Catching Up: Vacation- Day 4

Day 4: Canada to NYC

First thing on day 4 we achieved our goal. We drove the last 5 miles to the end of Route 9, and got close enough to Canada to fool our cell phone provider. (They sent us a text welcoming us to Canada.) We cheered, took some pictures and then turned around.

The arrow in that picture is pointing to the circled "End Rte 9" sign. Photographic evidence, folks.

For our trip home, we decided to take a different route and drive through Vermont, Massachusetts, and Connecticut. More stunning scenery and lots of fun tourist traps. Ready for too many pictures? Here we go!

First, they may want to change the state slogan of Vermont to: "Stick your Face into a Hole and Take a Cute Picture!"  Many faces were stuck in many holes and many pictures were taken. Here are some of the cutest:

First we visited the Vermont Teddy Bear Factory. We brought along our bear to visit his home. The kids were very impressed that the bears are guaranteed for life, and loved rolling around in the giant pile of bears.

Next we hit the Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream Factory tour. Definitely the tastiest tour, and they even had sorbet that Rose could have at the end! She was ready to just enjoy the science of ice cream, but it is always better to enjoy the real thing.

Next we hit the giant Cabot cheese store. It was free sample heaven. Then we stopped by a cider press...

and a glass blowing studio...

and just had a wonderful time.

Then we finally got onto a major highway and hurried home. The only major side trip was when we decided to slip over the river into New Hampshire for dinner, just so we could say we had been there. We managed to get lost, and the only restaurant that was Rose friendly was Burger King, so it wasn't exactly the highlight of our trip. Still- we can say that we've been there.

We rolled into NYC around one in the morning, spent 45 minutes looking for a parking spot, and then still managed to get a parking ticket by 7:45 the next morning. It is a testament to how great our trip was that we just shrugged and said that it was totally worth it.