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The house is more like a compound, it's several buildings - Sat 25 Jul 2015 10:44:26 AM

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The Craft Beer Cellar was just across the street from our place - Sun 19 Jul 2015 06:00:22 PM

Just next door, the Prohibition Pig is a trendy restaurant with its own brewery - Mon 20 Jul 2015 07:11:21 PM

This bank in town has a pig for its logo - Mon 20 Jul 2015 07:10:33 PM

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The people we rented a room from had a couple of bunnies - Wed 22 Jul 2015 08:00:26 PM

Just down the street, Michele named this friendly guy Colonel Mustard - Fri 24 Jul 2015 05:41:59 PM

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At the end of the street, the Cross Vermont Trail goes right behind someone's back yard - Fri 24 Jul 2015 05:46:36 PM

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Brewpub we stopped at for lunch the day we arrived - Sun 19 Jul 2015 01:26:19 PM

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They've got their own solar panels, as did lots of places in Vermont - Sun 19 Jul 2015 12:22:11 PM

This corn field was just behind a shopping center! - Sun 19 Jul 2015 01:50:49 PM

I don't think there was actually an electric fence anywhere. - Sun 19 Jul 2015 01:51:15 PM

About to hike to the Camel's Hump - Mon 20 Jul 2015 11:31:35 AM

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A couple of hours in, we had lunch at this nice spot - Mon 20 Jul 2015 12:51:02 PM

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Shelburne Farms, a 1400-acre working farm that is also a popular visit for tourists - Tue 21 Jul 2015 11:24:27 AM

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The "Farm Barn" turned out to look a lot fancier than a barn - Tue 21 Jul 2015 11:34:15 AM

No explanation for these carvings, I still don't know their story - Tue 21 Jul 2015 11:35:50 AM

This permanent food truck served lunch. The lamb sausage was awesome. - Tue 21 Jul 2015 12:09:26 PM

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Very little goes to waste! - Tue 21 Jul 2015 12:09:36 PM

Behind the farm barn, we walked on a trail out to Lake Champlain - Tue 21 Jul 2015 12:47:53 PM

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Across the lake is New York (and a brewing storm!) - Tue 21 Jul 2015 01:23:55 PM

Michele says pictures like this are a thing on the Internet - Tue 21 Jul 2015 01:24:49 PM

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Made it back to the farm barn just in time! - Tue 21 Jul 2015 01:53:22 PM

Magic Hat brewery in Burlington - Tue 21 Jul 2015 02:56:31 PM

I believe these signs are actually serious - Tue 21 Jul 2015 02:58:01 PM

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This nice dog was outside Switchback brewery - Tue 21 Jul 2015 04:17:22 PM

On the hike up Mt. Mansfield - Wed 22 Jul 2015 10:18:10 AM

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Look at the angle of the tree to see how steep the (wet!) rocks are - Wed 22 Jul 2015 10:18:37 AM

Finally a flat hike -- to Moss Glen Falls - Wed 22 Jul 2015 02:49:42 PM

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I'm trying to get a picture of a bee - Wed 22 Jul 2015 02:53:19 PM

This guy - Wed 22 Jul 2015 02:53:57 PM

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The bridge over Quechee Gorge - Thu 23 Jul 2015 11:24:04 AM

Quechee Gorge - Thu 23 Jul 2015 11:29:10 AM

Simon Pearce's glass-blowing shop in Quechee - Thu 23 Jul 2015 12:56:19 PM

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This mold makes a champagne flute, but there's a second mold at the bottom ... - Thu 23 Jul 2015 12:56:47 PM

The glass at the bottom makes a turtle! - Thu 23 Jul 2015 12:59:30 PM

The finished products: champagne flute and turtle - Thu 23 Jul 2015 12:59:40 PM

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The glass-blowing shop is on the river at a dam - Thu 23 Jul 2015 01:08:46 PM

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Sugarbush Farm, a much smaller farm that also allows visitors - Thu 23 Jul 2015 01:43:12 PM

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These lines are ready for maple syrup making, which is done in the winter - Thu 23 Jul 2015 01:36:38 PM

The farm even has its own tiny chapel in the woods - Thu 23 Jul 2015 01:37:53 PM

Vermont is so into maple syrup, you'd think it was Canada - Thu 23 Jul 2015 01:42:58 PM

Markers for how high the snow was in each winter - Thu 23 Jul 2015 01:45:01 PM

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In Burlington (the "big city") Michele studies the map - Fri 24 Jul 2015 12:18:46 PM

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New York, across Lake Champlain - Fri 24 Jul 2015 12:19:41 PM

Pete's Greens, a roadside farmer's market - Fri 24 Jul 2015 03:07:29 PM

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On the way back to the airport, we stopped at the very awesome Worthy Kitchen - Sat 25 Jul 2015 12:54:06 PM

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Joel's Pictures

Vermont, July 2015