St Johnsbury, Vermont


St Johnsbury is a very old and cute town tucked in the green mountains of VT. We took the day to visit the Fairbanks museum which is just wonderful. Ove 450 birds on display (birds I didn't even know existed and probably don't anymore). Went up to see their planatarium. Walked through the town and enjoyed a refreshment at an outside cafe.

Stopped by the Green Mountain Maple Syrup shop to see how they extract the sap from the maple trees and turn it into syrup! A fun display and very cute little shop selling everything maple! Enjoyed this outing very much. Of course there are a few things Vermont really like to push; maple syrup, moose and milk products. It's easy to see why (except for the moose) because everywhere we go we see happy cows in wonderful green fields wagging their tails like happy cows! ha!
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