Dave, John, Dave’s father and I drove to Vermont for the day.  We left pretty early and were to our favorite cheese shop before 10:00AM.  They make a Gruyere that Dave really, really likes.  We drove through Townsend and on through Jamaica to view some of the damage from the flooding of Hurricane Irene a month ago.  Dave will probably post pictures soon, but it was amazing to see how the water just ripped out a bridge and homes as it swept through.

We went as far was Weston Priory.  We arrive 5 minutes into Mass so we missed it and we missed the bookstore too.  But it really is lovely there so we walked around briefly, took a few pictures and left.  On our way back to CT, we stopped in the town of Weston to have lunch and stop at the Vermont Country Store.  I found a little tugboat for John to play with in the bathtub that I think John will love.

So all in all we had a very nice day.