Vacation Photos: Vermont

 

We spent this past week in Vermont and while I didn't take a ton of photos, here are some:

Sunflowers from the garden

Getting ready for Halloween

Glen Lake

Glen Lake

Early Morning Walks

Maybe a little too early

We went for a walk at the only Revolutionary battlefield in Vermont

It's so pretty here

We visited with family a lot

We attended a college volleyball game - which was really neat

The foliage was nice.

BUT I had a massive cold that kicked my butt the entire week. 

I wanted to go hiking but couldn't.

Still, we relaxed and had good food and enjoyed good company

Vacation Photos: Food at Disney

We spent the day at the Food and Wine Festival last week while on vacation.

There were a few places that were not open yet that I was really disappointed about: 

The Wedge (all that mac and cheese)

Festival Favorites (S'mores milkshake)

Coastal Eats (Seafood Pot Pie)

Here's what I ate (some shared dishes):

Apple Strudel from Germany - this was good

Pollo al Marsala (chicken with potato gnocchi) from Italy - this was amazing

Belgian Waffle with cookie butter from Belgium - really good

Beer-Braised Beef from Belgium - The best of the show for me. And no one is more surprised by that than me. The beef was tender and the potatoes were so creamy

Filet Mignon from Canada - really good

Boeuf Braise (short ribs with potato cake) from France - pretty good

Spicey Black Bea Mushroom Chili from Forest and Field- Excellent

Strawberry Champagne Trifle from Simmering Sips - really good

Berry Mimosa from Simmering Sips - delightful

Also in Epcot:

School Bread - this was breakfast before the booths opened. A favorite of ours.

S'mores Brownie from the American pavilion - it was fine. Too smokey for me.

I had this for breakfast the next day - this is the Gingerbread Carmel Sandwich Cookie and it blew my mind. It was delicious. 

Other Eats at Disney:

Boston Creme Pie and - The S'mores Cup (a Halloween exclusive) from Columbia Harbor House

The Boston Cream Pie was amazing.

The S'mores Cup was too sweet for me, which is saying something.

Spring Rolls from the cart- no pictures

 I had one of each:

Pepperoni 

Cheeseburger - this was the best

S'mores cookie from Earl of Sandwich - which might be my favorite cookie in all of Disneyworld. I really love this place and I wish we had one in New England.

And I know I just said that about the cookie above, but...

Pulled Pork Fries from Flame Tree in Animal Kingdom

Gaston's Cinnamon Roll - this is raved about so I thought I would try it. 

I'm picky about cinnamon rolls because I make them.

This was really good - light and fluffy. But I felt it could have used more cinnamon.

I had lists of food to try at each park. We didn't get to them all. Lots of the items were shared. Do you have one you'd like to try?

Vacation Photos: Acadia and Bar Harbor

Just a few photos from our mini vacation last week.

Acadia and Bar Harbor is a favorite place of ours to visit. This time we did a few new things, which was nice and impressive as we've been here many times.

A walkway to the Ocean Walk

Tidal Falls - the tides are different here. 

A tidal pool 

Another tidal pool

Tiffany glass windows in the local church

Beech Mountain view

Beech Mountain view

Hunter's Beach

Hunter's beach

Hunter's beach

Rocks

The view from Gorham

Summit

Next to a dinner spot one night

The view from the dinner

And our seafood dinner 

Beehive - one of our favorite hikes

Back at Jordan Pond House with the lovely blueberry soft serve in a pop-over 

The view from Pemetic mountain

Another view

Jordan Pond trail - one of my favorite walks ever

Sunset on Cadillac Mountain

Sunset on Cadillac Mountain

Just before sunset on the other side of the mountain.

Another great trip!