A Weekend in Vermont

View from Jay Peak Chair Lift, VT, 3/07

Miss Doodle's furry little face was sadly missing from this weekend in Vermont, and heaven knows I didn't tell her where I was going, or she'd be pissed. Unbeknownst to Doodle, a great time was had by all, and our days included the following activities (#1 and #3 being the only ones even slightly resembling the activity of mouse/mole/or vole decapitation):

1. Almost missing my plane at LaGuardia and almost punching a very unhelpful US Airways desk clerk in the face, taking a propeller plane to Burlington, and sharing a beer with my friend on that 11 a.m. flight to calm the nerves and kick the weekend off with class.
2. Having Whip and A-Ron pick us up at the airport and then having lunch at Friendly's, shopping at Price Chopper (or "Food Chopper," as Whip calls it), playing with electronic keyboard synthesizers at Best Buy, and wandering the aisles of The Christmas Tree Shop (to purchase toy musical instruments and St. Patrick's Day hats and other crap we "needed.")
3. Skiing at Jay Peak--or "Rude" Peak as I nicknamed it--because it was a toss up in the Lack of Manners Department between the French Canadian Skiers and the Young American Snowboarding Males.
4. Sitting by the fire and playing "Fun Fun," a game of charades, made all the more fun fun when complimented with a few bottles of wine and birthday cake
5. A walk along the frozen lake to see the last remaining ice fishing shack of the season in the center of it and falling waist deep into the enormous piles of snow with every step
6. A flight back which included an ignorant man with creative, noisy sinus problems who literally almost grossed us off of the plane, thankfully we were sedated and belted

Enjoy these scenes from a weekend in Vermont:

Das Boathaus and DeeAnne Buried in Snow, Caspian Lake, VT, 3/07

Deal or No Deal? Test Drive Available at Sight of First Crocus, VT, 3/07

Caspian Lake Ice Fishing Shack and Ice Fisherman, VT, 3/07
Ice Fishing Shacks in Dry Dock, VT, 3/07
Backyard, VT, 3/07

Jay Peak, VT, 3/07

Jay Peak Ascent, VT, 3/07
Jay Peak Descent, VT, 3/07
Backyard, VT, 3/07
Near Stowe, VT, 3/07
USAir Tin Can in the Sky With Propellers, Somewhere between NY & VT, 3/07

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