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It was a harrowing trip the remaining way to cousin Bob Cota’s in Colchester, Vermont. We took few major highways and in the process passed two deer and a beaver in the road. GPS is wonderful, but we were a little nervous – their version of the “quickest route” was to literally take us over the Adirondack Mountains on back, sometimes single lane, roads. Joe was surprised to not pass the Donner party! That being said, it was amazingly beautiful!
We arrived at Bob’s place just 2 minutes after the original GPS projection. Bob is Sandy’s first cousin, once removed – actually Sandy’s mother’s cousin. Also there were Theresa and Tom Pratt and Nancy Hanley, also cousins of Sandy’s mom. Theresa would babysit for Sandy when Sandy was just a baby. Sandy’s Mom used to babysit for Theresa, and Theresa was able to share some interesting baby sitting techniques that Sandy’s mom would use.
Bob, along with Sandy’s Uncle George, is the keeper of the family genealogy. We talked a lot about what has been happening on every side of the family, and Bob showed us the bound family history books of the Cote family from which Sandy is descended (Sandy’s mother’s mother was a Cota, which is the modern spelling of Cote) We showed pictures of the Burke decendents, and copied several to a thumb drive for Bob.
We only were able to stay a couple of hours, but they were very enjoyable hours. Then we headed off to Duxbury, VT to visit and spend the next two nights with one of Sandy’s first cousin’s – Donna and her husband Leo.
We arrived at Bob’s place just 2 minutes after the original GPS projection. Bob is Sandy’s first cousin, once removed – actually Sandy’s mother’s cousin. Also there were Theresa and Tom Pratt and Nancy Hanley, also cousins of Sandy’s mom. Theresa would babysit for Sandy when Sandy was just a baby. Sandy’s Mom used to babysit for Theresa, and Theresa was able to share some interesting baby sitting techniques that Sandy’s mom would use.
Bob, along with Sandy’s Uncle George, is the keeper of the family genealogy. We talked a lot about what has been happening on every side of the family, and Bob showed us the bound family history books of the Cote family from which Sandy is descended (Sandy’s mother’s mother was a Cota, which is the modern spelling of Cote) We showed pictures of the Burke decendents, and copied several to a thumb drive for Bob.
We only were able to stay a couple of hours, but they were very enjoyable hours. Then we headed off to Duxbury, VT to visit and spend the next two nights with one of Sandy’s first cousin’s – Donna and her husband Leo.
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