I am looking very forward to my next three (🫣) trips with BCJ: Patagonia to shoot an anular eclipse in February, Laikipia in Kenya to shoot black leopards and rhinos in February 2028 and China to shoot all sorts of exotic wildlife in October 2028.

I hope you’ll tune in for those trips. In the meantime, thanks for all your comments. I love hearing from you. See you in February!