This was a fun day. I
got up and “ran” but it was literally 99% humidity and drizzling and it was
hard to breathe. But it was still
beautiful outside. Once I got back and
showered and everyone was ready, we stopped for breakfast at The Bagel, then
drove south to the village of Waterbury where we went on a Ben & Jerry’s
factory tour. We were able to sample a
flavor that they created in the factory and isn’t sold to the public – Summer
Tea Party – it was ice cream that tasted like orange sherbet but was supposedly
grapefruit. Then we each bought a flavor
and sat outside and ate it. The kids
hadn’t ever had Ben & Jerry’s ice cream before.
From there we drove back to Stowe and drove past the Trapp
Family Lodge (it has a great view). Then
we drove up to Mount Mansfield and bought a family pass to ride the gondola up
the mountain. The lady who sold us the
tickets recommended we take a .7 mi hike up to the summit – the trail was
called The Cliffs. She said it was steep
but fun.
We started off and it was amazing – very challenging to
climb up. Everyone was having fun and we
were only about .05 miles into the hike when Grant and I came upon a
porcupine! Grant was in the lead and I
was behind him so Ryan and Nick didn’t get to see him because he climbed back
into his cave.
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| Porcupine cave! |
It was a little unnerving
continuing on but right after that we got to a spot that we couldn’t
traverse. We were in a narrow slit and
there was a huge drop off that the kids wouldn’t have been able to get
across.
I was surprised that the lady,
after looking at Grant, recommended the trail.
So sadly we had to turn around but it was still spectacular.
We went back down the gondola and stopped at the Sunset
Grilled for drinks and snacks. We sat
outside and listened to good classic rock on the radio and ate root beer
floats, pepsi, sangria, beer, nachos, fries and mozzarella sticks. It was fun!
We went back to the room and chilled for a bit then we went
outside by the pool and Grant and Nick threw the ball for a while.
We then left the kids in the room and went out to get some
wine and pick up some dinner. We ate in
the room and are now watching Beauty and the Beast in our room.
It just stormed outside so I think we’re in for the
night. We’ll leave tomorrow morning and
start our drive down to Rhode Island.
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