Honeymoon - Day 3

The morning started fairly early again with a wake-up call at 7am. We wanted to get an early start on breakfast plus we had a 9am appointment for a massage. We each booked a 50-minute session of a relaxation massage. What made it even better was that from Monday through Thursday there is a special on 50-minute massages for only $49. It's an amazing deal considering that a regularly priced 25-minute massage costs $55. You read that right - the hotel pretty much pays you to double your session. How can anyone say no to that?

At 10am we went back to our room to drop off our robes and seeing that housekeeping was there, Heather and I went for a walk around town. We walked to a local pottery place only to see that it was closed, visited a general store, a bookstore, a souvenir shop and a post office. We also stopped at the hotel's game room which has several arcade games, a pool table and an air hockey table. I played one game of Big Buck Hunter before leaving.

A pedestrian covered bridge in Stowe.

At noon, we left Stowe and went to Shelburne. There, we wanted to visit the Vermont Teddy Bear Co. The trip took about an hour and we got there just before the start of the factory tour. For $2 each, we were told a story of the company's history and also walked through the factory where the process of making teddy bears was explained to us.

At the Vermont Teddy Bear Co.

Following the tour, we visited the gift shop before departing. Our next stop was going to be a tour of Ben & Jerry's which we passed on the way to Shelburne. Before getting there we made a quick stop at The Christmas Loft in Shelburne and an even quicker stop at Shaw's grocery store in Waterbury.

Entering Ben & Jerry's headquarters.

The tour of Ben & Jerry's included a short movie, a look at the factory floor (where we prohibited from taking photos) and of course ice cream sampling. Today's sample was Mint Chocolate Chunk and it was delicious. One thing we learned during the tour was that the company has a plant in Simcoe, Ontario which is about 1.5 hours from where we live. At Ben & Jerry's we also stopped at the gift shop to pick up a couple of things. On our way back to the car we ran into a couple that was in our group at the Vermont Teddy Bear Co tour. Truly, Vermont has a lot of attractions and many people wanting to see them.

We arrived back at the hotel just after 4 and in time for some afternoon tea. We spent the rest of the evening relaxing in our room.