Bennington, VT

This past Sunday we decided to get out of the house and go somewhere new. Bennington, Vermont is less than an hour northeast of here so we figured, why not! It was a nice drive, even without most of the leaves on the trees! And for the first time we drove across the Hudson in Albany.

 Stop one was downtown where we got maple walnut and rum truffles from the little chocolate shop and followed it up with lunch at the local brewery. The beer was delicious and so was the food. I had a veggie burger, which may sound boring, but it had tabbouleh and hummus on it which just tasted so good! Matt said his sauerkraut with the brats he got was the best he had ever had, so not too shabby.

It was pretty quiet downtown and a lot of things were shut, party because it's not tourist season anymore and because it was Sunday so we went over to the Bennington monument. The giant obelisk seems so out of place in this little town surrounded by the green mountains! It was erected to commemorate the battle of Bennington in 1777 where they beat the British. The best part was it covered in lady birds!

We ventured East out of town and stopped where the Long/Appalachian trial crossed over the road. We followed the trail a little, but we weren't really planning on a full hike - but we will definitely be back next summer.

Saturday was fun too - should have a post about that adventure soon.