Every now and then it is nice to splurge. And what better way to splurge than go to a gorgeous local restaurant perched over a waterfall in an old mill building in Vermont? Indeed. Don’t have too many pictures to share, but the place really is amazing. Simon Pearce is a company the primarily makes [...]
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Simon Pearce
Posted in Being a tourist, Randomness, Winter on February 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Katahdin
Posted in Climbing, Hiking, Winter, tagged DOC, Katahdin on January 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Every year the DOC Winter Sports Club goes on a big trip up to Katahdin – the end of the Appalachian Trail and a big mountain in Maine. The trip was pretty grand. We skied in ten miles the first day, then four miles of snowshoeing the second. The third day we summitted, but that [...]
Ice Climbing Smuggler’s Notch
Posted in Climbing, Winter on December 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t get out climbing all that often, but when an opportunity presented itself to go climbing over in Vermont at the very beginning of finals week, I decided to put the books down and head out climbing. We went up a place called Elephant’s Throat up Smuggler’s Notch – pretty close to the Stowe [...]
Skiing the Carriage Road
Posted in Hiking, Winter on February 19, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Saturday was a beautiful day – a perfect day to be backcountry skiing on Moosilauke. We spent the night at John Rand, woke up late in the morning, skinned up Snapper, and then skied down the Carriage Road. Wonderful snow and great weather. And actually got a few tele turns in, which [...]
Fire and Snow
Posted in Chopping Stuff, Making/Building/Fixing Stuff, Winter on January 19, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Went out to Oak Hill with friends to have a fire and hot dogs and smores. Took a while to get the fire going – lots of wet wood. Too long – I was embarrased. alas. But we got ‘er done, and had a lovely time hanging out.
Also noticed some strange [...]
