Burlington, VT – 09.02.14

-Dan bought a hatchet in downtown Burlington to make our bonfire prep a little more smooth.

-Porkchop the pig!!

 

Burlington, Vermont is a city with an interesting charm, it’s like your favorite grandma’s house combined with a hippie festival. We had plans later that week with family so we only had a short time to explore here. We loved walking the extremely touristy Church St. Marketplace, a pedestrian stretch of road with coffee shops, record stores, panhandlers and musicians. You could spend a whole day there people watching and never get bored. We struggled to leave Muddy Waters, our new favorite coffee shop, it had an unmistakeable vibe. There were beams made out of old tree trunks, and notes scattered in the cracks, naturally we left our own marks.

On the way out of downtown Burlington on one of our last days, we were blasting “The Pointer Sisters – I’m So Excited” at full volume in the truck for no apparent reason. As we jammed out driving we noticed something out of the ordinary; a man with a pet pig taking an afternoon walk. We promptly found a place to pull over and made conversation with the owner, because, well… he had a pig! The owner was really cool and the pig’s name was Porkchop. Porkchop! A one and half year old mini-pig who got a ton of attention from everyone around. This duo was the perfect start to the ongoing photo series of people we meet on the road. What a couple of interesting characters.

As we said our farewell to Burlington, we stopped in Waterbury, Vermont at the Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream factory. We take Ben and Jerry’s very seriously, so this was an important stop on our Journey to Southern Vermont. We toured the factory, saw how everything was made, and then took a trip to the scoop shop to get an ice cream of our own. One of our favorite parts was the “Flavor Graveyard” – a realistic graveyard with tombstones for each deceased flavor of the past. This is a good stop for anyone passing through the area.

Overall, Burlington was definitely the type of place we like to hang out. The buzzing nightlife, music scene, and constant flow of new exciting things to do is exactly the type of energy that we like. We would love to come back here to spend some more time, we might even bring some friends.
Peace!
-D&T