Lured by the promise of deep snow and wintry conditions I had decided to go hiking at Mount Mansfield, Vermont's highest peak at 1,339 m (4,393 ft) with a group from the McGill Outdoor Club (MOC). We left at the ungodly hour of 6.30am for the 2 hour drive to the Mountain. On the way we stopped at one of the girl's parent’s house for bagels and tea, which at that time was a godsend. Then it was on to the mountain. We were met with unseasonable warmth, one of the group later described it as freakishly warm. Having been told [View Full Entry]

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During my training for Wilderness Leader status in the Wilderness Progam at Saint Michael's College, my current and amazing residence, we hiked about 20 miles of the Long Trail divided up between two trips. The first trip was in late October, we hiked up Mount Laraway down to Butternut Saddle and camped off of Corliss Camp. It was spectacular, the day we saw the firey colors of autumn's last rush and then we woke up the next morning to a layer of fresh, white snow! The first day we did about 6-7miles, then hoofed it the next day about 8-9 miles [View Full Entry]

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Tuesday October 17th 2006, We are at the moment at the Shelburne Shipyard marina in Shelburne VT. We lowered the mast yesterday and we getting ready to leave this coming Friday for Catskill NY. The plan is for us to be in Whitehall NY (Lock 12) Friday night and then Mechanicville NY (lock 3) on Saturday night and finally on Sunday we should arrive in Catskill NY @ the Hop-O-Nose Marina where they will re-step our mast on Monday. We will do our best to keep you posted about our travels, as soon as we find internet connections along the way [View Full Entry]

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Nothing yet [View Full Entry]

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Stowe, a small village tucks into the Green Mountains. [View Full Entry]

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This morning I had to say Goodbye to my host Linda and picked up the rental car near the airport. Linda was nice enough to take me there so I did not have to catch the bus which might take an hour just for a 10 mile ride. I highly recommand whoever seek for relatively cheaper place to stay in Burlington stay with Linda's, she is a very kind woman and will help you to find your way around town. Since the hostel was closed, so I guess her place would be more popular, after all she charge $50/night in [View Full Entry]

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I just got a free cruise ticket from Mr Hartwell!!! Although I was on the ferry on Lake Champlain, it does not hurt to go for an afternoon cruise especially the weather was really nice and the ticket was free, :) Just before noon I found myself sitting outside of Leunig's Cafe enjoying Boeuf Bougegnon. The weather was rather cool, so that hearty dish just a perfect one for it, not to mention for the quality and quantity of it, $12 does not seem much, after all it is a french bistro. The lake cruise started at about 1:30 pm,the [View Full Entry]

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We are now staying at the Fullerton Inn at Chester, Vermont. Many of the towns and villages in this area have English names. It's an American bank holiday, Columbus weekend. On a gloriously sunny, warm and still day we toured around the area and began to appreciate the prettiness of the countryside and the beauty of the Fall foliage colours. (Although someone told us it’s not a good year for the foliage.) We also did a scenic train ride which followed the Williams and Connecticut rivers and went past a couple of covered bridges. The train consisted of a vintage diesel [View Full Entry]

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Last night was a pretty cool night,it was down to the lower 30's, for someone who lives in Florida it was almost like winter, but I had a nice thick blanket and a queen size bed, those provided me a good night sleep. The sun came out and the temperature gradually rising to the mid 60's in midday, so I decided to rent a bike and take it on the ferry to Port Kent in NY just cross Lake Champlain, I thought it was a good day just to bike around and do whatever I felt like to along the [View Full Entry]

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Today I am taking JetBlue airline to go to Burlington,Vermont via( JFK)New York. I prefer flying with Jetblue since they have better service and mostly on time, not to mention I can get better rate to Northeast USA compared to other airlines, and they are very much on time, alse they claim passangers get more legrooms on board which I think it is true, at least I found it quite comfortable. After about 2 hour flight to NYC and a bit over an hour layover I was on my way to Burlington. Not long after it took off, I looked [View Full Entry]

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