A SWEET CONNECTION
VINALHAVEN IS AN ISLAND ABOUT THE
SIZE OF MANHATTTAN BUT WITH A YEAR
ROUND POPULATION OF ABOUT 1200. THERE'S
A LOT MORE PEOPLE HERE IN THE SUMMER
SEASON BUT AS SEPTEMBER NEARS AN END
YOU'RE LIKELY TO FIND SOME OF THE
MERCHANTS CLOSED FOR THE SEASON OR
LIMITING THEIR HOURS.
AS MY SWEETH TOOTH WAS CALLING OUT
I FOUND TWO BAKERIES IN THE SMALL
DOWNTOWN AREA. I WAS KIND OF HOPING
TO FIND A PIE AT ONE OF THEM BUT NEITHER
WAS OPEN! OH EACH HAD HOURS. JUST NOT
MINE.
LOOKING FOR AN ACCEPTABLE SUBSTITUTE
BROUGHT US TO THE VINALHAVEN CANDY
COMPANY. AT FIRST I THOUGHT IT MIGHT BE
RUN BY ONE OF THOSE LOCALBAKERS. WE
FOUND IT CLOSED WHEN WE TOPPED! THERE
WAS A SIGN INDICATINGIT WOULD BE OPEN AT 2PM.
WE KILLED SOME TIME AND RETURNED.
HAPPILY THE NEON "OPEN SIGN" WAS SHINING!
SURE ENOUGHT THE DOOR WAS UNLOCKED AND
THE LIGHTS WERE ON. BEINGA TRAINED OBSERVER
I CONCLUDED THESE WERE SIGNS THE PLACE WAS,
INDEED, OPEN FOR BUSINESS.
THE OWNER, JOSH, GREETED US WITH
A FRIENDLY "HELLO" AND A WIDE SMILE.
THERE WAS ALSO A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF
ICE CREAM AND A NICE SELECTION OF CONES.
THE PLACE REMINDED US OF ICE CREAM
PARLORS "BACK HOME." PART OF THAT FEELING
MAY HAVE BEEN GENERATED BY JOSH. SEEMS HE'S
FROM DURSHORE, PENNSYLVANIA! I'VE
DECIDED TO CALL IT "THE DUSHORE DAIRY!"
LIKE SEVERAL OTHER PEOPLE WE'VE
MET, HIS PARENTS USED TO VACATION HERE
WHEN HE WAS A KID SO, EVENTUALLY, HE AND
THEY MOVED HERE!
SINCE WE COULDN'T FIND A PIE I'M
VERY PLEASED WITH HIS RELOCATION! HOPE
HE STAYS OPEN TILL WE HAVE TO LEAVE AND
THAT ALL OF YOUR NEWS IS GOOD!
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