Route 4

Route 4 connects White River Junction with Rutland. Quite a long road. Today Jill, Naomi, Steph, and I discovered a good chunk of this road. Woodstock was our first stop. Now some would call this town a yuppy town... o wait, I would call this town a yuppy town, cause it is. Flat landers. Just sayin'. Putting that aside, it is a beautiful town. Very picturesque Vermont town. We attended church at the First Congregational Church, where Jill goes during the school year along with many other Dartmouth students. My co-worker also goes there and after saying, "Hello" Naomi claimed I know people everywhere. I don't see this as a problem.

After churched we strolled the sidewalks, ducking into little shops that peeked our interest. In one of them I started choking but no big deal, we moved on as if nothing had happened. Along our walk we happened upon a small stream running under the road. There was a little pathway that lead down to the water. At this point we were quite warm and decided to put our feet in and cool off.

As our stomaches started to growl more we took off for Quechee to have lunch at Simon Pearce. Delicious, I must say. And a beautiful view overlooking the waterfall. Perfect place for a late lunch with the girls. After eating our lamb burgers or sesame chicken or quiche we went out to the overlook above the waterfall. There were about 20 guys and girls swimming in the river. Two of the guys were climbing and jumping off the waterfall into what appeared to be shallow water. After marveling at their stupidity for a few minutes we realized they were drinking and it all made sense. Boys...

Next we went to one of my favorite places, Quechee Village and Antique Mall. Much to our surprise as we walked up to the door we saw a sign for a wine tasting. Yes please. Putney Mountain Winery makes all their wines from fruits that are all grown locally in Vermont and is only sold in Vermont. We tried samples of a pear wine, two rhubarb wines, an apple maple wine, a cranberry wine, and a cassis. All amazing. After our wine tasting we sampled some of Vermont's finest foods including Cabot cheese and maple syrup. We then wandered through the endless isles of the antique mall and bought ridiculous pins. A quick stop at the hand made ice cream shop and a short chat with R2D2 and our day was complete.

Great day in two wonderful Vermont towns. Success. :)