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Day 10

It reads a bit like an old story, right: We all went over to Grandma's house for breakfast and then we went down to the Lake swim...???!!!

As we settle into the second week of our USA adventure, we're still enjoying fancy breakfast treats and road trips across Vermont. Like today, after a communal breakfast, we all piled into the du Plessis' vehicle (aptly named, Expedition) and head for Burlington to watch a Drive, Chip and Putt competition.


The drive was long and the kids behaved well. A peanut butter and jam sandwich goes a long way and always saves the day! Jorja laughed almost all the way there - I wondered when the tears would come. At one point, she just announced in her amazing American accent, "Yorrrr! It's vrek hot here!" and we all just laughed out loud.



After a warm up (and a first visit to the local driving range for some), we arrived at Links at Lang Farm.

It wasn't long before I strapped Ethan into the pram and went for a walk - up to the Essex Culinary Resort and Spa (maybe one day I'll check in there) and across to the Essex Family History Centre. We returned to the golf course with Ethan asleep and the competition in progress.

Professional...Golf Caddie
When it was over (just 9 shots later) we all loaded into the car again and hit the road home - not before stopping at a public rest place along the road, where they serve FREE Green Mountain State coffee. Better than a toll gate or an e-tol I think. Needless to say, all the over 18's enjoyed a cuppa!

Once at home, we carried out the evening farm chores (and built awesome toy garages out of Lincoln Logs!!) and even gulped down refreshing berry smoothies before tucking into a delicious lamb dinner with hearty home cooked vegetables from Chuck's Sunrise Farm (our now regular Thursday stock up stop). Before I knew it, it was 8.30pm and we were due for bed! The thunder storm helped us pack up the party pretty quickly tonight as well...







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