Well, I was just thinking about virtual travel, an by corollary, being a virtual tourist. So I picked a spot on the map while closing my eyes. It was Vermont and I pulled up the state map and selected an area and zoomed in until the town Bellows Falls caught my eye. So I decided to look around, not so much for the facts you can pull up in three seconds in a Google search, but in little tidbits of Bellows Falls connections.

Governor Thomas Salmon (1973-77) came to Bellows Falls and practiced law after his days as Governor and University President. His one time personal residence is for sale. I have linked to a page that shows the wallpaper that is in the house now. It’s not my taste, but you can see it here. I then looked at Wikipedia and found this picture:

But here’s an interesting fact: HIs son, Thomas M., was elected State Auditor in 2006. After the first vote count, he trailed by 137. He asked for a re-count and was 102 votes over his opponent, incumbent Randolph Brock. Never before had a Vermont state-wide election result been changed by a re-count. Kind of ironic that the election was for auditor. Thomas M., by the way, is a CPA.

If I am ever in Bellows Falls, I think I would at least stop in here.

I found the above photo at Flickr; it was taken by Sunset Sailor.