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Sunday, Sept. 18th. Sure enough, Sunday morning was a beauty. Diane had a great day planned for us. Our first stop was Ben & Jerry's factory in Waterbury. It was a very informative tour with free samples at the end. They are constantly trying new flavors so they have a graveyard for flavors that have gone by the wayside. The Cookie Dough flavor has been and still is #1. However, my favorite is Cherry Garcia.From there, we went about 2 miles up the road to the Cold Hollow Cider Mill. There we watched Cider being made and got more free samples. They also made cider doughnuts...really good.
From there, we drove about 5 miles to Stowe. It is a beautiful, old town that has been taken over by the wealthy ski crowd. The immediate downtown is quaint and hearkens back to time gone by. But outside of that it's all condo's and pubs and restaurants catering to the ski crowd. The ski facility is called Smuggler's Notch. It's a beautiful drive up to it. The mountain is surprisingly rugged (by west coast standards) and a popular destination even during non-ski season. 
We also went on a quest to see the covered bridges in the area. We saw several dating to the 1800's. Like we saw in New York, the damage from Irene was everywhere. While bridges weren't washed out in this area, the approaches to them were impacted. Had we been there a week earlier, we wouldn't have been able to get to some of these locations.
Yay for Ben and Jerry's. Cherry Garcia is my fav, too! Whenever I hear Vermont, I think of the Bob Newhart show, with he and Susanne Pleschette running that inn. I think that's what it must really look like!
ReplyDeleteMmmmm... cider and cider doughnuts! Oh, and Ben & Jerry's, too! Yum, yum... Those covered bridges are cool - glad they didn't get washed away by Irene!
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