The Thought ExhibitFantastic Caverns was a ride on a Jeep drawn cart through old underground caves. There are very few of these around that are accessible by Jeep. The formations are pretty cool and provide a fertile imagination with many ideas. Out of the natural beauty into the man-made scenery of Zio’s Italian Kitchen. I found the [...]
First thing Sunday morning I got the internet connection up and running. That meant it wasn’t going to be a week of roughing it, Grizzly Adams style. Krissy’s grandfather picked us up late in the morning and we headed back up to Springfield to the Fantastic Caverns, one of the few underground caves you can [...]
On Friday night we drove down to Portland to spend the night. We knew the plane left Portland at 6:30 AM, and we weren’t making the drive Saturday morning. We stopped at Red Robin in Augusta so I could have a Royal Red Robin burger. I love those things. We dropped my car off at [...]
I was on vacation from the time I left work on Christmas Eve until the morning of January 4th. In an effort to help me remember what went on during vacation, I thought I’d document daily highlights here. Apparently this is becoming somewhat like a diary. 12/24/09 – Went to my mother’s for her birthday [...]
All in all, Vermont has the most beautiful natural scenery out of all the places I’ve been. You’re constantly driving among forested valleys while looking up at mountains surrounding you. Plush farmland also often sprinkles the view. In my mind, living at the foot of one of those mountains would offer a lifetime of healthy [...]
Yesterday we finally decided to drive 45 minutes for a decent meal. Longhorn is in Willington, which would have been another place better to go to than Burlington. Willington is where all the big box stores are like Wal*Mart, Circuit City, and Best Buy. Also the good chain restaurants like Longhorn, Chili’s and 99. Odd [...]
Stayed in. All day. Took a shower around 6…PM. Only got dressed because my skin started sticking to the wooden chair where I was sitting playing my computer game. At Oreos for supper and Ben & Jerry’s for dessert around 11 PM. Payed for it by 2:40 AM. Krissy read 2 Nancy Drew books and [...]
Before I start day 5, I bet you can’t guess what the weather’s like today, day 6? Yeah. Overcast with 50% chance of showers. Thank you, Vermont, for a stimulatingly sunny week. It’s too bad we’re going to have to go back to MAINE to warm up!! Day 5. Lazy day. Stayed in the suite [...]
Taste of Vermont. We came, we saw, we tasted. Trapp Family Lodge. When the Von Trapps left the set of the Sound of Music, they settled in Vermont. Now their lodge is a timeshare. There is a good bakery on-site, though. We bought 4 things for under $10. They were all good. Ben & Jerry’s [...]
Burlington, oh Burlington. How can Church St have so many shops that neither one of us were interested in? Seriously, we totally wasted our time going down there. On the way back we stopped at the Essex Shopping Plaza. This…this, I tell you, is what we were looking for all day! Multiple buildings full of [...]
Rain, rain on my face Hasn’t stopped raining for days My world is a flood Slowly I become one with the mud… RCI Orientation Meeting: >1 hour history lesson on Vermont. I could have listened longer, though we weren’t hearing much about the resort. Actually, I don’t think there is much to hear about the [...]
I forgot to mention the concert on Saturday night. In a word, Selah was powerful. Todd, the male lead singer is pretty darn amazing. The piano player was rather into the concert, too. I don’t really want to run out and buy their CDs because what I’ve heard recorded is no match for what I [...]
I have transported my wife safely to her vacation destination. I’ve signed up for week-long internet access while she soaks in the jacuzzi in the master bedroom. Why is it that low-rate hotels and motels will provide you with free wireless internet access, but the last two resorts we’ve stayed in charge us $30 per [...]
Thursday, June 14 I received an offer to use someone’s campsite at a state park. Early Friday morning, the transfer was confirmed. Krissy spend most of that Friday buying camping supplies and packing our gear for a two night stay. When I got home at 4:30, there was still some packing to be done, a [...]
We left on Sunday the 20th for Six Flags – New England in Springfield, MA. Monday was a blast. By the end of the day, my feet were sore and my head was burnt, but we had lots of fun on all the big rides. Tuesday we went to Santa’s Village in Jefferson, NH. It [...]
To wrap up, our foray into Canadian territory was a success. I have observed these odd, peaceful people in their natural environment. Their pasttime of “mudding” around the property, and their battlecry of “Git ‘r Done” are naught to be feared by our troops. We were even handed a red-tinted rock from their odd terrain, [...]
In September, I took on one of the many rites of manhood that I had thus far avoided; I went white water rafting. I’m a good swimmer, who doesn’t mind a thrill ride so it’s odd that I hadn’t gone on this particular type of outing before. The ride was fun, at least the first [...]
A quick Thank You to Andy and Cousin Dave for breathing some life into The Monkey Exhibit. I wither without comments, like a plant without water. Thursday, October 6th started off midmorning as we left Delaware. We drove until we were low on gas and rather hungry. I was holding out for Popeyes and Krissy [...]
Vacation started off at 9 AM Wednesday, October 5th after a few last-minute stops. We had to drop off a wedding RSVP, pick up a prescription and get breakfast. Then we rushed to the interstate and flew down the highway to get to Massachusetts because we had a lunch date with Josh Reilly (his name [...]