Summer trip day Twelve, Burlington to AUS
Our flight out of VT was in the afternoon. This afforded the boys one last epic dagger battle, in a covered bridge of course.
We had ground cherry jelly from Montreal, currant preserves from the Il d'Orleans, a large bottle of maple syrup gifted from the Canadian legal team, along with an assortment of play daggers and bamboo swords from Chinatown. We were aware that TSA wouldn't allow these things as carry on items, but I had a plan. I'd just stop by the Fedex in Burlington and use my account to ship it all home. It was a solid plan, until we realized it was the 4th of July and FedEx, along with the USPS and every shipper in town was closed.
We did some quick thinking and came up with plan A, B and C. I pulled into a rest stop and we repacked our luggage. The plan was to check a bag containing the jellies, syrup and daggers. The next problem was the swords were too long to fit in luggage. I found drug store that was open and purchased some cardboard and shipping tape. I used my Ebay shipping skills to fashion a custom bamboo sword container to check as baggage. JetBlue allows one free checked bag per person, our problems were solved and our load was lighter. We made it home with all our foods and souvenirs with minimal hassle, an extra twenty minutes waiting by the baggage carousel.
We spent some time walking around Burlington.
Once again, we left wishing we had more time to spend here. Airline cancellations and diversions had absorbed the two days we planned to spend in Burlington.
A quick round a Vermont cheeses and one last VT ale before we flew back to Austin. We combined our heads and composed some words in a reflective moment of summer trip to Vermont 2015
VERMONT
Big tree, small tree, short tree, tall tree.
Ales and bales, sceneries of creameries, beers and deers.
Big waterfalls and tiny halls. Swimming holes and little foals.
So much charm, found at farms, and covered bridges to verdant ridges.
by the Schuster family of Austin TX 2015
We also had fun at Terminal 5 at JFK New York on the way home. We ate sushi and noodles in the Asian restaurant and then moved across the way for Pizza at the Italian restaurant. They also have a French and a Spanish restaurant right there for next time.