A Famous Place

Our injunction from our president was to see as many of the sights in the mission as we can while we're here. On Saturday, we decided to visit Stowe, Vermont, which is about 30 miles from Barre. Outside the Archives is a row of crabapple trees which is just beautiful. This tree is near the parking lot to Ben & Jerry's in Waterbury, Vermont, which is on the way to Stowe.

This is the entrance to Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Factory. It was a quick, but fun tour. We had a sample of Oatmeal Cookie Chunk ice cream. Yumm. The tour here was quick especially because they don't actually make ice cream on the weekends. They had a guilt-free mirror which made everyone look skinnier and taller. I'm going to get one of those.

This the sprawling Trapp Family Lodge. After their successful touring for years after their escape to Austria the von Trapp family settled in Vermont because it reminded them of their homeland. This is a huge place with this huge ski resort plus gardens, deer farms, arboretums, etc. The family still maintains this today.

A view from the parking lot across the street from the Lodge. A storm was brewing.

The view moments later in a downpour.

This was the only picture I took in Stowe because of a horrendous downpour. We parked here so Garth could get some pliers at a nearby hardware store. This is the community church in Stowe itself and has the tallest steeple of any I've seen so far. Every town has several old churches most with a tall steeple, but this was very tall. I couldn't get a better picture because the traffic was heavy and the rain was pouring.

Next week the granite quarries. Garth's been waiting for the tour since we got here.