"We heard the blue jello slide was really fun. Even though not all of the jello was blue."

The above quote more or less sums up the quirky, whimsical and, well, blue atmosphere of the Deerfield Valley Blueberry Festival. We headed down to Dover, VT on Saturday for the Blueberry Parade--this year's theme was "Everything blue and agricultural" and the residents of Dover really took it to heart. (We caught some disdainful looks for our green t-shirts. Whoops.) There were children dressed as blueberries, a blueberry queen and even a pair of goats who had gotten the kool-aid treatment.





Sadly we missed the jello sliding, but we did arrive just in time for a town hall meeting with Bernie Sanders! Also fun! And considerably less messy, to boot. The meeting centered around health care and the economy--we asked a few questions about the Senate climate bill, but climate and energy were not hot topics for this crowd. This probably had something to do with the fact that, with the exception of the the 3 folks from Race to Replace, no one else was under the age of 30. We were also the only people to ask a question about climate. Climate change is a youth issue. If we want to open up a dialogue about climate change and energy in Vermont, we're going to have to do it ourselves (and before we have hospital bills and mortgages). We're going to have to sit through town hall meetings (and they can be pretty entertaining, so don't freak), talk to politicians, write editorials and VOTE. Especially the last one. Vote and it's amazing how people start listening.

22 days until the primary election on AUGUST 24TH. Register to vote with the Race to Replace team at one of our events or go to your town clerk's office. It takes about 2 minutes and there is almost no good reason not to do it. So what are you waiting for?