Tues., Sept 21 and Wed., Sept 22 On The Move!

Tues: We left Hanover, NH, and traveled across New Hampshire and most of Vermont to Colchester, VT (Lone Pine RV Park). Along the way we only made one stop other than to have lunch. And that was at Ben and Jerry's Icre Cream Factory in Waterbury,Vermont. It was interesting. We took a tour of the facility and they gave away free ice cream! Mmmmmm. They have a very interesting story.  They were elementary classmates and both were overweight and didn't do well in school. They decided they would make theirr living making people happy and doing good deeds. They were eventually bought out by a big corporation.

Wed. Today we left Hanover, VT, and kept driving. We stopped along the way at Shelborne Museum in Shelborne, VT. We hadn't planned to stop but saw this museum and pulled in. It was very neat. It was a collection of old restored buildings. They housed many interesting items. Some of the buildings had quilts, ceramics, old tools, a train, a ship, stuffed real animals, fox hunting video and paintings and on and on. Not only were the items old but the buildings too. They were grouped in a villagelike atmosphere (similar to Williamsburg, VA but they weren't dressed up or working).  In the round barn was a quilt show dedicated to people with Alzheimer's disease as well as a floor displaying ceramics of VT artists and carousel animals on the 3rd floor. They were beautiful. In the lodge the first room had stuffed animals that had been hunted and killed by the family that donated the land for this museum. It was also built with the materials from their real hunting lodge. The train was used by a couple of presidents (original Air Force One) to travel around the country. There was a steamboat that carried people and merchandise up and down Lake Champlain. There were a couple of art galleries, one dedicated to the family that donated the property and the other was a painter originally from the area. One of the buildings was a circus museum and another was a shaker museum that housed tools, baskets, iron works, kitchen utensils and housewares. There was also a printers shop where they demonstrated numerous old printing presses. There was a textile museum that housed numerous antique quilts and furniture. And that is just naming a few. We had to drag ourselves away.

Round Barn

We had lunch in their cafe and then kept browsing. There were two very nice gift shops. I'm trying to stay out of them but not having much luck. We finally left about 2:30 and went to a very nice campground in Lake George, NY. Can't wait to see what all they have around here.