Ice cream, cheese and ivy.

An update to our trip!

Yesterday, Sunday, Sara and I went to Dartmouth College! Our first ivy league experience! Just so happens it was also commencement day-- lucky us! It was actually a good day to go because the town of Hanover which is combined (basically) with Dartmouth was very lively and spiritful. We really didn't blend in, though, because most of the people were there for the ceremony and had friends and family there. We, however, had camera's around our necks and maps in front of our faces. Oh joy! The tourists are here.



We saw a lot of cool brick buildings, still not sure which ones were dorms and which ones were academic buildings. We were able to find the Admissions building, a building for information and a theater (that's where we found our trusty map!), a library (of course, we work at a library, why not seek one out?), the Green (where the ceremony was taking place) and the Hood Museum of Art! Dartmouth is a very old, historic campus and it nestled in the mountains of New Hampshire, just across the Connecticut River from Vermont. Listen to me, I sound like a website. But seriously, it is just beautiful. The art museum had an awesome collection and was possibly my favorite part of Dartmouth because I have never been exposed to some of the types of art before. Such as early Renaissance and early American art collections. I am so excited I got to have my first Ivy League experience at Dartmouth College because the atmosphere was friendly, academic, intelligent and beautiful.

After Dartmouth we came back to the motor home and goofed around for a bit while Bob and Sue went to the laundromat. Sara and I took crazy pics of ourselves and I managed to suck up her computer cord into the vacuum while trying to help out (yup, another fail for Brittany). Also, after the vacuum incident, while said cord was still inside the vacuum, I managed to mess up the steps to the motor home. They wouldn't stay in place, but they would move out when you opened the door and closed in when you closed the door. Crap. Ended up being an easy fix but I felt like quite the idiot. Other than that it was a chill night.

Today, Monday, Bob, Sue, Sara and I went up to Cabot, Vermont and visited the Cabot Creamery Visitors center. We saw a video on the history of Cabot (which is a farmer owned co-op) and got to sample some wonderful cheese. Grade A cheese! Also got a short tour of their factory. Definitely learned a lot about cheese!

After the cheese creamery we hopped over to Waterbury, Vermont and visited Ben & Jerry's! What a cool place. It just feels so welcoming and inviting. Lots of people were there, but the tours run smoothly and efficiently. We got their, bought our tickets, wandered around for a moment looking at the gift shop and went on our tour. We saw a six minute video on the history and future of Ben and Jerry's, which was funny and interesting. They are definitely an amazing company - just like Cabot. Vermont has some good people :) Then we took a short tour to oversee some of the processsing of the ice cream. Mostly all we saw was packaging, but it was still very cool. Basically today's theme was cows. Cows, cows and more cows! A day udderly filled with cows! Sorry for the pun.

What a fun-filled two days and we still have the rest of the week to go! Over and out!