Didn’t know you were a Vermonter, Daffynition!
LOL, the state is indeed beautiful, and I do the same. I see a car behind me, I pull over and let them pass...:)
Vermont just...well, feels like it is about 30 years behind in some way...a good way.
Case in point...we went up the the Cabot Creamery to take a tour, only to find out they don’t give tours anymore. Food security.
But we stopped in the little dinky town and went in to have some lunch at “Sarah’s Country Diner”, and when we entered the door, it looked like a...hardware store!
There was a counter with five stools and five people at it, one of them an eight year old (I think) kid. We were puzzled, because it didn’t look like they were serving anything but beer, and I asked if it were Sarah’s Country Diner, and the guy crooked his finger to a door way in the back and grinned. My wife and I laughed...where we live, there is likely some law against a kid sitting at a counter where alcohol was served!
We were the only customers, each bought a sandwich, and then spent the next hour chatting about all things in life with Sarah. When we took our leave, we both shook her hand, and she said that was one of the finest conversations she had in a long time, and since it was my birthday, she gave me a couple of her homemade cookies at no charge, one of which I am eating now...:)
I didn’t want to take it without paying, but I could not convince her otherwise. Just a wonderful day.
Of course, something to counteract that, earlier in the day, we were filling our tank near an intersection in another small town, and heard someone shouting. To me, shouting in public is a bad thing. It alarms people. We turned to see two cars stopped at a light, and a young guy in the car behind was yelling at the people in the car in front of him. He was shouting over and over again “Put out your cigarettes. You are breaking the law. You have children in the car. You can’t smoke in the car with children in it!”
Now, I don’t smoke cigarettes, never have, but I found myself thinking that guy should shut the hell up. Really nanny-statist. I know it isn’t good for the kids. But that scene grated on me.
Ah ha! I couldn’t take Malloy any more .... left the likes of Dick and Murphy only to have Bernie. What a switch. [LOL] At least I have a modicum of respect for Crazy Bernie, he doesn’t masquerade his socialism like the other hypocrites do. We’ve been active with the Vermont pro-gun groups protesting the swarmy gov Scott.
Life is easy, relaxing, and way less hectic.
Yesterday we were having target practice with the shotgun off the deck; using ripe tomatoes like clay pigeons. It’s nice to not have to worry about a swat team showing up, at the sound of gun fire. Carry on.
Seriously, let me know when you are up this way again.
Glad you told me about Cabot. I was going to suggest to our house guests that we go over to the creamery, but we opted for a 4-hour breakfast. Really nice to see the folks *unwind* ....they were spellbound by my hummies feeding off the deck.
Our little village has no *touristy* things to do .... just sit on the deck and relax; wait for some wildlife to come across the field. Well, that is, if you exclude a trip to the dump on Saturday morning. :D