Samantha in Montpelier

In the hotel lobby

Sam here.  The week before Christmas, the human, her male counterpart, and I took a little weekend trip to Montpelier, VT.  Since it was supposed to snow, I commandeered the new purple velvet cloak.  We stayed in the Capitol Plaza, right in the center of Montpelier.

First stop, the Vermont History Museum

The snow did not start Friday night when we drove up, but by Saturday morning, there was a lovely little snowstorm.  But the museum was right across the street from the hotel, and wonderfully deserted thanks to the snow.  It was just me, the human, and the museum employee (who gave the human a little sample book someone sent them.  It's too big for us, but the human will miniaturize it.).

The museum had some really interesting objects, like a Civil War medicine case of leather with little glass vials.  I do believe that the human should make us one.  Not shown here was the obligatory Bernie Sanders campaign poster from 1983 (it is Vermont, after all).

Outdoors, it was turning into a winter wonderland.

Christmas shopping at the Farmer's Market

By early afternoon, the snow had died down, and the humans decided to venture to their favorite distillery.  I came along for some nice scenery.  (The less said about the condition of the roads, the better.  The humans only drove into a snowbank once.)

Winter scenery

In the evening, we made a trip up to Burlington for dinner with the human's friends, and some lovely street scenes.

And when we got back to Montpelier, the tree in front of the state house was lit, so we went out for more photos.