Another Day, Another Adventure!

Smuggler's Notch, VT

Old Man in The Mountain, VT?

Today began rainy as most have this summer, but we were determined to not let the weather dampen our spirits as it did yesterday.  Taking off into the Green Mountains from Jericho was just lovely because the sun broke out and stayed with us most of the day.  Our first excursion was up into the National Park & Smuggler's Notch along very curvy roads.

Smuggler's "Cave"

 We clambered among the smuggler's "caves"

 and even discovered Vermont's Old Man In The Mountain (we're sure to have been the first to notice it ;-).

Onward to Stowe Mountain Lodge, a pretty schmaltzy ski resort where moneyed people ski & stay (so not our style). So we headed for a peek at the Von Trapp Family Lodge just down the mountain. It sits among lovely meadows with the mountains to its back.  After escaping Austria in 1938, the Von Trapps traveled all over the world performing as the Von Trapp Family Singers, then settling here where the family lodge grew to accommodate more than just their expanding circle of friends.

Von Trapp Family Lodge, VT

With our gourmet B&B breakfast burning off, we headed over to Cabot, VT to visit Cabot Creamery, the largest dairy co-op in the U.S.  Needless to say, we grazed about the cheese sample table for some time before our tour began, which featured them making habenero cheddar...Hot, but yummy. Yummy, but hot!  We being cheese lovers brought home a "meager" supply to sustain us.

Habenero Cheddar at Cabot, VT

After a quick look-see at the Rabbit Hill Inn in Lower Waterford, VT, we began the final leg of our journey home.  No trip through New Hampshire would be complete though without a stop in Littleton to either eat at the Littleton Diner or stuff a bag of candy at Chutters, "The World's Longest Candy Counter."  We did both then headed home.

Chutters' Candy Counter

Stay tuned for our next summer adventure starting soon....