On Friday, we went to visit the Ben & Jerry’s factory in Waterbury, VT, which is about 30 minutes, or so, from where we live.
If you have this idyllic picture of a whimsical, little factory nestled in the mountains of Vermont, well, you’d be pretty much right.
We totally forgot that there was a bunch of stuff going on in Stowe this weekend, which is right next to Waterbury, so the place was unnecessarily packed.
I say unnecessarily because living 30 minutes away, it is not necessary for us to go when the place is packed.
Some might even say it is a little foolish.
Unless those people like big crowds, in which case, I would say those people are a little crazy.
At any rate, we got there around 3:20 and the next tour we could get tickets for was at 4:10.
Fortunately, there are a lot of things to do there.
Unfortunately, they all cost money.
They do have a free playground there, though, so we went and hung out there. The time went by pretty quickly.
The tour was fun, you know, as far as factory tours go. And we got to have a sample of ice cream, too.
Then we went to the supermarket and bought a box of Hood ice cream cones for $2.50, instead of spending $2.75 per person for a single scoop of Ben & Jerry’s.
The important thing was that we got to have some fun family time.
And ice cream.
Big D (and Chocolate Fudge Brownie)
Little E on the playground
Big E with an ice cream mustache
