A nice thing about long vacations is that you can wander and not always be on a schedule. We set out on a day of wandering about the countryside and stopped at the Round Church in Richmond, VT.
We happened upon the Moulton Family Farm along the road. They had all manner of vegetables for sale, along with berries, maple syrup, etc. We were sad that we couldn't buy any squash or large pumpkins, but the kids were able to buy a few gourds. We spent quite a while hanging out with Farmer Moulton. He took the kids to see his pigs, taught us about how they harvest and make their maple syrup, let the kids pick through his cart load of gourds for their favorites (and gave them a few freebies beyond what we had already paid for), and chatted with us about his family (all his sons are involved in the farm and live within a short distance). We bought some maple syrup from him as well.
Holy Pumpkins!!!!
We went for a walk around Indian Brook Reservoir. There wasn't an official distance posted but we figure it was about 3 miles (???). The kids great until the end. Dallin was a machine and had a blast the entire way. Lauren on the other hand did well until she told us for the 2oth time that she was thirsty and informed us that if we didn't get her something to drink she was going to scream. This picture was pretty cool with the clouds reflecting in the water. You couldn't see it in person, but it showed up in the photos.
Here we are with the requisite sticks and mushrooms. We found all kinds of interesting mushrooms and lichen. Lauren wanted to make houses out of them, but the best we could do was to carry them around on our sticks. It was fun to explore the forrest for new things.
Two handsome guys.
Todd was showing the kids how cool he is by running up the tree. I'm sure you can picture how the landing was. The second time, was better and he landed it with a little more grace. After this we went to a beverage and got a drink (before Lauren screamed :-)) and homemade cake slices, yum! (What a great dinner, we had to find some better dinner later.)
A nice thing about long vacations is that you can wander and not always be on a schedule. We set out on a day of wandering about the countryside and stopped at the Round Church in Richmond, VT. 
We happened upon the Moulton Family Farm along the road. They had all manner of vegetables for sale, along with berries, maple syrup, etc. We were sad that we couldn't buy any squash or large pumpkins, but the kids were able to buy a few gourds. We spent quite a while hanging out with Farmer Moulton. He took the kids to see his pigs, taught us about how they harvest and make their maple syrup, let the kids pick through his cart load of gourds for their favorites (and gave them a few freebies beyond what we had already paid for), and chatted with us about his family (all his sons are involved in the farm and live within a short distance). We bought some maple syrup from him as well.
Holy Pumpkins!!!! 
We went for a walk around Indian Brook Reservoir. There wasn't an official distance posted but we figure it was about 3 miles (???). The kids great until the end. Dallin was a machine and had a blast the entire way. Lauren on the other hand did well until she told us for the 2oth time that she was thirsty and informed us that if we didn't get her something to drink she was going to scream. This picture was pretty cool with the clouds reflecting in the water. You couldn't see it in person, but it showed up in the photos.
Here we are with the requisite sticks and mushrooms. We found all kinds of interesting mushrooms and lichen. Lauren wanted to make houses out of them, but the best we could do was to carry them around on our sticks. It was fun to explore the forrest for new things.
Two handsome guys.
Todd was showing the kids how cool he is by running up the tree. I'm sure you can picture how the landing was. The second time, was better and he landed it with a little more grace. After this we went to a beverage and got a drink (before Lauren screamed :-)) and homemade cake slices, yum! (What a great dinner, we had to find some better dinner later.)
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