SERIOUS SUGAR OVERLOAD! That is the best description for my Tuesday in Vermont. It started with getting dressed and quick pic of my outfit. Then on the road again...
I had a GORGEOUS drive through the White Mountain Forest to my first stop in St. Johnsbury, VT. Maple Grove Farms one of the oldest Maple Farms in Vermont, almost 100 years old, also the largest maple syrup packer in the U.S.
Here is a maple candy mold, I thought it was cute.
After tasting maple candies, maple syrup and spreads I headed to Waterbury, VT for apple cider!
Such a cute building.
Live cider press and I got to taste the freshest cider ever, straight from the press. It was DELICIOUS, seriously I'm craving it right now!
At Cold Hollow Cider Mill, they have apple EVERYTHING, cider, spreads, jams, butters to taste and buy. They also have a million other types of jams and spreads to try. It was a good thing too, because I didn't have breakfast so all I had eaten thus far were samples. Along with a few other things I purchased, I bought apple cider donuts. YUM!!!
I drove 3 miles down the road and stopped at this little place...
When they started up, to gain nation wide recognition they drove a van like this all over the country.
...follow the giant ice-cream...
Look Ma! I'm on the Ben&Jerry's container!
These are the most bought flavors, they said they rarely change.
The tour was really fun and they made a lot of cow jokes, like moooove over and ones much more hilarious. They gave huge samples at the end of the tour. Then I went to the little on-site ice-cream shop and got a few more samples - Late Night Snack with Jimmy Falon and Schweddy Balls, both were much better than I was expecting. And both were HUGE spoonfuls, it took me a couple minutes to finish before I could give my order. I had the Americone Dream and Coconut Seven Layer Bar.
So excited...
...mmmmmm, scrumptious!
I was CRAZY stuffed when I left there, no room for anything healthy. So on to the capitol of Vermont - Montpelier. By population, it is the smallest state capitol in the U.S. But it still had a very elegant capitol building for a teeny tiny town.
I was grateful I had picked up brochures at the motels along the way because in the Vermont one, I found Joseph Smith's birthplace listed. Joseph Smith was a prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (of which I am a proud member.)
This is one solid piece of granite 38.5 feet long, one for each year of his life. It is the largest solid piece of granite in the world. Many miracles helped to get this monument built in 1905, one including a river freezing solid, which hasn't frozen since.
Below, the gray rock hearth of the fireplace is exactly where it was when Joseph's birth home stood, it was uncovered after the church had purchased the property.
Visitor Center where Joseph's home stood and look how beautiful Vermont is, the rolling hills filled with trees.
I learned quite a bit about Joseph's parents, their stolen business profits, the entire family contracting typhoid, the constant crop failures- the Lord really shoved them to New York.
My final Vermont stop was a cheese place way in backwoods, dirt roads Vermont. It was dark by the time I got there and just a little farmhouse, so I didn't take any pictures. I did sample a lot of great cheeses, including a couple different white cheddars. I also sampled more jams and spreads. Then I headed south to Albany, New York. Weather thus far, had been AMAZING high 50s/ low 60s and sunny. About an hour out of Albany it started raining and rained the entire night. I checked into my motel and it was not even 8pm! I was starving and there was a Thai place right next door so I went there for dinner. Water House Blue Spice, it was such a pretty restaurant, it included floor and table seating. The decor was simple but elegant. The service was fast and my egg soup was delish and my yellow thai had great flavor. My only complaint was that the potatoes were under cooked. But I thoroughly enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere and would definitely go back.
I was CRAZY stuffed when I left there, no room for anything healthy. So on to the capitol of Vermont - Montpelier. By population, it is the smallest state capitol in the U.S. But it still had a very elegant capitol building for a teeny tiny town.
This is one solid piece of granite 38.5 feet long, one for each year of his life. It is the largest solid piece of granite in the world. Many miracles helped to get this monument built in 1905, one including a river freezing solid, which hasn't frozen since.
My final Vermont stop was a cheese place way in backwoods, dirt roads Vermont. It was dark by the time I got there and just a little farmhouse, so I didn't take any pictures. I did sample a lot of great cheeses, including a couple different white cheddars. I also sampled more jams and spreads. Then I headed south to Albany, New York. Weather thus far, had been AMAZING high 50s/ low 60s and sunny. About an hour out of Albany it started raining and rained the entire night. I checked into my motel and it was not even 8pm! I was starving and there was a Thai place right next door so I went there for dinner. Water House Blue Spice, it was such a pretty restaurant, it included floor and table seating. The decor was simple but elegant. The service was fast and my egg soup was delish and my yellow thai had great flavor. My only complaint was that the potatoes were under cooked. But I thoroughly enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere and would definitely go back.
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