Saturday, Sept 29, Touring to Stowe

It is cloudy and 12C this morning as we head off to Stowe. Apparently, the leaves are at their peak there this weekend.
Along the way, we stopped at a Farmers' Market in Shelburne, under drizzly skies.

Next, we came across "Ben & Jerry's" Ice cream factory in Waterbury. www.benjerry.com  Of course, we took the factory tour, but there is no production on weekends and no photography allowed during the tour.
However, it was interesting to hear the story of how Ben & Jerry's came about.


At the end of the tour, we got to sample the newest flavour - Chocolate Nougat Crunch.


On the way out, bought 2 cones, which came to $8.99!!!










 

Then we continued on to Stowe, with showers off & on. The leaves were beautiful, but the cloudy weather didn't help. Stopped at Stowe Mountain Lodge, which is HUGE!










The next stop was at Mount Mansfield, which is Vermont's highest peak at 4395ft. The gondolas were running, but we felt $25.00 per person was a bit much since 3/4 of the mountain is shrouded in clouds!

We headed back south & stopped at Lake Champlain Chocolates, which was an Outlet store, not a production place. Bought some chocolate anyway!

Drove the scenic route back to the campground and arrived at 4:30, just in time for Happy Hour.
On the move tomorrow.