| | This past week Dan and spent a few days in Manchester, Vermont. Vermont you ask? I though Manchester was in New Hampshire! We stayed in this little quaint town at a really nice resort called The Equinox. Having never been to Vermont there were quite a few things for us to learn...
- There are very few major highways in the state of VT. Most of what we traveled on were small town windy, routes passing by a million bed & breakfasts and dairy farms (see the cows in the picture?).
- Vermont is home to many famous things: Cabot Cheese, Ben&Jerry's Ice Cream, Green Mountain coffee, and yummy fudge and maple syrup. Let's just say we had a lot of cheese, ice cream, and pancakes. It would be very sad if we lived in VT couldn't eat dairy.
- Did you know that Vermont is home to the Covered Bridge Museum and has some of the most historic covered bridges in New England?
- Though Vermont is pretty famous for its wintery weather and sports to go along with it, it is quite pretty in the summer. Along with its very green scenery, there are the antique shops, golf ranges, and New England Horse Shows. I think we'll have to take a day trip up in the fall for the foliage.
  
So what do you do in Vermont? We spent day one exploring "town", the small shops, and local outlet (Dan is quite the bargain finder). On our second day, we decided to venture in to the great unknown of northern Vermont (Manchester is in southern VT). We went up to Burlington, which is a typical college town then we head over for a Ben&Jerry's factory tour...btw the sample of strawberry cheesecake ice cream was very yummy. On our last full day we were going to do resort things...hike some trails, go swimming, etc...but it rained okay, it poured! We now know why VT is so lush. So we explored southern VT and found the Bennington Monument from the Revolutionary War, the Bennington Center for the Arts, and a few of those covered bridges.
  
So let's see, I've been to (not including states I've passed through) New York, California, Colorado, Arizona, Wyoming, Washington, Hawaii, Florida, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Connecticut, and now Vermont. 29 more states to go... 
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