After Saratoga Springs, we headed north through the Adirondack Mountains on our way to Burlington, Vermont. In order to get there, we had to take the ferry across Lake Champlain, which was my first experience taking the car on a ferry. In two words: very cool. For a small fee, you can sit back and relax, save a little gas, and watch your destination come into view across the deep blue water:
Just don’t try to go this way in the winter…you may have trouble, unless, that is, you are headed there for the ice fishing.
So Burlington is much more of a college town than I first thought, being home to three colleges. They are definitely not lacking in bars, breweries, or eateries. We ate dinner at a fantastic pizza place called American Flatbread, Burlington Hearth. All their pizzas are made from scratch and use mostly organic ingredients. It was delicious!
We visited a couple other places among the hopping nightlife of the tri-college town, and met a couple very friendly Burlingtonians, one of whom was also a nuclear submariner in his younger years. We in fact had so much fun that we sort of forgot to take any pictures of the city to share with you. Oops. I guess when we say how cool the place is, you’ll just have to take our word for it.
Next Stop: Adirondack Mountains, NY
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