Vermont - Day 1

Our first stop of the day was at the Vermont Marble Museum in Proctor, VT. This place claims to be the world's largest marble exhibit and has everything from marble busts of our 40 past Presidents to examples of the various types of marble known to man.

On the way to our next stop, we passed by, and sometimes through, four old covered bridges - all built in the early 1840's using what is called town lattice construction. It is amazing that some of these bridges are still in use today.

Our last stop of the day was at the New England Maple Museum in Pittsford, VT - supposedly the sweetest story ever told! This place traces the history of maple syrup from the time the Indians discovered that maple sap cooked over an open fire produces a sweet syrup through how it is now harvested and refined into what we enjoy today. And, yes, we got hooked on the samples and bought some to take with us to use on our pancakes. Yum!