We just got back from another whirlwind trip to VT, leaving Sunday morning and back by Tuesday night. We didn’t get to catch up with everyone we wanted, but we managed to make the rounds. We stayed with Anna and Chris and the chaos of two kids and a mentally challenged 100lb dog. The highlight of this visit was Chris shattering his bedroom window by throwing a shoe through it in a drunken state, and then arguing with Anna about it and neither one remembered it the next morning. This was after a nightmare second day of trying to change a flat spare tire after it came off the rim after changing the first flat.

Monday we hit Stowe for our first day on snow this year, my latest start ever especially since this winter had been so crappy. They were reporting 20" of new snow, it was empty, and the woods were barely tracked and thigh deep. Nothing like riding a Fish on your first day of the season… There was a ton of snow everywhere up there, and some depressing construction that will definitely change the feel of Stowe. We actualy rode until 3:30 which seemed really foreign afer a few years of season passes and living nearby. We rode with O.G. Burton bag guy Jim Sadler which was a good time, and then got to meet his lady friend at Red Square that night:

This is my car at the end of Lance’s driveway:

The huge new lodge coming to Spruce:

We had a good lunch with DaBica, one of the things we miss most about VT and swung by Fuse to say hi. We also stopped by to see our friend Matt Taylor. If you ever need a jeweler, he’s the man to go to. He made both Tara’s and my wedding rings, and I also had him make some earings for her. Everything comes out exactly as you describe it to him, and is flawless. Like finding a mechanic you actually trust and always go to, he’s the only jeweler I’d buy anything from at this point. He’s in Shelburne, so go there.