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| Fun at Friendly's |
After the Montshire spashapalooza, the rest of the trip followed a similar pattern for the most part - outings in the mornings, chillin' at Camp Nana (and Poppy) in the afternoon. Not every morning saw us visit a proper tourist spot, but hey, to us furriners, Old Navy is a definite attraction. And we even got to experience
Friendly's legendary customer service (does the sarcasm come through on blogger?) while Paige sampled her first cheeseburger. Ah, ain't that America...
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| Waffle-tastic |
Other holiday highlights included a day at
Silver Lake (where Paige sampled her first hotdog); an afternoon at Woodstock's Wednesday farmers' market (her first snickerdoodle); a visit to the Path of Life garden (her first taste of African food at lunch afterwards); and another diner breakfast (first waffle). Hmm - I sense a theme here.
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| Chillin' at the lake |
Amazingly enough, we did find time to do more than eat. Aside from the hot dogs and chips at Silver Lake, it was fantastic on a blisteringly hot day to swim and swim and swim. Paige was less enamoured of the water than we expected, but she looked awful cute in her factor 50 swimsuit complete with foreign legion hat and sunglasses, so that was ok. And we got to watch Poppy in his kayak, woot woot, go Poppy go!
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| Walking the Path of Life |
And the
Path of Life Garden was an experience, to be sure. A bit hippy dippy, with the 18 different 'garden rooms' leading from one symbolising birth, through to death and rebirth, passing of course along the way wisdom, ambition, and sorrow, among others. It is beautifully laid out, however, and definitely worth a visit. As mentioned we followed up our Garden walk with lunch at casual African restaurant
Mariam's -- definitely *not* something you expect to find in Vermont. Or most of New England for that matter. How could we not go? Unfortunately, the service, while with a smile, was also snail speed - so not sure we'll go back, but we had to at least give it a try.
