7 am.  Up and headed on the last leg of this trip.  300 miles to go.   It is cold and rainy this morning.  At least it’s not snowing!  

I guess you could say it’s a little foggy too.  Here are some rivers we crossed over.  

In Potsdam, New York we saw these toilets in town on one of the lots.   See link below.   He is apparently protesting with these against Potsdam.   

http://youtu.be/fTMOs_Skgug 
     

Lake Champlain   

 Revolutionary War fort on Lake Champlain.  https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Montgomery_(Lake_Champlain)

Ice fishing in lake Champlain.    

Vermont!  #47 off the list!   

3:30.  Arrived at our stop in plenty of time.  Had to wait about an hour to unload us and then we are off to our next pick up which is across the street at Callebaut chocolate with a load going to Hershey in Edwardsville, Illinois.   Boy what I could do with all this chocolate and pecans! 

  
5 pm  Still waiting to get loaded.  Our trailer was frozen from the pecans and it has to get to 55 degrees before they can load the chocolate.

6:30 pm.   Now the trailer is wet where it thawed out and now we have to wait until it dries.   Gracious sakes.  

7:50 pm.   Finally loaded and ready to go.   Unfortunately our clock is done so we can only go down the road to the truck stop.   We have 38,000 pounds of semi sweet chocolate chips.   I don’t know what Hershey does to this chocolate but it doesn’t taste anything like the Callebaut I’ve had before.   

  
Good thing we are stopping for the night.  Visibility is horrible. 

Anybody want some maple syrup?  Two big shelves full here at the truck stop.  We bought a gallon to take to the kids. 

   
 DG:  I have to thank the Lord for a long load this time. It kept us out of this soup. 

Getting out of the truck it is misty rainy here and cold enough it just chills you to the bone in a few minutes. Unlike the stinging pain of a windy -23 like in Iowa a month or so ago this is a heavy cold that blankets you like a, well, like a wet blanket. A cold wet blanket. Brrrrrrr!!!!

And now Annie tells me it is supposed to snow in a few hours. Glad I will be asleep. Perhaps it will be gone when I awaken. 

  
This was by the road at a, well, they’re not rest areas, they’re parking areas. Big enough for four cars and one big truck or two big trucks. But it’s by a small country road so you cant expect much. 

So far Vermont has been very good to us. The truck stop we pulled into had one parking space left, just for us. Thank you Jesus. We went in to do the usual and check things out, and they had a Dunkin Donuts and a, wait for it, that’s right, a Subway. First to DD.  Annie likes the coffee cake muffins but those are only available in the morning.  Boston Cream, my favorite, they had six left but I only asked for one. The young man behind the counter grabs a bag and I see him put two in the bag so I politely ask him if he put two in there.  I wasn’t going to argue and I wanted to ask for two but didn’t want to appear piggish so it was okay with me if there were two in the bag. I was happy to pay for two. To my surprise he says, “Yes, I was going to give them to you.”  I looked surprised. I mean I wasn’t looking in a mirror but I knew that the look on my face was emitting surprise. “Give them to me?” I inquired.  “I’ll give you the rest of them if you want.”  Thinking I had stepped through some kind of space/time continuum portal where they give away doughnuts I quickly answered, “Fill ‘er up.”  Not looking piggish just went out the window. Still foggy from that experience we move to the next counter and faced with no good alternative decide on a Subway sandwich. Here’s where I feel I should spit as do the residents of Dog River do whenever Woolerton is mentioned.  (If you’re not a fan of Corner Gas this won’t mean anything to you and if you are not a fan, WHY NOT????). Very funny show even if it did come out of Canada. 

Where was I?  Oh yea, about to order dinner from Subway, pittuie.  So we split a foot long which was actually two six inchers one with chicken and lettuce and one with chicken, green peppers, onions, banana peppers and jalapeño peppers. And sriracha sauce. Annie has her huge five gallon jug that she totes around to refill with Diet Coke whenever the opportunity arises and she asked the girl behind the counter where she may get some ice. The nice lady tells her to fill it up at their soda fountain and she means fill it up. Not just with ice but with beverage as well and gives the old wink and a nod, the universal sign for this one’s on the house. What’s going on here I wonder to myself as Annie and I share quizzical glances at one another. Free doughnuts and free soda?  My God, what is the world coming too? Are they going out of business?  Is this their way to get rid of product?  None of this made sense. These people were so nice. And they’re YANKEES!  This is the end, I just know it. God forgive me. I’m coming to see you. Oh, and while checking out with some other items we purchased they didn’t charge us for the “Sweetie Pie” which given the sugar content of that thing and these people’s obsession with healthy living I am surprised these things are legal in this state. But given all of that, we like Vermont. And I’m sure it’s very pretty once the rain and fog are gone. 

Okay, so this is what happens when I get a nap while being loaded. That didn’t sound right did it?  Oh well, I’m sure somebody knows what I mean and they will explain it to the rest of you. 

Good night and God bless.