The One That Was A Blast From The Past

Look at the bright eyes on this little one at 7:00 in the morning (6:00 Texas time) while on vacation!

When we woke up on Thursday morning, we decided to go the Farmer's Diner, where just a few weeks ago, we saw this on Yahoo!:

The Farmers Diner

Quechee, Vermont

This retro-style diner in the Green Mountain State is a crunchy granola advocate of the burgeoning localvore movement: founder Tod Murphy’s mantra is “Food from Here.” So his short order cooks only use ingredients (milk, eggs, bacon, cheese, and even tofu) sourced from regional farms and purveyors. Naturally, real Vermont maple syrup and sweet Cabot butter comes with an order of the Gleason Grain’s organic wheat flour buttermilk pancakes. Ask for a cup of Vermont Liberty Tea Company’s fruit-lavender brew or, during harvest season, a cold glass of Champlain Orchard’s apple cider.Best sides: Vermont Smoke & Cure ham steak or maple sausage.

So we all got dressed up and headed out to Quechee for the best breakfast ever!
























































Ok. So maybe not the greatest...but all in all, it was pretty tasty. And filling. Just what we need to get the day started for working on a tractor:

























Attempting to save (and act like) local wildlife:











































Work with the trains:











Visiting the coolest toy museum I have ever set foot in:
























Check out the Quechee Gorge (and get a cache as well!):














































Lose (and find) a little pink sock:













As well as do a little shopping!




































By this time, Brylee had leaked through her diaper and onto her pants in the antique/cheese/souvenir store and her mom forgot to put extra pants in her diaper bag...that's me. Fortunately it was sunny and warm outside, so we were able to wrap her sweater around her and walk around town and shop...all while she was so sleepy nothing could wa ke her up. Even a kitty in Gillingham's General Store.

Best part about this? It all happened before lunch! For lunch, we stopped by the Farmers Market in Woodstock and purchased some sandwiches. Cary had the Moonlight In Vermont, which I actually chose because of the name of the sandwich...one of our favorite songs!

After lunch, we put new, fresh clothing on Brylee and headed off again to visit Killington and then come back later to enjoy some ice cream and play some pool, ping pong, and darts in the basement of the house, while Brylee enjoyed discovering a mechanical horse, keyboard, and crawled around on the floor between our legs!