New England Road Trip: Stowe, Vermont
Sunday, August 21, 2011
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The drive from Conway to Stowe was spectacular. First through the White Mountains, climbing to around 3000ft, and then into the Green Mountains of Vermont. We were only 49 miles from Canada when we had to stop on the Interstate to allow a family of wild turkeys to cross the road.
We arrived a little early in Stowe so took a drive up Mountain Road to Smuggler's Notch, a mountain pass up an incredibly narrow road that winds around 20ft boulders seemingly dropped from nowhere, which was used for illegal trade with Canada during the Napoleonic Wars, fugitives fleeing to Canada and smuggling liquor in during Prohibition. It's pretty evident why there are big signs saying "Not suitable for large vehicles".
Vermont and New Hampshire have more covered bridges per square mile than anywhere else in the world and they really were everywhere. This one was right in town on the way to a quaint old family run movie theatre where the waitress/ticket seller/popcorn seller came and offered us cocktails once the lights went down. Apparently they are only licensed to serve alcohol to the back 4 rows in the dark!
Having passed on the cocktails the night before we decided to call in at Cold Hollow Cider Mill for cider donuts for breakfast the following day. They were absolutely gorgeous and still warm from the fryer.
After that incredibly healthy breakfast, we made our way towards Waterbury and the Ben & Jerry's factory. The tour was very interesting but the best bit was definitely the samples of Americone Dream and then a small (not actually small but that's what they called it) Butter Pecan from the scoop shop.
And the sundaes from The Depot St Malt Shop we had later for dinner weren't bad either!
Stepping out onto the balcony later that evening, the heated pool right outside looked very tempting, but probably a bad idea after all that ice-cream.
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