Thursday 8/16
Today we drove to Montpelier to tour the granite quarry. First we had to find a dealer selling batteries for our cell phone which won’t stay charged more than 5 minutes without being plugged in. We have been unable to find one in stock and did not find one today either. By the time we had run all over looking we were out of the notion of going to the mine. Instead we headed back home and very close is the Cabot Cheese Factory. We stopped there and took a tour learning how cheese is made and packaged. It was interesting to see how the whey is removed from the curds and even more interesting to find out that cheese has to age as much as 18 months. We also learned that most of the cheddar cheese here is white and the only difference between white and yellow is the coloring they add to make it yellow. We were able to sample the cheese and other products they make at this factory, mmm, and we bought some goodies. We do enjoy factory tours.