Quechee, VT - Day 2

Our first stop today was at Simon Pearce Glass in Quechee, VT. Other than selling somewhat pricey, but nice, glass objects and other art, they have a place where you can view the glass makers at work. Alongside the building was a beautiful waterfall just upstream from the covered bridge that we drove our RV through on our way to the campground.

Then it was on to Windsor, VT where we visited the American Precision Museum. On display here was a large collection of old machinery that was designed back as early as the 1830's to automate the manufacture of all sorts of goods from rifles to wood screws. One of the machines - a Bridgeport Milling Machine - was one I used at my first job after leaving the Navy in the early 60's. They even had a display of miniature machine models (notice the quarter in the lower left for a size comparison) that actually worked!

From there, we decided to have lunch at the Harpoon Brewery just down the road. Tours weren't available on Monday but the brewery was operating at full tilt so we watched the operations for a while before hunger took over. Lunch was good and their Octoberfest beer was a nice accent.