Our last full day in Vermont started with Ellen and me heading down into Waterbury on a Heady Topper quest. Actually, I was looking for the Craft Beer Cellar, which I hoped would have Heady, but at least would have a good selection of craft brews.
Our plan was temporarily thwarted by Waterbury's "Not quite Independence Day" parade. The parade was going right down Rt. 100 past the store, so we couldn't get there. We did find a side street place to park, and walked a couple of blocks to the store, though. Even though we missed the parade, we got there in time to see the fire truck with the giant American flag that was hanging over the route. Ellen took a picture of it and posted it on Facebook. The kids saw it and now think we went to a parade without them!
The Craft Beer Cellar did have Heady, with a one four-pack per person limit, so we got two, and a couple of other things that looked interesting. Definitely a place to check out earlier in the week next time.
The afternoon saw the cousins come over and they took the kids fishing in the little brook by the house. Everyone caught fish and threw them back in, but a couple of them were too badly damaged to return to the water, so those came home.
John taught Iain how to clean a fish, then Liam fried them up for a tasty dinner.
It was a nice, relaxing end to our Vermont vacation. Sunday saw us back on the highway to Connecticut to spend the night (and one more time at Village Pizza), then back to Ohio on Monday.
Our plan was temporarily thwarted by Waterbury's "Not quite Independence Day" parade. The parade was going right down Rt. 100 past the store, so we couldn't get there. We did find a side street place to park, and walked a couple of blocks to the store, though. Even though we missed the parade, we got there in time to see the fire truck with the giant American flag that was hanging over the route. Ellen took a picture of it and posted it on Facebook. The kids saw it and now think we went to a parade without them!
The Craft Beer Cellar did have Heady, with a one four-pack per person limit, so we got two, and a couple of other things that looked interesting. Definitely a place to check out earlier in the week next time.
The afternoon saw the cousins come over and they took the kids fishing in the little brook by the house. Everyone caught fish and threw them back in, but a couple of them were too badly damaged to return to the water, so those came home.
John taught Iain how to clean a fish, then Liam fried them up for a tasty dinner.
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| Cleaning the fish |
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