After Montreal we spent 3 nights in Chester Vermont. Why Chester? No reason really. It seemed half way to Boston and the Air BNB was the right price.
We left Montreal and headed straight for the Ben and Jerry’s factory for a tour and tasting. They had an informative propaganda film that exalted the values of being bought by Unilever. Saying that, they must be better than Nestle! We had a couple of ice creams before getting back in the car to find Chester. We were without cell phones at this point (more on this in another post) and arrived after dark to our little cabin in the woods.
In the morning we were greeted by wild turkeys running around and beautiful tree covered mountains. We spent the day getting groceries (beer) and walking around the forest. The next day we had a 1 hour train ride through the hills and got treated to some early foliage.
On our last day we did a self guided walking tour through Chester. We stopped at a local cafe for lunch, a tasting flight of beers and picked up more at a local beer shop. Vermont is famous for its selection of craft breweries and we weren’t disappointed.
Our cabin was fantastic. Nestled amongst the trees, completely secluded. It had a full kitchen with a washing machine and oven. It was almost completely baby proof and even had baby gates. The finished basement had a ping table which occupied Moose for hours.
After Vermont we went to Boston to catch up with more friends!