Vermont

Saturday, August 8, 2009

Off to Vermont!

We took the ferry across Lake Champlain from New York to Vermont. It is another beautiful day. Made all the better by reports of a scorching (if 98% humidity at any temperature can be considered scorching) day in Orlando. The ferry is a 1 hour trip across the lake. When coming up on Burlington Vermont, the most striking aspect of the city is how much it blends into the green background. Burlington is not big, but with 38,000 residents, I expected it to be a bigger blotch of city in the tree lined lake.

Continuing our good fortune for the trip, there is a street festival going on here today. Lots of people and street performers are around Church Street. Church Street is a permanently pedestrian only center of town. There are nice little shops all over the place. It is a very, very nice place.

Now, a warning. Many of our friends would be fairly uncomfortable here. That would be anyone who is conservative or even worse, Republican. Burlington is the very liberal center of a very liberal state. Organic produce rules, peace signs are everywhere, green living is a way of life, and the bumper stickers are very different from the ones we see in Orlando. Very crunchy granola.

Our destination is the Limehurst Lake campground. This is our third time in this campground. It is around a lake, that the kids can swim in, and is one of our favorite places. And this time, we even got a campsite that is in range of the wireless internet. Thus, the flood of postings today.