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Infomation About St. Armands Circle

Information About Saint Armand’s Circle

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While at Siesta Key, I saw a lot of Information About Saint Armand’s Circle. We decided to drive to St. Armand and check the place out.  St. Armand is an island in the Gulf of Mexico just off the Florida coast. To get to the island, we had to drive across a bridge connecting Sarasota to Bird Key. This is a beautiful drive. We then crossed another bridge which took us to St. Armand’s Key. The road takes you straight to St. Armand’s Circle.

Infomation About St. Armands Circle
St. Armand’s Circle

One of the first things we learned was the circle has two names. John Ringling who owned St. Armand Key, planned the layout of the town. In the center of the business district he placed a circle named after his friend President Warren G Harding.

Infomation About St. Armands Circle
Sidewalk on St. Armand’s Circle

We found the Circle is surrounded by upscale stores and Restaurants. My wife loved the stores and shops. I enjoyed the art and food. St. Armand’s reminded me of places in California. I have not seen anything like this on the east coast. As far as the clothing store went, I did like The Black Dog. My wife on the other hand seemed to enjoy all of them.

Infomation About St. Armands Circle
sitting on the sidewalk

After shopping we decided to have lunch at Cha Cha Coconuts. The Circle has lots of places to eat, but the combination of the name and the menu pulled us to Cha Cha’s.

Infomation About St. Armands Circle
Grouper Sandwich
Grouper Tacos

Besides having over one hundred shops, stores and restaurants, we found another side to St. Armand. By continuing on John Ringling Blvd. through the circle, we arrived at Lido Key.

 

Lido Key

Lido Key has resorts and beaches. We drove to the three beaches on Lido, which are Lido Beach, North Lido Beach and you guessed it South Lido Beach. In summary the Information About Saint Armand’s Circle is that it is  a place where you have upscale shopping to swim trunks on a beach in less than a mile of each other.

 

Vermont and Maple Syrup

Vermont and Maple Syrup

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I think Vermont and Maple Syrup just go together.  I was driving South through Vermont looking at all the Fall colors, when I decided that I had to get some real maple syrup.

Vermont and Maple Syrup
Maple Trees

At Chester, VT, I turned on to the Green Mountain Turnpike and drove to Mitch’s Maples.  Mitch’s is located at 2440 Green Mountain Turnpike Chester VT.  I found Mitch’s very different from most places in that he had products on the shelf with prices mark but he also had a sign saying to pick out what you want then put the payment in a box on the counter.

It could be that I am just to up tight, but I wanted to hand the money to someone so they would know I had paid. The people at Mitch’s were working outside around the trees but they must have realized the situation.  After getting to pay someone, I was shown around the place.  The tour was an expiation of how maple syrup comes to be.

I had the idea of little buckets hanging on all the trees. This idea was  proved to be dated.  We were shown tubing which ran from the trees with the help of a pump.  We also visited the collection area and were shown how the syrup becomes syrup.

I really enjoyed our visit and the items we bought (after someone came to take the money).  If in or around Chester VT , Mitches is worth a visit.

I just wanted to show a view from Mitch’s front door.