Sunday, September 25, 2005
Sip Trip
Sip Trip
A few states back I decided that this is such a huge country that we aren’t even getting a taste of the states we visit—just a tiny sip. We don’t have a consistent theme either—though we’ve certainly had our share of lakeside camping. (But, less we do anything too completely, we visited only 4 of the Great Lakes). We’ve sipped Natural Wonders, Historical sites, State Capitals, Locks, bicycle trails, etc. In the Finger Lakes on Friday, we sipped some New York wine. Kit picked an area near a winery that offered tours. Out of 3 wineries, 2 had pretty good wine, and one had Really Bad wine. We decided the odds weren’t worth continuing. We did learn that up until 1976 two wineries had a monopoly in New York so all the current wineries have only been operating since then. More New York facts: Like Michigan there is an extra layer of government—Towns (like townships) contain cities, villages, and hamlets.
Fort Ticonderoga (9/24)
We had a wonderful morning in New York at Fort Ticonderoga which has always been first on the list of forts I’d like to visit. I love the story of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys. Amazingly this fort is not a National or State historical park. It is a private museum. A wealthy gentleman purchased the property and the family is restoring the fort to it’s original condition. They have collected some really fine artifacts.
Vermont Impressions (9/24)
Vermont is a beautiful state—flat farmland and then more mountains. But it’s very slow driving. We stopped at a farm stand and I was shocked! It cost $1 for 2 years of corn and then I refused to buy ONE tomato for $1.50. I hope all the food in Vermont is not so expensive. Amazingly we ended up passing by the Ben and Jerry’s factory. But crabby Kit would not pay $3 for the tour so we just ate ice cream. Anyway, it was late and we were in a hurry to get to the state capital, Montpelier. Well, we did get a glimpse of a beautiful golden dome on our way through. But the RV park in Montpelier was really horrid so we had to keep going. It was a very long day but we have found the Sugar Ridge RV Village which is a Very Nice place where hopefully we can work on our impressions of Vermont.
A few states back I decided that this is such a huge country that we aren’t even getting a taste of the states we visit—just a tiny sip. We don’t have a consistent theme either—though we’ve certainly had our share of lakeside camping. (But, less we do anything too completely, we visited only 4 of the Great Lakes). We’ve sipped Natural Wonders, Historical sites, State Capitals, Locks, bicycle trails, etc. In the Finger Lakes on Friday, we sipped some New York wine. Kit picked an area near a winery that offered tours. Out of 3 wineries, 2 had pretty good wine, and one had Really Bad wine. We decided the odds weren’t worth continuing. We did learn that up until 1976 two wineries had a monopoly in New York so all the current wineries have only been operating since then. More New York facts: Like Michigan there is an extra layer of government—Towns (like townships) contain cities, villages, and hamlets.
Fort Ticonderoga (9/24)
We had a wonderful morning in New York at Fort Ticonderoga which has always been first on the list of forts I’d like to visit. I love the story of Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys. Amazingly this fort is not a National or State historical park. It is a private museum. A wealthy gentleman purchased the property and the family is restoring the fort to it’s original condition. They have collected some really fine artifacts.
Vermont Impressions (9/24)
Vermont is a beautiful state—flat farmland and then more mountains. But it’s very slow driving. We stopped at a farm stand and I was shocked! It cost $1 for 2 years of corn and then I refused to buy ONE tomato for $1.50. I hope all the food in Vermont is not so expensive. Amazingly we ended up passing by the Ben and Jerry’s factory. But crabby Kit would not pay $3 for the tour so we just ate ice cream. Anyway, it was late and we were in a hurry to get to the state capital, Montpelier. Well, we did get a glimpse of a beautiful golden dome on our way through. But the RV park in Montpelier was really horrid so we had to keep going. It was a very long day but we have found the Sugar Ridge RV Village which is a Very Nice place where hopefully we can work on our impressions of Vermont.
# posted by Carol Harma @ 1:12 PM 
