The Ripton Country Store.  

The heartbeat of a small town.

        I think the heart beat of most Vermont towns are their country stores, almost every town has one. They are local gathering places and the source of the town news.  They are the life saver when you forgot an onion or canned clams for a recipe.  They are a comforting glow on a stormy winter evening when you could barely make it home up the windy, snowy roads. They are always a novelty to "The Out of Stater" visitor and a source of local pride.

                  Notice the Bus Stop Sign, a newer addition to the importance of the town store.

                                                                                                      

Do you see anything?   It's always been this way....

  

There's quite a variety of things you can find for sale here.   When my Husband was a little boy he loved to come in and check out the knives,  I still see the little boys doing it.   It's so cute.

This is our post office and the town pride.  A few years ago it was closed.   Many of the town's folk got together wrote letters and protested.   It worked and it was reopened!  ( We'll see for how long)

We love our little store, be sure to pop in for a visit!