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Imagine a state where you couldn't find a McDonald's. Or a CVS. Or a Burger King. Or a Wendy's. That would be Vermont, where we couldn't find one of the standard chain restaurants or stores in our six-hour drive-by Saturday. And that was kind of neat. Vermont didn't seem like part of the U.S. It seemed like a little slice of Switzerland.
It was our first visit to the state, so Carol, the girls and I did the tourist thing and checked out the Ben and Jerry's ice cream factory in Waterbury (yeah, that's me by the tank room with the fake smile) and the Boyden Valley Winery (above) in the middle of nowhere. Carol and I sampled seven different wines there (she drove back to Connecticut), and we bought three bottles. Try the the Big Barn Red.The 30-minute tour at Ben and Jerry's concluded with a sample or two. We were disappointed to discover that Ben and Jerry sold out to The Man. Some mega-conglomerate purchased the company awhile back. Ben and Jerry are probably out on their yachts somewhere off the coast of Florida eating Haagen-Daz.
Vermont should be one popular place in about a month when the leaves begin to turn. The mountain scenes you see here will be quite spectacular then, and tourists will pack the backroads. We're gonna go, and we'll be sure to take a camera.
The vistas would have to be very special to make people in Vermont forget that THEY ELECTED PAT LEAHY!!! Must be a winery in every house!!!!
ReplyDeleteThe Minnesota Connection (We too have beautiful fall colors and wacko politicians!)
But there's no Ben and Jerry's factory in Minnesota, sir!
ReplyDeleteNo Ben and Jerry's - but we do have the Haagen Daz US HQ here!!! It's almost as thick and rich - and not run by socialists!
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