Vermont Roadtrip!
A few of weekends ago, another of the Boy's coworkers offered us his vacation home in Vermont for a weekend. Yes, I know. It's becoming a rule that everyone working for an East Coast hedge fund own a vacation home in Vermont. The Boy's coworker even had free lift tickets to Mount Snow for both of us!
We left immediately after work on Friday, driving a rental car. The four hour ride went pretty smoothly aside from us not being able to get the trunk open and having our equipment bang about in the back.
It was icy, snowy, dark and cold when we arrived. The first thing we did was to turn the heaters on in every floor. The house was quite large with lots of winter recreation equipment. The first floor had three bedrooms with many bunk beds, a bathroom and laundry machine. The next floor had a bedroom, large kitchen, living room and huge, huge game room. Separated from everything else by clear, glass french doors, the game room had a really cool bar area with a pool table, darts, foozeball table and general lounge area in front of a fireplace. But it was so freezing in there that all we could do was turn on the space heater and run out while it warmed up overnight.
The third floor was where we slept in a guest room. It was late, so we decided to get a good night's sleep and be well rested for a full day's skiing the next day.
The next morning we left the house early to ski and snowboard at Mount Snow where the conditions couldn't have been better. The weather was relatively warm, and the snow was so thick and powdery that neither of us hit any ice patches on the slopes. Without any big, obnoxious snow makers going as there were at Stratton last time, we got in several good runs and barely fell.
On the way back to the house, we stopped by a supermarket to pick up a few groceries. Since Vermont isn't particularly known for their nightlife, we decided to stay in, cook and enjoy what the house had to offer. The game room was sufficiently warmed by now, so we popped open a couple of beers and chatted for a bit at the bar. Then we attempted to play pool, but we were both so horrible at it that we eventually got bored and gave up. Next, we tried playing darts, but my aim was so off that I was worried I'd put holes in the walls and maybe even break a window. I had to stop playing.
By now we were getting pretty hungry. Off to the kitchen we went to cook up some steak fajitas for dinner. Mmmm! We watched about an hour of Syriana over dinner on the couch, but the excitment of having so many options in the house brought on a bit of ADD. We gave up on Syriana and went back to the game room, but eventually ended up back on the couch watching Wall Street until we got sleepy and went to bed.
The next day, we tried out some of the snow equipment around the house. Each of us put on a pair of snow shoes and trekked all over the vast, open backyard which was covered so thickly with snow that you could barely see the patio furniture poking out from beneath. The snow shoes were cool with their metal, spikey teeth which made a crunch! sound with every step. As we explored the perimeter of the house, threw snow all over the place and examined huge icicles hanging off the edge of the roof, you could hear our every move! Crunch, crunch! Crunch, crunch!
Across from the house was a frozen lake. We took our snow shoes crunching over the front yard, which was buried in snow, and tapped about on the lake. I was a bit nervous since we weren't exactly sure how frozen the lake was, and I still couldn't swim. The lake was pretty frozen, but a bit slushy so we decided not to switch to ice skating. Instead, we tried sledding in the backyard, but for some reason the sled wouldn't move, or when it did, it would get stuck a lot.
After playing in the snow all morning and a bit into the afternoon, it was time to pack up our things and head home. The drive home was much more interesting than the drive there since it was daytime, and we could admire the sights and towns we passed through. One town was having a St. Patrick's Day celebration a week early. There were truckloads of people riding around with green hats, clothes and banners. Initially, it was nice to see. But when several of these were holding up traffic on the road, we began to get irritated. This distracted everyone into driving slower than snails.
We stopped by the Woodbury Commons outlet on the way home and shopped for about an hour and a half before having dinner at an Applebee's when we were starving and couldn't wait to eat. After dinner, we continued our drive home, but ended up making another stop to pick up some groceries for the week at Stewart Leonard's in New York.
I liked Stewart Leonard's. All of their dairy products were made fresh and delivered from a local farm. We picked up a couple of tubs of yogurt, milk, blueberry juice, strawberries and other items.
That was the last stop before going home.
We left immediately after work on Friday, driving a rental car. The four hour ride went pretty smoothly aside from us not being able to get the trunk open and having our equipment bang about in the back.
It was icy, snowy, dark and cold when we arrived. The first thing we did was to turn the heaters on in every floor. The house was quite large with lots of winter recreation equipment. The first floor had three bedrooms with many bunk beds, a bathroom and laundry machine. The next floor had a bedroom, large kitchen, living room and huge, huge game room. Separated from everything else by clear, glass french doors, the game room had a really cool bar area with a pool table, darts, foozeball table and general lounge area in front of a fireplace. But it was so freezing in there that all we could do was turn on the space heater and run out while it warmed up overnight.
The third floor was where we slept in a guest room. It was late, so we decided to get a good night's sleep and be well rested for a full day's skiing the next day.
The next morning we left the house early to ski and snowboard at Mount Snow where the conditions couldn't have been better. The weather was relatively warm, and the snow was so thick and powdery that neither of us hit any ice patches on the slopes. Without any big, obnoxious snow makers going as there were at Stratton last time, we got in several good runs and barely fell.
On the way back to the house, we stopped by a supermarket to pick up a few groceries. Since Vermont isn't particularly known for their nightlife, we decided to stay in, cook and enjoy what the house had to offer. The game room was sufficiently warmed by now, so we popped open a couple of beers and chatted for a bit at the bar. Then we attempted to play pool, but we were both so horrible at it that we eventually got bored and gave up. Next, we tried playing darts, but my aim was so off that I was worried I'd put holes in the walls and maybe even break a window. I had to stop playing.
By now we were getting pretty hungry. Off to the kitchen we went to cook up some steak fajitas for dinner. Mmmm! We watched about an hour of Syriana over dinner on the couch, but the excitment of having so many options in the house brought on a bit of ADD. We gave up on Syriana and went back to the game room, but eventually ended up back on the couch watching Wall Street until we got sleepy and went to bed.
The next day, we tried out some of the snow equipment around the house. Each of us put on a pair of snow shoes and trekked all over the vast, open backyard which was covered so thickly with snow that you could barely see the patio furniture poking out from beneath. The snow shoes were cool with their metal, spikey teeth which made a crunch! sound with every step. As we explored the perimeter of the house, threw snow all over the place and examined huge icicles hanging off the edge of the roof, you could hear our every move! Crunch, crunch! Crunch, crunch!
Across from the house was a frozen lake. We took our snow shoes crunching over the front yard, which was buried in snow, and tapped about on the lake. I was a bit nervous since we weren't exactly sure how frozen the lake was, and I still couldn't swim. The lake was pretty frozen, but a bit slushy so we decided not to switch to ice skating. Instead, we tried sledding in the backyard, but for some reason the sled wouldn't move, or when it did, it would get stuck a lot.
After playing in the snow all morning and a bit into the afternoon, it was time to pack up our things and head home. The drive home was much more interesting than the drive there since it was daytime, and we could admire the sights and towns we passed through. One town was having a St. Patrick's Day celebration a week early. There were truckloads of people riding around with green hats, clothes and banners. Initially, it was nice to see. But when several of these were holding up traffic on the road, we began to get irritated. This distracted everyone into driving slower than snails.
We stopped by the Woodbury Commons outlet on the way home and shopped for about an hour and a half before having dinner at an Applebee's when we were starving and couldn't wait to eat. After dinner, we continued our drive home, but ended up making another stop to pick up some groceries for the week at Stewart Leonard's in New York.
I liked Stewart Leonard's. All of their dairy products were made fresh and delivered from a local farm. We picked up a couple of tubs of yogurt, milk, blueberry juice, strawberries and other items.
That was the last stop before going home.
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