OK, this post has nothing to do with the Mohawk Valley. What I say? Even a dedicated Mohawk Valley Girl has to go out of town once in a while.
We were in Arlington, Vermont Saturday, a lovely town surrounded by the famous green mountains. I believe they even serve that Green Mountain Coffee in a number of locations. Yum.
We went to the Library Book Sale, which is always happening on weekends in the Arlington Community House on Main Street. Years ago it was a huge sale under a tent during the summer. Now it is in a couple of fairly small rooms crammed with books. I love a good used book sale.
We were there close to closing time, but I rather quickly found four biographies, a few pulp fiction paperbacks and a small gift book about Princess Diana. My mom loves Princess Diana. I am currently reading a dual biography of Queen Elizabeth I and Mary Queen of Scots. I showed Steven my choices.
“See, this was Queen Elizabeth’s mother and this was her brother and this was her stepmother and this guy lived about fifty years later but it looked good.”
Steven was inclined to not buy me the one about the guy that lived fifty years later, but he relented. He is a nice husband.
From there we went to the Village Peddler and Chocolatorium, 261 Old Mill Rd. I saw some people eating an interesting looking treat and asked them what it was.
“Frozen bananas with dark or light chocolate rolled in nuts or sprinkles,” one lady said.
“You MUST have one,” another advised most strongly.
We followed her advice. I also purchased a few post cards and Steven found a shot glass for his collection. We watched a short film on the history and health benefits of chocolate. Very educational.
I told the lady working there that we had made sure to stop in after liking them on Facebook. We had been urged to do this by an Arlington Facebook friend. It was not our first visit to the Chocolatorium, but we had never seen the film nor eaten the frozen bananas.
While in Vermont we also enjoyed the scenery. I went running twice on Ice Pond Road and Warm Brook Road (they run into each other). Tabby enjoyed chasing some squirrels. We even saw a fox.
Arlington is about three hours from Herkimer, depending on traffic and how often you stop to pee and buy coffee. If you go I highly recommend the book sale, the Village Peddler and Chocolatorium, and the scenery. As I mentioned, you can find the Chocolatorium on Facebook.
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