Fall Foliage: Day 4There's one thing we learned that is for certain: no matter how long a migrant from "away" has been leaving here, they will never be true Vermonters in the eyes of the natives. Fortunately we got to learn what some of the "true" Vermonters do up here in the Green Mountain State.
After a scenic drive over the Connecticut river and into the state of Vermont we visited the Morse Maple Sugar Farm. We were entertained with a witty presentation by Berr Morse, the 7Th generation sugar farmer and author. Afterwards we got to try a little "Sugar-On-Ice"...very simple but very yummy.
The afternoon was spent in the state capital, Montpelier. Our group dined at a variety of restaurants for lunch, The Main Street Grill, The Skinny Pancake or the Cafe in the capital building.The capital was large compared to the other towns we've been in but still small in our eyes.What is the difference between apple cider and apple juice? Cider has NO additives at all, just pure juice from the apple press then heated to 178 degrees and then cooled down while juice has sugar and several other ingredient. The fresh cider we tasted at the Cold Hollow Cider Mill was fantastic, hot or cold. We saw the workers running the press machine. The batch of apples in the machine in the photo can produce 300 gallons of cider and 800 lbs of feed for local farmers at once ...wow. The cider mill sold an assortment of gifts and scrumpcious snacks including hot apple doughnuts, apple pie, apple cookies and fresh apples for only 10 cents a piece.
After a relaxed day of touring and driving through the mountains we had dinner at the Countryman's Pleasure Restaurant where we tried traditional German dishes including Sauerbraten and stuffed apricot chicken.
We are now staying at the Holiday Inn in the town of Killington, where we actually found a McDonalds (fast food is rare in this state).
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