Remember that I went to Vermont?

This post took a while because a little someone I know named Kenny refused to get the pictures to me.

Let me give you the lowdown on this trip see. Kaz, Kenny and I leave Boston in the late afternoon to arrive in Stowe, VT at about 10 O'Clock. It is 27 degrees outside. It is freakin' September and this state is so ridiculous, that it reaches below freezing in the middle of September.

No matter though, a steamy homecooked brisket waited inside the cozy little schoolhouse ready to be devoured. Kenny was there, so obviously that was no problem. Look at the coze factor here:



That is a fat log with slits in it, and it is their staircase. Amazing. We play some trivial pursuit (obviously I dominate) and go to bed ready for a full day of work.

Here is a picture of Kenny and I working hard.


Here is a picture of the ridiculous amount of wood we stacked.


Here is a picture of the three of us sitting on a pile of wood. It is one of the best pictures ever taken of me...


After a long day of hard work (about 11 hours), of stacking, of mulching, of seeding, of clearing, of hacking, of digging etc. we are ready to eat (remember, Kenny is there). We head into town and eat some of the most amazing food I've ever had at a place called The Whip @ The Green Mountain Inn... Oh my god...

We retire to an epic game of monopoly that I dominate at again and go to sleep.

What is a trip to VT without a a little pancake breakfast action? We went out to a nice little diner where we sat next to man literally named Dr. Danger. Props to Kaz for recognizing our little celebrity from the Mojo channel (yea, that is a real tv station). Props to the waitress too for recognizing him and getting him in our picture!

Here we are at the breakfast place with Kaz's dad (who I can't thank enough for taking us out and making VT amazing!) and with Dr. Danger (on the left looking suspect with his macBook pro).


And what is a trip to VT trip to the Ben and Jerry's factory? What an incredible place. Cheap tours, ice cream abound, crazy paintings everywhere, cows! and the flavor graveyard...

Check us out in front of their van!


Have you had Oatmeal Cookie Chunk? I never had it either. I never would have chosen it, but I got it for free... Very likely my new favorite ice cream flavor. Very likely.



Bottom Lines:
VT is my second favorite state in the union.
Hard work can be rewarding.
VT is way too cold.
Thank you very much Dr. Kazakoff for making everything possible, I had a great time.
Ice cream is good.

We sang a song on the way up that I think captures the epicness of this trip. Here it is:

The look even more like idiots than we did in Vermont.