Brookfield Plus, VT (7/26/2026)

Sunday, July 26, 2026

The Covered Bridges of Orange County, VT:

Historic Braley Covered Bridge (1904 as an uncovered
king post truss bridge, and was covered in 1909) crosses
the Second Branch of the White River in Randolph, VT

Historic Braley Covered Bridge

CK Smith Covered Bridge (date unknown as a
single-span king post truss structure that was later
covered by a post-and-beam structure) crosses the
Second Branch of the White River in Randolph, VT

Like the Historic Braley Covered Bridge, the trusses on the
CK Smith Covered Bridge reach only half the height of the bridge

Historic Hyde-Kingsbury Covered Bridge (1904) crosses
the Second Branch of the White River in Randolph, VT

Here the king post trusses reach the height of the bridge

Historic Howe Covered Bridge (1879 as a single-span
king post truss structure) crosses the First Branch
of the White River in Tunbridge, VT

Historic Howe Covered Bridge

Brookfield Floating Bridge (1820 using strapped logs
placed on the frozen Sunset Lake because the water was
too deep for pilings; rebuilt 8 times); for buoyancy tarred
oak barrels and foam-filled plastic barrels were tried;
currently fiber-reinforced polymer pontoons are utilized

Heading across the Floating Bridge

Sunset Lake

Kent drove across the bridge

Brookfield Old Town Hall (1856 as a boardinghouse for
workers at a local fork and hoe shop, then served as the 
Masonic Temple from 1874-1972) has a meeting hall
that was added in 1900 and used by the town; the
Brookfield Community Partnership purchased the
building in 2002 to return it to community use

The Celebration of Life for Aunt Lynn
showcased her artistic talent

Aunt Lynn did create jewelry, but her entire
collection was being offered for the taking

There were so many photographs and
student projects kept by Aunt Lynn,
which were also for the taking

Aunt Lynn rests in a hand-worked cherry wood box

Kent & Tamiko with Uncle Kit

Kent, Lynn's sister Gayle and Horia, Tamiko

Aubrey and Kyle (?) with their dad Ryan (son of Gayle),
Tamiko and Kent

Mark (Tamiko's nephew), Kent, Tamiko,
Gordy (Lynn's son) and his wife Mary

Kerry (Lynn's son), Chris and Leigh (Gayle's
daughter, Tamiko & Kent

Many thanks to Meyru for taking photos!!