>> THERE ARE SO MANY FARMERS HERE.
FIFTH-GENERATION FARMERS TO LEARN FROM, AND THEY ARE THE BEST TEACHERS AROUND.
TED: THEY ARE FIRST TO ADMIT THEY NEEDED MENTORING WHEN THEY STARTED OUT HERE.
THEY KNEW THE NEIGHBORS MIGHT HAVE BEEN SKEPTICAL.
>> HOW COULD YOU NOT BE?
A CITY KID, DOES NOT KNOW ANYTHING.
HE WILL START A DAIRY FARM AND BE SUCCESSFUL?
GO AHEAD.
TED: SO, THEY DID.
IN 2012 THEY LEFT CORPORATE JOBS IN NEW YORK AND MOVED TO CHELSEA, VERMONT, WHERE THEY BOUGHT THIS 81 ACRE HOMESTEAD IN A SMALL HERD OF DAIRY GOATS TO CREATE AND MARKET THEIR OWN GOAT
MILK GELATO.
TED: WHAT TYPE OF REACTIONS DID YOU GET FROM FRIENDS, FAMILY?
>> THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF THAT, YOU ARE CRAZY.
>> THERE IS NO DAY OFF.
YOU DO NOT RUN THE SHOW, THE ANIMALS DO.
YOU ARE ALWAYS ON CALL AND WORKING.
TED: THEY ALSO FOUND OUT AN UNLIKELY FAVORITE GOAT SNACK.
>> THIS IS WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU’RE DONE WITH THEM.
WHO KNEW THAT GOATS LOVE CHRISTMAS TREES LIKE THAT?
TED: THEY FOUND A HOME AND COMMUNITY HERE.
>> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I COULD TRULY SAY IT IS HOME.
EVEN IF WE DID NOT DO THIS, I DO NOT THINK I COULD LEAVE.
TED: NOT THAT THEY NEED TO.
THERE GOAT MILK GELATO IS CARRIED BY SEVERAL RETAILERS.
NOT BAD FOR FIRST TIME DAIRY FARMERS.
>> SWEET DOE DAIRY GELATO.
>> 13 YEARS IN THE MAKING.
FLAVOR AND TEXTURE IS HARD TO BEAT.
IT STARTS WITH THE SWEET LITTLE GIRLS THAT WE RAISE HERE.
TED: FROM CHELSEA WE HEADED WEST TO BROOKFIELD, VERMONT TO CHECK OUT UNIQUE AND NEWLY UNCOVERED HISTORY.
>> BROOKFIELD FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY IS THE OLDEST CONTINUOUSLY OPERATING LIBRARY IN THE STATE OF VERMONT.
TED: YES, IT IS.
NOT THAT THEY MAKE A BIG DEAL OF IT.
>> WE DO NOT BROADCAST THAT ANDERA T-SHIRTS DO NOT SAY THAT.
TED: IN THE SUMMER OF 2019 A FASCINATING FIND IN THE TOWN HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S ATTIC.
ORIGINAL OVERDUE BOOK RECORDS.
THESE SHOW OVERDUE FINES FOR BOOKS GOING BACK 200 YEARS.
>> YES, IT DOES.
WHICH IS IRONIC BECAUSE WE DO NOT COLLECT FINES ANYMORE.
TED: THINK OF THE INTEREST.
THERE IS A BIG BOOK OF UNPAID FINES.
>> FULL OF SCUFFLAWS.
>> SHOCKING, ISN’T IT?
TED: JUST DOWN THE HILL IS BROOKFIELD’S SUNSET LAKE WHERE PREPARATIONS WERE UNDERWAY FOR THE TOWN’S ANNUAL ICE HARVEST FESTIVAL, A WINTER TRADITION FOR 40 YEARS.
ALL FOR FUN TODAY, BUT THE ICE HARVESTED HERE IN THE 1800S TRAVELED FAR AND WIDE.
>> MILK THAT LEFT VERMONT WOULD HAVE THE ICE FROM BROOKFIELD POND, TAKE IT TO BOSTON.
TED: AL WILDER HAS BEEN THE DRIVING FORCE FOR THE FESTIVAL AND LIKES TO LET FOLKS TAKE A HAND IN GETTING A BIG ICE CUBE THE OLD-FASHIONED WAY.
DOES THIS ANSWER THE AGE-OLD QUESTION, HOW MANY PEOPLE DOES IT TAKE TO DRILL A HOLE IN THE ICE?
I WAS JUST WATCHING AND FELT LIKE I NEEDED TO TAKE A NAP.
THIS IS HARDER THAN IT LOOKS.
>> CIRCULAR MOTION.
TED: HOW MANY BLOCKS WERE YOU HOPING TO GET?
ICE ALSO DREW US TO LAKE MOREY AND THE LAKE MOREY RESORT.
>> THE INN WAS BUILT IN 1905.
WE DECIDED I THINK WE NEED TO GET ON THE ICE AND DO SOMETHING.
TED: SO THEY DID, THE RESORT CREATED AREAS FOR POND HOCKEY AND TOURNAMENTS.
THEY GOT MORE AMBITIOUS.
THEY CREATED A 4.5 MILE SKATING LOOP AROUND THE LAKE, THE LONGEST MAINTAINED SKATING TRAIL IN THE U.S., AND ALL OF IT FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
>> ANYONE CAN CALM.
IT DOES NOT COST YOU ANYTHING.
IF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN SKATES, YOU CAN JUST PARK INCOME SKATE.
WE JUST WANT PEOPLE TO GET OUTSIDE.
TED: YOU CAN ALSO RENT LONG-DISTANCE NORDIC. SKI BLADES RECUPERATING FROM A KNEE INJURY, SHE -- OPTED TO SKATE WITH ASSISTANCE.
NOT HAVING TRIED LONG BLADES BEFORE, I COULD HAVE USED HELP.
HOW DIFFICULT IS IT TO PICK UP NORDIC?
? SKIING >> THE PESSIMIST DO WELL, -- THE OPTIMIST DO WELL, THE PESSIMIST WILL NEED A COUPLE TRIES.
ALONG BUMPS AND CREVICES IT DOES AMAZINGLY WELL.
TED: COLD, CLEAR DAY, BRILLIANT BLUE SKY, AND A UNIQUE WAY TO CROSS THE LAKE AND WINTER.
>> IT IS PEACEFUL, THE VIEWS ARE GORGEOUS.
NOTHING LIKE IT, 100%.
JUST LIKE THAT.
ANTHONY: NORDIC SKATING, ARE REALLY FAST GROWING SPORT.
YOU CAN RENT SKATES THERE.
THE SKATING RINK OR TRAIL, ALWAYS FREE IN THE PARKING IS FREE.
SHAYNA: BACK TO SWEET DOE DAIRY.
THE OWNERS SAY THEY LOVE TO HAVE VISITORS TO SAMPLE ICE CREAM.
YOUR T