Sunday, August 7
First we enjoyed some apple cider doughnuts. Then we went to a creamery called Cabot. It is famous for cheddar cheese. This creamery makes all of the cheddars, yogurt, sour cream, cottage cheese and Monterey Jack cheese with the Cabot name. It takes 10 gallons of milk to make one pound of cheese!
Dairy farmers who participate in Cabot usually have 45 cows. When the milk truck arrives, the milk is tested for antibiotics. If it tests positive, then it is thrown out or given to pigs.
We also visited a maple sugar farm. We got to pick some blueberries, and the theater where we watched a movie about how to make maple syrup was a woodshed! On one of the sugar shacks, there was a real goat on the roof. We had some maple ice cream. I thought all of the tastes today were so good. My favorite was the darkest maple syrup, called Grade B.
Sunday, August 14, 2011
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Stowe, Vermont
Saturday, August 6
Today is my dad's birthday! We celebrated it by going to an apple cider mill and having lunch at the Trapp Family Lodge. The Trapps were made famous by "The Sound of Music," which was about them. We found out that Dad's birthday is the same as one of Maria Von Trapp's grandsons, who still works at the lodge.
The Cider Mill made cider by putting mashed up apples into a stack of trays and draining the cider through cloth.
Back at the campground, I had some fun doing laps on my bike. Now we are going to have some cookies from the Trapp Lodge!
Today is my dad's birthday! We celebrated it by going to an apple cider mill and having lunch at the Trapp Family Lodge. The Trapps were made famous by "The Sound of Music," which was about them. We found out that Dad's birthday is the same as one of Maria Von Trapp's grandsons, who still works at the lodge.
The Cider Mill made cider by putting mashed up apples into a stack of trays and draining the cider through cloth.
Back at the campground, I had some fun doing laps on my bike. Now we are going to have some cookies from the Trapp Lodge!
Lake George
Wednesday, August 3
Today we went on a beautiful boatride on Lake George. There was one island that was all wilderness. It's name is Dome Island. We also saw some private islands, and others were tent-camping islands that anybody could reserve and use. We saw some pretty stacked stones by one of them. The place where we turned around is called Paradise Bay.
We also went to Fort Ticonderoga, where we saw some pistols that were given to George Washington. The museum also had a piece of Martha Washington's wedding dress.
This place changed hands between France, England and America. It was located on a very important place for an army to control because it's where a lot of big cannons were. At one point in the American Revolution, George Washington sent a man to get the cannons from the fort and bring them to Boston.
Today we went on a beautiful boatride on Lake George. There was one island that was all wilderness. It's name is Dome Island. We also saw some private islands, and others were tent-camping islands that anybody could reserve and use. We saw some pretty stacked stones by one of them. The place where we turned around is called Paradise Bay.
We also went to Fort Ticonderoga, where we saw some pistols that were given to George Washington. The museum also had a piece of Martha Washington's wedding dress.
This place changed hands between France, England and America. It was located on a very important place for an army to control because it's where a lot of big cannons were. At one point in the American Revolution, George Washington sent a man to get the cannons from the fort and bring them to Boston.
Stockbridge, MA
Monday, August 1
Norman Rockwell is a famous artist. We visited a museum about him and his paintings. He was born back in the 1800s but his artwork is still loved today. His first job in painting was a picture for the Saturday Evening Post. He loved to paint children in different circumstances. He painted in the Navy and then he came back and started up again with the Saturday Evening Post.
We also went to the Van Buren National Historic Site. The site is his former home, called Lindenwald, which he bought while he was in the White House. It served as many things after it left his family: nursing home, restaurant, tea room, antique gallery.
Both things today were really cool, and I learned a lot.
Norman Rockwell is a famous artist. We visited a museum about him and his paintings. He was born back in the 1800s but his artwork is still loved today. His first job in painting was a picture for the Saturday Evening Post. He loved to paint children in different circumstances. He painted in the Navy and then he came back and started up again with the Saturday Evening Post.
We also went to the Van Buren National Historic Site. The site is his former home, called Lindenwald, which he bought while he was in the White House. It served as many things after it left his family: nursing home, restaurant, tea room, antique gallery.
Both things today were really cool, and I learned a lot.
Saratoga
Sunday, July 31
Saratoga National Historic Site is where the British were majorly defeated for the first time in the American Revolution. The general on the British side tried to get some soldiers to Albany, overtaking forts on the way. But they were stopped at Saratoga.
The Americans had cannons and gunmen on a big hill. The British knew that they went that way, they'd be ruined. They decided to fight the Americans in a different direction. The British general, Burgoyne, couldn't push through them and had to surrender.
Saratoga National Historic Site is where the British were majorly defeated for the first time in the American Revolution. The general on the British side tried to get some soldiers to Albany, overtaking forts on the way. But they were stopped at Saratoga.
The Americans had cannons and gunmen on a big hill. The British knew that they went that way, they'd be ruined. They decided to fight the Americans in a different direction. The British general, Burgoyne, couldn't push through them and had to surrender.
Buffalo, New York
Tuesday, July 26
President McKinley was shot by crazy man, Leon Czolgosz, after giving a speech at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. Doctors thought he would survive, so the Vice President went on a planned vacation with his family. Eight days later, the President's wounds got infected and he died. Mr. Roosevelt arrived in Buffalo eleven hours later. He had lunch, then went to Mrs. McKinley to comfort her, and then went back to his friend's house to take the Oath of Office and become President.
Roosevelt's first thing as President was to declare a day of mourning for Mr. McKinley.
President McKinley was shot by crazy man, Leon Czolgosz, after giving a speech at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. Doctors thought he would survive, so the Vice President went on a planned vacation with his family. Eight days later, the President's wounds got infected and he died. Mr. Roosevelt arrived in Buffalo eleven hours later. He had lunch, then went to Mrs. McKinley to comfort her, and then went back to his friend's house to take the Oath of Office and become President.
Roosevelt's first thing as President was to declare a day of mourning for Mr. McKinley.
Saturday, July 23, 2011
Allegheny Portage Railroad
July 22
Two of Pennsylvania's canals back in the early 1800s went on either side of the Allegheny Mountains but they didn't connect. Engineers made a railroad that crossed the Allegheny mountains to bring them together. It was called the Allegheny Portage Railroad. It picked up boats on one side and dropped off on the other. We also went to the area of the reservoir that flooded Johnstown in 1889. The dam was made of dirt and rocks and gave way in the middle after a big storm. The wall of water took 45 minutes to reach Johnstown. The people in Johnstown had just celebrated Memorial Day when the flood came.
Two of Pennsylvania's canals back in the early 1800s went on either side of the Allegheny Mountains but they didn't connect. Engineers made a railroad that crossed the Allegheny mountains to bring them together. It was called the Allegheny Portage Railroad. It picked up boats on one side and dropped off on the other. We also went to the area of the reservoir that flooded Johnstown in 1889. The dam was made of dirt and rocks and gave way in the middle after a big storm. The wall of water took 45 minutes to reach Johnstown. The people in Johnstown had just celebrated Memorial Day when the flood came.
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