Yesterday we took a drive to Cabot, Vermont to see the Creamery. I believe the Cabot Creamery is the largest dairy farmers' cooperative in the Northeast. We saw the video of the history, took a tour to see the operations, and sampled some products.
We were impressed with the speed of the line and the efficiency of the workers.
Since we had read in the Summer 2012 Vermont Life magazine about a nearby historic Victorian home, we continued down Main Street to find it. It is privately owned. Looks like it could be a wonderful Victorian museum someday.
From there we drove to the Grand View Winery. The roads were unpaved, rural, and rough. Loggers were at work and they needed to move their truck so we could pass them. It was worth the drive. The views were Vermont-beautiful. Gardens leading to the winery were gorgeous, including a hardy hibiscus that , I was told, can survive a 30 degree below winter. I was busy taking photos of the flowers while Geo was sampling wine.
I like this view through the wineglasses of the fields and mountains.
We purchased a bottle of Pear Wine.
Then it was back over the rough roads to highway 2 towards Plainfield. Geo wanted to find The Dancing Goat cafe. We stopped for tea for him and a latte for me.
We had lunch at a restaurant on 2, then headed home through Montpelier. We stopped at Manghis', one of Geo's favorite bakeries, for a few loaves of bread. AND Geo picked up one of these:
Special edition dark chocolate yet to be enjoyed... (along with the pear wine!)
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