Well, you may have guessed it... we saw some 4th of July fireworks and an all american parade. We started the day with another lovely breakfast at the Wilder Farm Inn of fresh yogurt and granola, and blueberry/peach pancakes with maple syrup. Then we headed off to Richmond, Vermont to meet Graham and Sara at the house by the bridge for the parade. The parade was over run by tractors and fire trucks. The parade was a little lackluster, but we were told that it had been much better in previous years. For example, this year there were no dogs with americana hats. For SHAME! How can you have a parade without cute animals?? The closest thing we got to that was a float by a local man who has carved all the birds of Vermont out of wood. At the end of the parade Graham’s mom invited us back to her house for lunch. Which was a lovely picnic in their backyard. They live on a gorgeous, rustic farm and this is where the wedding will be on Saturday. It’s a beautiful venue.
We then learned of a free frisbee golf course in Waterbury. Graham’s father lent us his set of frisbees and we played the 18 hole course. We hoped our skills from ultimate would translate to the game, but we found the official golf discs to be very different and hard to control. They are much smaller, flatter and they feel heavier. We even had to fish them out of a brook at one point. While on the course, a nearby little league game was suspended due to impending thundershowers. We didn’t falter even after the crash of thunder and the falling rain, we played on (Jennika was freaking out a little bit). Our feet were soaked but we managed to get through the whole course. At the end of the game, we went to the Ben and Jerry's Factory to celebrate Jennika’s win on the course. We had made a bet: loser buys ice cream. We found it more cost effective to just buy a pint and went mining for peanut butter cups on the ride home. Yum yum!
After showering at the inn, we headed up to Sugarbush, a local ski resort where they have a large fireworks display on the 4th of July. We pulled out a sleeping bag and sat on the hood of the car - very old school and romantic style. It was really cute to see the kids running around in their pajamas and talking about how exciting the finale was.
Tomorrow we check out of the inn and head off to North Beach campground in Burlington. Jean-Marc’s Mount Allison (undergrad) friends are all driving up tomorrow and we are camping for 3 nights together, the last night being the wedding night at Graham’s parents’ farm. We may be without internet, so see you in a few days!
Jennika and Jean-Marc
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