Woodstock, Vermont

1. They sold ice cream from this truck when they started.
2. There we are!
3. Ice cream graveyard. flavors that did not survive
4. Campground pond. See the trees reflected in the water? Great photographer? or lucky?




August 26, Tuesday: On our way to Woodstock which is in Eastern Central Vermont, we made a slight detour to Waterbury. Now this is a very important historical site. It is where the Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory resides. Or should I say one of them. We took a 30 minute tour which included a history of the way they started the business. They sold the business in 2001 to a firm out of London. At this facility they make 2 dozen different flavors. We sampled one of the flavors which was meaning made today, Cake Batter. GOOD! The building was brightly decorated with cartoon cows and things. We only bought 3 pints. Not Bad! We walked the dogs up the hill to see the Ice Cream Cemetary. Very sad all of the flavors they have buried. Trivia Question: What state consumes the most ice cream per capita?


After our little break we headed on down Hwy 89. New sign.......Moose Crossing. Larry is pretty sure he would not like to hit a moose going 65mph which is what the speed limit is posted. The wildflowers are all over the sides of the hills. We saw more trees turning today. Locals are saying the fall will come early this year. Who knows the weather has been soooooo crazy this year.


Our campground is just outside of Woodstock called Quechee. Loved that GPS because this one would have been hard to find. Nice woody area with a pond out front. Big pull-throughs. No satelite but we have Wi-Fi and cable. Hopefully, will get a couple more days on the blog.


Set up and off to explore while walking the dogs. Nice place to walk the dogs. The only problem Sobaka and Lottie wanting to go swimming in the pond. Vermont is our favorite state as far as beauty. They do have too many mosquitoes and biting flies. Guess everything can't be perfect. Ran over to New Hampshire for dinner. Of course, we just went 5 miles down the freeway. We found a Mexican restaurant.(found by Henrietta, car GPS) They had sign on the door that said 50% off from 3pm to 6pm if you sat at the bar. Sat at the bar and had good Carnita's. The bartender hit the wrong button and we received a free margarita, too. Life is good!


While we were sitting back at the RV a woman in a car stopped in the space next to us. She and her husband just bought a 5th wheel and were coming to this campground in a few weeks to test it out. Bev left about 2 hours later. She had lots of questions. It was fun. Larry was talking to her about going to a Maple syrup farm. Come to find out her husband, Ted, makes maple syrup. She invited us to come by her work and she would bring us a tin. Can't pass that up.


Trivia Answer: ALASKA


Tomorrow to the Marsh, Billings, Rockefeller National Park and the Billings Farm and Museum.


Good Night!