Barre, VT

Well no blog yesterday because the site had no internet...technical problems. Today, having saved the day, at least for us, we have free WiFi. We are near Barre, Vermont, a little southeast of Montpelier. The route on the drive up from Black River took us along the St Lawrence Seaway, (Rts 11 and 37), over the top of NY crossing into Vermont near Rouses Point and then down thru the isles (N and S Hero, and Grande Island) of Lake Champlain.

Today we went to Ben and Jerry's Factory and the Cabot's Cheese Outlet in Waterbury, and the Trapp Family Lodge near Stowe. This is a beautiful place and if everyday were like today, we'd look to live here. Julia even had a job picked out: ice cream taster at Ben and Jerry's. Did you know the quality control guy eats about a pint a day?! Plus he gets two free cholesterol tests per year and membership at a local gym. If you ever get out here, the B&J's factory tour is well worth the three dollars. Plus they have a nice playground, all kinds of activities during the summer, and a retired flavors graveyard.

The kiddos also swam in the lake and rode bikes. Time to take a rest and soak up some sun. Did I mention, the temp is about 68 degrees? Anyway, Julia took a few pics as we drove I'll put on the Kodak site at this link:

http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLandingSignin.jsp?Uc=3x70wrv.4nh9wc8n&Uy=-tj062d&Upost_signin=Slideshow.jsp%3Fmode%3Dfromshare&Ux=0&UV=35817500433_878248200503

Tomorrow we're off to East Hampton, Connecticut.