On Wednesday, unfortunately Chuchang had to leave. Since Ted was bringing her to the Burlington airport, some of us decided to make it a day and go into Burlington. Ted, Craig, Matt, Jimmy, Paul, & I went in Matt's car. Jim, Cristina, Carman, and Sondra drove in separately. (They went to supper at the farm of someone Dad knows who lives not too far away.) After droping Chuchang at the airport, we drove down to the shore of Lake Champlain. It was rather choppy for anyone going on the water. This includes the people having sailing lessons who sailed directly into a barrier dock; I suspect the boat lost some paint. (Sorry, no picture of that.)
They have some art work strewn about Burlington. This chime tower had a nice tone to it.
We wandered around and looked like tourists.
A cute shop name, and Paul admiring the architecture.
Our birthday present to Dad: a sweater.
For lunch, we went to the Vermont Pub and Brewery. They sell a sampler of 6 beers, so a few of us tried that. I split one with Paul. I have discovered that I like beers, I just have to select the correct ones. No IPAs for me! Ted had not herad of this brewery, and was pleasantly suprised by how good the brews were. Well, it turns out that the brewmaster is a well known expert who has written a couple of books. Tim and Kate joined us at the pub, although somehow I don't have any pictures of them!
From there we went to the Magic Hat Brewery. They were not doing tours but there was a self guided walk available. They really need to work on their lighting. I took a picture to show the lights in the floor. I think it reflects well how dart the area was! They had a little film that talked about the resurgence of craft beers, which was rather refreshing in that it talked about all craft brewers and not just them. We were able to try some brews. Good, but I think the VPB ones were better. (I'm no expert, though.)
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Updated July 2020