Day Thirteen

Got up fairly late. Did yesterday's blog as stupid internet was now working.  Headed on into Waitsfield for a late breakfast. Ate at the Big Picture Cafe.

http://www.bigpicturetheater.info/

Drove few miles north to Watersbury to see the famous Vermont landmark which is the Ben and Jerry's factory.  Paid $4 for the factory tour. Chatted to the guide before it started about how UK flavours are different from USA ones. Also how the UK has embraced the ice cream in cinemas whereas the US only want popcorn when watching a film.

Flavours

Went on tour. Not really what you could call a tour. Watched a film for a few minutes. Looked through a window at the machines. Ate some free ice cream. More of a film/look/eat than a tour. Bought stuff from shop. Went to look at the graveyard of old flavours.

Feel the chill

RIP

Ate ice cream.

Drove back to Waitsfield to do our laundry. Went to Launderette, put stuff in wash and went away to look at other shops. Ann went in a book shop. She got asked if she needed any help. She said she was looking for James Fenimore Cooper. Assistant asked her if that was the name of a book. Now bearing in mind he lived where we were yesterday, his dad being the Cooper in Cooperstown, which is only about 100 miles away and he wrote Last of the Mohicans, you would imagine someone if a bookshop round here would know he's an author.

Went back to launderette, put stuff in dryer. Sat in the car waiting. Would have gone away but as we walked out a hobo started hanging around the place and we thought he might nick our clothes, so we stayed put.

We kept a beady eye on him until our stuff was ready then we went back to the B and B to dump everything. Thunderstorm started. This one was very close and very loud. Skyped Paul to show him.

Went out for dinner at 6.30pm back to the Big Picture Cafe. Waitress tried to steal my credit card. Then we went into its cinema to watch The Dark Knight Rises. Ann asked me what I thought of the film as we left. My answer was 'Meeehhh'. She concurred.

States visited - 10

Day Twelve

The halfway point of the trip.

Went to the adjoining restaurant for breakfast. Had to give them vouchers to show we were guests of the hotel so we could get our complimentary food. Was burnt.

Packed up and headed into the local town to find a chemist as we needed to get some medicine for Ann as she has developed a bad cough. Whilst there she took pictures of the baseball mania.

Star spangled batter

Made our way further north mostly on smaller roads. Saw lots of interesting things. Saw some Amish people in horse drawn buggies.

Went very close by to Lake George, which will for some of you bring back memories of 14 years ago.

Crossed the border into Vermont. Had lunch at a place called Middlebury.

Ann got very excited when we saw this.

The first covered bridge we have seen in Vermont.


Arrived at the Inn at the Round Barn in Waitsfield.

http://www.theroundbarn.com

Unloaded. Got told that they leave the front door unlocked as nobody is worried about people stealing stuff. Think that is because there is no-one around.

Relaxed for a while before heading out for dinner at Ake's Den.

When we got back we headed to the small games room here for a few games of pool.

Went back to room to do blog. Internet that was working perfectly earlier had now stopped working. Got very annoyed. Went to bed.