Here I am leaving the ferry. It's a good thing not all of us tried to get across at the same time. It was all they could do to get 5 of us onboard the same ferry. |
One of our first outings was to the Ben and Jerry plant. I mean, doesn't everyone love ice cream? |
I didn't realize there were so many flavors. |
I want that job..... |
Some flavors just don't make it though. |
Burlington is the home of Ethan Allen,(yes the namesake of that wonderful furniture), but I found out he was also a revolutionary war hero. This tower was built in Ethan Allen park. |
The Festival of Fools was going on over the weekend we were there. Main street was blocked off and the many stages had activities thoughout the day and evening hours. |
There were jugglers, like this man.... |
We watched stories being told with acrobatic acts like this, as well as magicians and musicians too. |
Many of the buildings downtown had a European Gothic look to them, like this building. |
The Lake Champlain Dragon Boat Festival was also going on while we were there. Many of the teams had a theme, like this Flintstone group. |
The dragon was going nonstop throughout the festival grounds with people joining at the end. The entire festival was a fundraiser for DragonheartVT, a support group for breast cancer survivors. |
There were over 100 teams entered for the dragon boat races. With 5 boats racing at a time, the races went on all day. |
And of course we had to visit and tour the Magic Hat Brewery. I felt like I was in a Tim Burton movie set. Maybe he designed everything here..... |
But I did like their name for the labeling machine. The filling machine was called the "fillermabog". |
Even the names of their beer was weird. But it did taste good. You were allowed a small sample of all 8 of their craft beers. |
Our final excursion was a trip south to Ticonderoga, back across the lake to NY on another ferry. |
There was a Fife and Drum Muster going on the day we were there. Fife and Drum teams came from as far as Michigan. Some of the participants were as young as 10 years old. |
This was the smallest group, playing in the garden in front of the The Pavillion, built in 1826 as the summer home of William Ferris Pell. |
More Fife and Drum Corps. |
An aerial picture of the restored fort. |
1 comment:
Looks like fun -especially those boat races.
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