Day 8: Vermont
Day 8: Vermont Just now getting around to writing this! On Saturday (the last full day of the road trip), we woke up in Barre (pronounced berry), VT at the Maplecroft Bed & Breakfast - which is a perfect name for a B&B in Vermont! We had a wonderful breakfast in the dining room. The Maplecroft Bed & Breakfast Breakfast. The English muffins were homemade and the herbs in the eggs are from the innkeeper's garden. The little leaves you see in the tin are maple butter. Dining room and living room After leaving the B&B, we drove around Barre a little. Barre is the "granite capital of the world." In the late 19th century, stone cutters from all over the world flocked to Barre to participate in the booming industry. One out of every three memorials in the US are made with Barre granite. Now, the town's main attraction is the Hope Cemetery, which functions as a museum of granite sculptures. We were able to drive around inside the cemetery. Barre Granite sculp...