Our last full day of Vermont ended up pretty good. We went to Cabot Creamery in morning. It is about a 50 minute drive from Stowe, and the kids were really great in the car. We got there and had to wait 20 mintues for the next tour and again, the kids were really good. They had tons of cheese for us to sample and also other dairy products like butter and dips. We had our fill and then took the tour which was very interesting, and Avi was even asking a lot of questions. Certainly a highlight of the trip!
After Cabot, we went back to the resort for lunch and then after a short rest time we (finally) made our way to the Kodesh Kodashim (Holy of Holies), Ben and Jerrys. We got there at about 3:30 and they were giving out tickets for the 4:20 tour. We could have bought Ice Cream then but the line was so long we were afraid that we would not make the tour. So we browsed the gift shop and just hung out (even met a frum family from Passaic!) The kids loved the tour and the taste of Ice Cream at the end. I was very surprised to learn that Ben and Jerrys had been bought by Unilever a number of years ago. I had not idea. But they had a special deal with Unilever that Ben and Jerrys would be an autonomus company with and not have to change any of its social action ways. Thank God for that, because Ben and Jerrys, having been founded by two nice red sea pedestrians, is all about social justice.
After the tour (when the line was short) we purchased the mini Vermonster (4 scoops of ice cream topped with fresh baked brownie, chocolate chip cookie, banana, hot fudge, whipped cream plus 4 more toppings!) to share. It was great! Of course, it was now close to 5:30 pm and we did not want to think about dinner. We ended up waiting until about 7 to get the grill going and I grilled hotdogs and we finished up other leftovers.
All in all a great day (which of course was topped off with packing up to leave tomorrow morning). I doubt I will blog tomorrow, but I have no idea what to expect from our trip. Hopefully Avi will be better behaved. We shall see…
So which is it? Marsha saw this sign so many times she just had to take a photo.
Thanks for stopping by the Cabot Creamery! I hope you picked up some goodies to take with you 🙂
~Jacquelyn
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