Vermont- Ben & Jerry's & Lake Champlain

August 15 - 16

After saying our goodbyes and thanking Bill & Joyce Elliot, the camp managers, for the opportunity to work at Camden Hills, we left Camden Hills State Park saying goodbye to the many friends we’ve made over the past 2 1/2 months.  Though we were ready to leave Camden, leaving our friends pulled on our heart strings more that I though it would.

Mid afternoon we arrived in Dummerston, VT and the Hidden Acres RV Resort.  Not a bad place to stay over for a few days.

On Thursday, we headed north to visit Ben & Jerry's factory in Waterbury.  The drive north was luscious. So much green forest and rolling hills.  Thus the name Green Mountain area.  We were told that we "had" to see the Flavor Graveyard at Ben & Jerry's.  We especially liked Jerry's slogan, "If it isn't fun, why do it?" We took the tour of the factory, had some great ice cream samples and visited the Flavor Graveyard.  I took a pictures of a couple of the gravestones for the fun of it.

After leaving Ben and Jerry's we drove over to Burlington to take a stroll along Lake Champlain.    We had a bite to eat and T had fun at the Lone Sailor Memorial.  The original Lone Sailer Statue  stands in the center of the US Navy Memorial  in Washington, DC.  In honor of the historical naval actions on Lake Champlain front of the Navy Memorial approved the Lone Sailor at this first civilian location.
We drove out to Ethan Allen's homestead and then after getting directions drove around trying to find Ethan Allen's grave.  After driving in circles and not finding the grave, we decide to head back to camp in Dummerston.