June 01, 2005
I'm a little bit city, She's a little bit country
Over the course of my almost 25 years I've been lucky to have had a good solid mix of city and country living. I've no doubt that I can hold my own in either setting. Yesterday helped me remember that as we left the semi-busy Albany for a day in Vermont. Also realized yesterday was that no matter how far from home you go, when you go back it still looks basically the same. I spent years 12-18 of my life living right near the border of VT, my high school job was in VT, the movies, and other general destinations were all just over the border. Thus, I needed no maps to get me where I was going yesterday. Just my decent visual memory.
Final Destination: Mt. Equinox Skyline Drive. A total of nine dollars afforded us to be the only car on the mountain at all, an amazing amount of quiet time in some serious woods and trails, and ridiculously good views. The weather lately has been warm-ish with chance of storms every day, so there were clouds, and it even rained on us for about 15 minutes. Really all that gave us was an excuse to come back on a bright sunny day in the fall when everything is really lit up in those mountains.
It should duly be noted also, that the town of Manchester where Equinox rests, is also home to some of the best outlet shopping in all of VT. One minute your driving by the Coach Factory Outlet, and a few minutes down the road you're passing the antique shop and driving up a 3800' mountain.
It can also be stated that views, and days like this constitute reason number 800,404 that I heart the Northeast.
