Last weekend we spent the weekend in Burlington, VT.  We went up for a big AKC dog show in Essex and because Mally’s breeder lives close by she was nice enough to offer to take him overnight while we were there.  This allowed us to have a mini-vacation in one of our favorite cities.  Add to this the fact that I have a boatload of Hilton points and we were talking a vacation in a nice hotel, overlooking Lake Champlain, kind of dog-free (at least at night) and all for free.  Huzzah!

While Mally didn’t do that well in his competitions it was of little matter as we had a great weekend.  Burlington is a great mix of outdoor activities (Shelburne Farms) , great food (Leunig‘s is an absolute requirement), and a bunch of eclectic, friendly people.  The people-watching highlight for me had to be a guy dressed in full technicolor rainbow attire riding a bike adorned in the same colors that carried huge glittering banners.  Not being able to read the banners from a distance I shrugged it off as just another liberal Vermont wacko.  However when I got closer I saw that the banner read (in sparkling letters), “Impeach Obama.” Wow.  A crazy conservative Vermont wacko.  I didn’t even know those existed.

After eating our way through Burlington (Lake Champlain chocolates and Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream don’t suck) we wrapped up a great weekend.  Below is a picture of me at the Shelburne Farm cheese making barn.  Mmmmm, cheese.