A day in Vermont (part 2)

After we went to Cabot Creamery, we continued West into Vermont towards Waterbury and home of Ben & Jerry's. I asked the people at Cabot how long it would take and they said 45 minutes.

We piled back into the car and headed on our way. We didn't get very far when I thought I needed to go to take some pictures.

I am not sure what kind of cows these guys are on the right, but they were just lounging out by the road. If someone knows please let me know.

We continued driving West on Route 2 and found our way to the Capital of Vermont, Montpelier. We then hopped onto I-89 at Exit 8 and headed North. We got off at Exit 10 and headed straight for the ice cream factory.

We arrived there about 50 minutes from leaving the Cabot Creamery. The parking lot was not very crowded. In the Winter tours run on the half hour and last 30 minutes. In the busier times they go every 10 minutes. The tour is a 3 part tour. The first part is a 10 minute movie on the history of Ben &Jerry's. That is followed by a view of the production line. While we were there they were just finishing cleaning the line and restarted production. After watching them make ice cream we were taking to the tasting room.

At this point we were given a sample of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream. The ice cream was fresh off of the production line which meant is was more of a consistency of soft serve ice cream. The tour was complete but our need for ice cream was incomplete. We did look around the gift shop and made a few purchases.

They were getting ready for a Winter Festival and had some snow sculptures being made.

On the way back I stopped to take some pictures at a place that had a gorgeous view of the White Mountains. I could see the Presidential Range, Mount Lafayette, Cannon Mountain and the Kinsman Range