{"id":1815,"date":"2016-05-31T22:48:09","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T22:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/?p=1815"},"modified":"2016-06-06T10:32:30","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T10:32:30","slug":"i-scream-you-scream-we-all-scream-for-ice-cream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewachs.com\/wachsacrossamerica\/2016\/05\/31\/i-scream-you-scream-we-all-scream-for-ice-cream\/","title":{"rendered":"I scream, you scream, we all scream for ice cream"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was undecided about going to Vermont but Steph made an executive decision to go so I booked us a couple of nights at a campground in Shelburne near Lake Champlain. \u00a0Our route there from New Hampshire would conveniently take us right by the Ben and Jerry&#8217;s factory so we made sure we left early enough to stop in for a tour and maybe a cold treat. \u00a0The name Vermont literally translates to green mountain, and man, let me tell you the\u00a0mountains are green&#8230;.freakishly green! \u00a0But they were beautiful. \u00a0We arrived at Ben and Jerry&#8217;s which has RV parking and we ate lunch in the parking lot before taking the tour. \u00a0While we grazed on our lunch, the holsteins in the pasture just outside the rig grazed on their lunch too.<br \/>\n<a title=\"Us\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/27190237090\/in\/album-72157669339575655\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c3.staticflickr.com\/8\/7079\/27190237090_1efb97f84c_n.jpg\" alt=\"Us\" width=\"320\" height=\"228\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The tour was short and sweet with lots of good punny jokes. \u00a0It was fun watching the machines and the workers on the factory floor as they cranked out pints of ice cream. \u00a0At the end of the tour you go to the sample room where we had a blend of Phish Phood \u00a0and Half Baked (I think). \u00a0It was awesome. \u00a0Brielle only likes plain old chocolate so I got to eat hers! \u00a0We got her some chocolate out at the snack bar and bought a pint of Tonight Dough for a special treat later. \u00a0We had fun reading the epitaphs on the gravestones up at the flavor grave yard. \u00a0Caden and I paid our respects to the peanut butter chocolate chip cookie dough one&#8230;how could that not be the best flavor ever??!!<\/p>\n<p>We still had about 45 minutes to get to our campground which was a pretty easy drive. \u00a0We got checked in and set up in camp and the first thing the kids wanted to do was swim. \u00a0So while Steph went to the store to get groceries, I took the kids to the pool where they swam and I worked.<br \/>\n <a title=\"Playing in the pool\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/136797225@N05\/27395067231\/in\/album-72157669339575655\/\" data-flickr-embed=\"true\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/c8.staticflickr.com\/8\/7208\/27395067231_2741f09747_n.jpg\" alt=\"Playing in the pool\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><script src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After a nice dinner the kids and I played 4 rounds of Love Letter and we each got a win!! \u00a0It was a pretty relaxing day even though it was a travel day&#8230;I think it helped to have the long break at Ben and Jerry&#8217;s in the middle to break it up a bit (and the ice cream probably helped too).<\/p>\n<div id=\"flickr_72157669339575655_3340\"><div class=\"slickr-flickr-slideshow landscape medium \"><div class=\"active\"><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7250\/27395106521_f0bc85245f.jpg\" title=\"Holsteins\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Holsteins<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7433\/26859499433_4dff78e1aa.jpg\" title=\"Kids and cows\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Kids and cows<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7346\/27395103041_d375ff1314.jpg\" title=\"Woohooo\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Woohooo<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7067\/27367649082_c34127acd9.jpg\" title=\"Flavor wall\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Flavor wall<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7425\/27395101621_0b93e33055.jpg\" title=\"Spilled ice cream\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Spilled ice cream<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7349\/26859501283_e9111f46a6.jpg\" title=\"Oh Vanna\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Oh Vanna<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7459\/26859500653_0eb7cb28a3.jpg\" title=\"Scientist in the flavor lab\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Scientist in the flavor lab<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7439\/27432489126_2fc534e50d.jpg\" title=\"By the fridge\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>By the fridge<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7130\/26859498323_a7551066f8.jpg\" title=\"Having a drink\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Having a drink<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7348\/26857645014_c094b61b44.jpg\" title=\"Tebowing\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Tebowing<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7349\/26857634144_a9065e0cdd.jpg\" title=\"I&#039;d like the QA job here\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>I'd like the QA job here<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7395\/27367644342_b8d544548a.jpg\" title=\"My favorite\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>My favorite<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7067\/27432484466_6993f9da5b.jpg\" title=\"CO favorite\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>CO favorite<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7376\/27466724175_54b1a9bc3e.jpg\" title=\"Caden and Dacen&#039;s ice cream\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Caden and Dacen's ice cream<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7079\/27190237090_1efb97f84c.jpg\" title=\"Us\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Us<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7334\/26857623194_a24fc5a8b2.jpg\" title=\"Brielle in the graveyard\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Brielle in the graveyard<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7454\/27395075791_29aff29e5a.jpg\" title=\"Dead flavors\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Dead flavors<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7799\/27395064621_65ebc0e591.jpg\" title=\"Ava and the Beast site 29\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Ava and the Beast site 29<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7419\/26859488003_696ec6d022.jpg\" title=\"Noodle battle\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Noodle battle<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7706\/26859485373_64c7613366.jpg\" title=\"My office\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>My office<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7208\/27395067231_2741f09747.jpg\" title=\"Playing in the pool\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Playing in the pool<\/p><\/div><div><img src=\"https:\/\/farm8.static.flickr.com\/7422\/27395109201_e373a50693.jpg\" title=\"Ava and the Beast\" alt=\"\"  \/><p>Ava and the Beast<\/p><\/div><\/div><script type=\"text\/javascript\">jQuery(\"#flickr_72157669339575655_3340\").data(\"options\",{\"delay\":3000,\"autoplay\":true,\"transition\":500,\"link\":\"next\",\"target\":\"_self\",\"width\":\"\",\"height\":\"\"});<\/script><div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was undecided about going to Vermont but Steph made an executive decision to go so I booked us a couple of nights at a campground in Shelburne near Lake Champlain. \u00a0Our route there from New Hampshire would conveniently take us right by the Ben and Jerry&#8217;s factory so we made sure we left early 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