The sun is shining in the Vermont Mountains

Blue skies are greeting us today. Yippppeeeee.

We have a look at the Burlington historic district which took a little time to find due to me being misled by marketing blurb for the city. Anyway when we got there, we were able to walk down a pedestrian mall with buildings dating back to the 19th century. We then went to the main buildings for the University of Vermont, and these are pretty special as they also date back to mid-19th century. 

Burlington

Burlington

University of Vermont (UVM) Champlain building

UVM Billings Library

UVM  Old Mill

UVM  Williams Hall

 We head east then into Vermont's Green Mountains. At Waterbury, we have a factory tour of Ben and Jerry's ice cream. We get to sample the day's production Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough. After we head to the "Graveyard" where discontinued flavours are "put to rest"!

Factory entrance

Deceased flavour

Lunch is at the Trapp family cafe. Views are just fantastic. This is the same Von Trapp family immortalised in "The Sound of Music". After they left Europe they came to America and finally set up camp in Vermont. There they built a ski lodge which specialised in cross country skiing. Maria and Georg are buried on the property.

Lodge

Cemetery

View

View

We travel to Stowe, both the ski area and then down to the town. It is a cute town. This is where we will be staying the night.

Stowe ski area

Stowe ski area

Church in Stowe

"Friend" in street

Town Hall

The dry weather and blue skies really showed off the beauty of Vermont. Tomorrow we head east and say good-bye. We have enjoyed our visit.