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Well it’s been a while. I went on vacation the 24th and apparently I disapeared.
We headed up to Vermont on Saturday to go camping at Ed’s. Green River Resevoir may be next year, but we had a blast creating our own path up a mountain.
We camped up on top of Armstrong Mountain in Fletcher/Cambridge. It’s not my brother’s property, but real close by. It was higher then our previous site, and quite a bit more difficult to get to but it was a great spot.

We were up on the top of the mountain, and after packing down the ferns there was a great spot for the tent, fire, and plenty of drop wood.

We went up and down each day – being careful to return before dark, visiting my mom, brother, sister and her kids. One day we went over Smuggler’s Notch and down the other side to the Ben & Jerry’s factory. Nicole hadn’t ever been so we took a tour. It was very short, but showed the production line and we got to try their newest flavor: American Pie. It was apply pie flavored with bits of crust mixed in. It was interesting, tasted great, and with the crust I thought I was eating apple pie a la mode.

Nicole also got to see cows being milked when we went to go pick up milk from the farm with my sister. She’s buying local where possible, and I respect that but it’s just not possible around these parts.

It was a really nice couple days. I’ll post pictures (unless Nicole takes them) 😉