Oct. 8Today we had a very special treat. We went to Stowe, VT to the Van Trapp Family Lodge (Van Trapp - “The Sound of Music”- Julie Andrews as the young Nun, Maria, who was hired to be a nanny to the 7 Van Trapp children.) When the family fled from Austria, during Hitler’s reign, they eventually chose Vermont as their home because it looked so much like Austria. We had a delicious breakfast buffet in the lodge. Then we saw a touching film with Maria Van Trapp telling parts of her life story and of her return visit to her home in Austria. She has since passed away. Watching her tell her life’s story was even better than watching the movie. I know there were only a few dry eyes in the audience. We were honored to be able to see this film because it is only shown to guests of the lodge. The Yankee RV Tour folks were given special consideration. Next to the lodge was the family cemetery where the Baron, Maria and three of the children are
buried. The youngest daughter, also named Maria, lives in a home near the lodge. This experience alone was worth the price of the trip. And to look out over the beautiful hills surrounding the lodge, you could just imagine Maria and those children singing …..the hills are alive with the sound of music……We then went to an apple cider mill and on to a sugar farm. The Morse Maple Farm visit was really quite interesting and the owner Burr Morse was hilarious. He had that dry Vermont humor and a unique storytelling style. He narrated a slide show about sugarin' and we laughed till our sides hurt. Then we went inside for a "sugar on snow" demo where we dripped maple syrup onto ice and made little maple sugar pops - then we ate them! Of course nothing could top that except a maple flavored ice cream cone. Yuuuummmm!
Joe and Burr
We bought a copy of his book and of course lots of maple syrup.
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