We drove around, exploring a bit and looking for another Brooks Bros. for Stephen. Found one , I guess the prices are better than on-line but the selection is limited.
Went to downtown Burlington. Like so many other east coast cities, the buildings are very old, huge churches, big traditional style mansions with white columns in front. Mostly red brick construction.
They have a nice shopping area in the middle of town, 3 blocks closed to traffic with lots of shops and restaurants. We ate lunch at The Farmhouse Tap and Grill. They pride themselves on supporting local farms ,so most of the meat and cheese and veggies are from nearby sources. Great selection of Vermont beers, I tried a couple.Small ones!!
After lunch we were off on another quest to find treats to bring home for Mickey and the cats. Not many doggie boutiques in Burlington
This is a huge university town, home to The University of Vermont, Trinity College, and Champlain College.
There are young people everywhere. It's the first time we've seen sorority and fraternity houses. Huge old homes with Greek letters on the walls. Reminds me of Animal House with John Belushi and the Lamda something frat house!
I forgot to mention yesterday that Lake George is where Rachael Ray started her career. She has a home in a nearby town but she didn't come out to see us!
We didn't see much wildlife on this trip. Two deer in eastern Quebec, four wild turkeys flew across the road in Maine, saw a couple of squirrels here and there and some turtles in a pond and possibly a moose, it may have been a stump. Those were the live ones. There were two dead beavers, several dead porcupines, a couple of dead skunks in the middle of the road that we could smell for miles and a few unidentifiable critters.
Tonight we ordered pizza from Juniors, next door, not bad but not great either. Now we have to finish off whats left of our wine and rum before we cross the border. It's a hard life!
Tomorrow on to Montreal Airport.
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