Our Week at Smuggler's Notch, VT
Despite the drizzle and mist we have spent a wonderful week here at Smuggler’s Notch Vermont. We can’t believe how fast the time has passed. We spent several days driving around absorbing the natural glory of the area, going to a farmer’s market and craft show. We also visited a granite quarry (Rock of Ages), Ben and Jerry’s ice cream factory and the Shelburne Museum. (It was really well worth the visit http://www.shelburnemuseum.org/?flash=true). We took a nice bike ride along the river and today spent the whole day in an art class, half of it painting and the other sculpting. We both had a great time doing it.
The scenery around here in Northern Vermont is spectacular. There are ski lifts all around us as it is mainly a ski resort in the winter. The mountains, green meadows, streams, ponds, imposing rocky cliffs and the incredible tapestry of reds, golds and evergreens covering the hillsides just takes your breath away. Traffic is very light on these country lanes, but the fog and mist are sometimes a bit spooky, particularly in the evening hours. During the day, the fog provides a lovely milky backdrop to these beautiful slender birch and maple trees.
The time-share unit itself is great! It is probably not much smaller then our home and really well supplied and organized. It would be a fun place even in the summer when one can go bike riding, hiking swimming and canoeing. The nearest towns, Stowe and Burlington are very quaint and have many nice shops and restaurants, but Starbucks is a very rare sight in Vermont.
"Garmi", our trusty GPS "StreetPilot" has been a "godsend". It has directed us from one place to another and reducing the stress level of whoever has to navigate. We both really love it and think it was a very worthwhile acquisition.
Tomorrow we are heading back to Canada, this time to Quebec, where we’ll spend a few days at another ski resort and a few in Montreal on a house exchange at a fancy hotel in the heart of Montreal.
It has been raining today and threatens to rain for the foreseeable future, but if we were looking for sunshine we would stay in California.
The scenery around here in Northern Vermont is spectacular. There are ski lifts all around us as it is mainly a ski resort in the winter. The mountains, green meadows, streams, ponds, imposing rocky cliffs and the incredible tapestry of reds, golds and evergreens covering the hillsides just takes your breath away. Traffic is very light on these country lanes, but the fog and mist are sometimes a bit spooky, particularly in the evening hours. During the day, the fog provides a lovely milky backdrop to these beautiful slender birch and maple trees.
The time-share unit itself is great! It is probably not much smaller then our home and really well supplied and organized. It would be a fun place even in the summer when one can go bike riding, hiking swimming and canoeing. The nearest towns, Stowe and Burlington are very quaint and have many nice shops and restaurants, but Starbucks is a very rare sight in Vermont.
"Garmi", our trusty GPS "StreetPilot" has been a "godsend". It has directed us from one place to another and reducing the stress level of whoever has to navigate. We both really love it and think it was a very worthwhile acquisition.
Tomorrow we are heading back to Canada, this time to Quebec, where we’ll spend a few days at another ski resort and a few in Montreal on a house exchange at a fancy hotel in the heart of Montreal.
It has been raining today and threatens to rain for the foreseeable future, but if we were looking for sunshine we would stay in California.
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