"Hey campy campertons" as Mel put it all weekend long. Love that girl. Mel is my good friend from my F.I.T days in Manhattan (for those of you who don't know, it is the Fashion Institute of Technology) Anyway she planned this great camping weekend in Vermont, 22 people total, 6 campsites totally.
Not only did we camp, but we visited the Ben and Jerry's factory about an hour away, always a tasty experience.
Me and Will fell in love with the landscape and atmosphere of Vermont, the air was so clean and the state so welcoming. It felt good to breathe in non polluted NYC air.
Well the weekend started off with our car ride up there, always fun chatting and catching up with your friends one on one for 4 hours. We arrived at the site around 4pm, set up tents(mine was the retro tent out of the bunch) and then began the fire and campfire hangout.
Saturday it was off to Ben and Jerry's for a tour and some tasty ice cream.
When we arrived back at camp we pretty much got ready and headed off on down the trail to the Quechee Gorge, which was just amazing. Picture a giant river flowing over tons and tons of carved out rock. Some parts of this river had pools, some parts were like river rapids, some parts you can walk out on to, very neat.
The walk back up the trail was not so easy, me and Mel lagged behind everyone because like dopes we didn't wear sneakers, flip flops are not good trail shoes(this I knew but didn't care at the time) By the time we finished the trail, the rain started and it went on and on and on until Sunday morning around 10am. We all gathered around one campsite bonfire where there was a nicely constructed tarp shelter to keep us from the rain.
No the rain did not stop us from having a good time, it just made it wet and muddy. Sunday we packed up and headed on the road making a stop at a great Vermont diner and then the Cabot cheese store and an Antique Mall.
Aside from the flooding rain, damn squitos, random cuts on my feet, and soggy clothes, it really was a great weekend. We met some good people, made some great memories, and of course took tons of pictures which all can be seen here......................................Vermont June 2009
Today I am off and I really wanted to head on off to the beach, but the weather here has just been so ick. Almost every day its grey and rainy, no sun at all. I know I things to do, time to prepare for my trip next weekend to Tenn. for the Sisiversary(I am stressing big time) But it will all fall into place eventually. I guess I about blogged it up today. Till we meet again.
