OCTOBER Bragg Farm Maple Syrup

On our way home, we stopped for gas and coffee. Our car decided that it wasn’t ready to leave VT and started smoking. Our new (old) Eurovan that we bought last week. Sigh. We were fortunate enough to find a nice hotel room for the night in Montpelier, VT.

The next day Cameron went and had the car looked at and the mechanic decided we could make it home. So, we decided to visit Bragg’s Maple Farm in East Montpelier where they make syrup the old fashioned way with galvanized buckets and an old boiler for the sap.

When life gives you a broken down car, get maple syrup.















http://www.braggfarm.com/

OCTOBER Ben & Jerry's Peace, Love and Ice Cream

A trip to that area of VT wouldn’t be complete without a trip to Ben & Jerry’s. It was rainy and cold but there was a still 20 minute line for ice cream. I went easy with lowfat yogurt, Cameron got Oatmeal Cookie Crunch, Taylor got Mint Chocolate Chunk and Brooke got Whirled Peace. Dee inhaled a Chunky Monkey cone and he was as happy as I had ever seen him.


http://www.benjerry.com/

OCTOBER Von Trapp Family Lodge

On the way home we decided to take the ferry home and drive through Vermont. We thought it would be fun to visit the Von Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, VT. When we heard we were moving to Europe we told the kids that we will visit the Alps in Austria where the Von Trapp Family was from. We thought we’d complete the story by visiting where they ended up. It is really beautiful there.





http://www.trappfamily.com/