We ARE Weather Magnets! No denying it now. (This is a combined blog of Jenn and Jack this morning as it's cold and we are in a hurry to get going). This will be the fourth time that the rest of the country is dry or clear and the only activity is directly where we were about to go that day or on top of us. Have you seen the radar and stories of snow? WOW!
We wanted you to know that we outwitted the white stuff and changed our plans just in time on phone with Benny (our fairy Godfather/Storm Tracker/Internet Map Genius/Storm Tracker when we cannot get internet) from heading to New Hampshire and Maine yesterday to heading North to Burlington, VT and this morning woke up to clear ground and skies. No snow! We know that one hour south of us has a few inches and some areas we would have been in got 10-14 inches. It's supposed to clear up this week so we are merely delayed in getting to the lobster rolls of Maine, uh, we mean the Acadia National Park and all the sights rich in history...AND LOBSTER ROLLS! We will not be denied so we will stay here until it blows over and be on our way to Vermont's Woodstock region to visit Sugarbush Farm where they harvest maple syrup from trees in March and make 14 varieties of cheese we get to sample for Benny in honor if his birthday tomorrow and our shared love for all things fromage (that's french for cheese).
Don't be sad for us, northern Vermont is a Leaf Peepers paradise, Lake Champlain rich in sunken ships, sea monsters and famous battles (look it up: Benedict Arnold's ships were here), downtown Burlington has a bustling downtown area with art, coffee house called Radio Bean (radiobean.com) which says they have amazing coffee (We shall be the judge of that hailing from Seattle), Flatbread company everyone in town raves about (American Flatbread Hearth www.americanflatbread.com/restaurants/burlington-vt/ ) a cool bookstore called Crow Books and for activities we will hit the giant park that holds a treehouse and earth clock made of giant stones and settle in for a few hours at the "Smithsonian of Vermont" the Shelburne Museum which has an amazing collection of original paintings by famous artists, a lighthouse they had shipped in and reconstructed, ships and barns full of weird collections of items that will keep us entertained as we wait out the weather. Check out the museum online. We wanted to be sure to let you know we were safe and dry.
Sidenote: We also got word that Mumford & Sons are playing dates n Seattle and Portland in December. You might want to go check them out as well. They are energetic and passionate musicians who put on a lively show.
We are glad we got a peck of honeycrisp apples yesterday at Garrison Orchards who also made cider donuts with maple glaze that were tasty because now we know how much a "peck" is. It was our first time encountering that measurement. We'll post a pic!
We got to take a crazy 6 minute ferry ride across Lake Champlain because the bridge isn't done yet and all the residents rolled their eyes when we asked about the opening bridge date for this week. The lady who made us beef tomato macaroni soup (Jenn's new favorite) and owns the Bridge Restaurant on it's VT side is so cynical about it she climbed on top of her roof and in black tape made giant letters NO in front of her restaurant's sign so we ate at the NO BRIDGE Restaurant and it was lovely bridge or not.
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