Vermont

June 20, 2007 | Filed Under Main |

Vermont

The Green Mountain State. Fourteenth State of the Union.
Capital: Montpelier. Largest City: Burlington.
Maple syrup – lots of it.
Breweries – LOTS of them.
A very singular state. They have one of the few Independent U.S. Senators and, of course, Democrat Patrick Leahy, who has been in Congress for almost three decades. Since he was 12, I believe.
Last year, five towns voted to impeach President Bush (or, as we like to call him – Beavis). This year, some crazy group wants Vermont to secede from the U. S. (14th in – 1st out).

I will be visiting this fine state this weekend. My best friend and his family have been living there for fifteen years and I have never visited. (My excuse: I couldn’t find it on a map and I was concerned about the plumbing…). So this Friday I will finally make that trip. Tom and Liz and family live in Winooski, which is just outside the largest city in Vermont. Winooski – at a population of 6,560 – is considered the 7th largest city in Vermont, whereas my town in Jersey – with a population of 4,200 – is somewhere around the 30,000th largest town in New Jersey. (You can see my apprehension…)

Did I mention the breweries? Well, there is a king hell LOAD of them up there! And part of this visit will be to visit one of my favorites – Magic Hat. Mmmmmm, Beeeeeeer…..

I look forward to my visit and I’ll let everyone know what it’s like. My flight is Friday. Did you know planes actually fly there? Amazing…

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  1. terry June 20, 2007 4:48 pm

    My favorite Vermont memory…

    We were in Wilmington, VT, in October. We were walking around the shops there. Two guys, baseball hats, flannel shirts, jeans…walked by each other…one said “Look’s like snow” and the other nodded. They each walked on.

    That was it. Pure Vermont.

    Have fun!