Saturday Ramblings

Doesn't everybody love Saturdays? At first, we wanted to go somewhere different and exciting every Saturday, but the last two Saturdays we've stayed closer to home.
First, we explore downtown Barre. There's always something going on. This week was hotrods. I really enjoyed them. The annual Green Mountain Motorheads show was the big attraction. We were there early. You could see classic cars coming from every direction.

Then we go to Montpelier to the Flea Market. This is from last week and it had just poured down rain. This week it was beautiful and sunny. The streets of Montpelier were jumping! This flea market brings out hippies, artists, street vendors, entertainers, etc. This week it was long-haired, long-bearded mountain bands in dirty clothes. Joe, you'd have enjoyed them. I did. Instrument cases open for donations. I'm thinking they're CEOs during the work week and dirty, bare-footed musicians on Saturdays or maybe they're genuine. There’s a lot of ethnic food and crafts. It’s also a farmer’s market and we’ve been astounded at the vegetables already available. We also went to the Waterbury flea market which is huge and by some estimates been going on for 30 or 40 years. Bunch of junk to me.

Last week while standing in the rain under our umbrellas waiting for the downpour to abate, I snapped this picture of one of Montpelier’s churches. There are so many churches within blocks of each other. That's one of the things I love about New England.

From Waterbury I wanted to go to Stowe for an errand, so we stopped at the world-famous Cold Harbor Cider Mill. We were disappointed. At the mill, the guy was using a hand-crank press and piller like your neighbor might use. He informed us that was how they made their cider. We asked where the commercial press was and he said this was it. Baloney! Hand-cranked for cider which is sent all over the world? I'm skeptical.

We attended Zone Conference in Lebanon, New Hamsphire on Tuesday. These are geared for young elders, but it's the only time the senior missionaries in our area can get together. We love lunchtime which lasted two hours. We've made some nice friends. Our president doesn't have much time for the senior missionaries.

For fun, I took a picture of one of the folders which we imaged. There are 185 images in the packet which means front and back sides of the documents. This file was from 1858. The work goes on. Have a good week everyone.