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Trip report - Craftsbury, Vermont - 28 Dec 2003
I skied today at the Craftsbury Nordic Center. Conditions were
generally good, with only a few obstacles here and there. The only really serious obstacle I saw was on the "Grand Tour" trail, if you were going counter-clockwise, on the switchbacks on your final descent into Craftsbury village. Fortunately, for some reason today I was going in the recommended direction, clockwise, so uphill over the obstacle. Ordinarily I'd snicker at a trail name like "Grand Tour", but the loop from the touring center to Craftsbury village absolutely deserves the title. You have dense coniferous forests and wide open spaces, calm flats along the river and (especially in the counter-clockwise direction) a couple of screaming downhills, tidy trailer homes and splendid country estates. Plus, you're actually going somewhere, not just screwing around and around within the maze of twisty little trails near the touring center. This has nothing to do with anything, but it occurred to me today that I have been neglecting to pad my fact-filled trip reports with enough silly crap. Today, I found myself constantly singing the radio jingle from a very, very dumb ad I heard last week on the way to or from Killington for a company somewhere in Vermont that installs remote car starters. To the tune of "Jingle Bells": Car starters Car starters Press the button and go Start your car From oh so far Melt up all the snow (repeat ad nauseum) Now you, too, can sing this, during your next grand tour. It helps if you have a really bad singing voice. I feel compelled to add that I do not endorse the wasteful practice of leaving a car engine running long enough to melt up all the snow. Lew Lasher Stowe, Vermont and Cambridge, Massachusetts |
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Trip report - Craftsbury, Vermont - 28 Dec 2003
On 28/12/03 11:35 pm, "Lew Lasher" wrote:
I skied today at the Craftsbury Nordic Center. Conditions were generally good, with only a few obstacles here and there. The only really serious obstacle I saw was on the "Grand Tour" trail, if you were going counter-clockwise, on the switchbacks on your final descent into Craftsbury village. Fortunately, for some reason today I was going in the recommended direction, clockwise, so uphill over the obstacle. Ordinarily I'd snicker at a trail name like "Grand Tour", but the loop from the touring center to Craftsbury village absolutely deserves the title. You have dense coniferous forests and wide open spaces, calm flats along the river and (especially in the counter-clockwise direction) a couple of screaming downhills, tidy trailer homes and splendid country estates. Plus, you're actually going somewhere, not just screwing around and around within the maze of twisty little trails near the touring center. This has nothing to do with anything, but it occurred to me today that I have been neglecting to pad my fact-filled trip reports with enough silly crap. Today, I found myself constantly singing the radio jingle from a very, very dumb ad I heard last week on the way to or from Killington for a company somewhere in Vermont that installs remote car starters. To the tune of "Jingle Bells": Car starters Car starters Press the button and go Start your car From oh so far Melt up all the snow (repeat ad nauseum) Now you, too, can sing this, during your next grand tour. It helps if you have a really bad singing voice. I feel compelled to add that I do not endorse the wasteful practice of leaving a car engine running long enough to melt up all the snow. Lew Lasher Stowe, Vermont and Cambridge, Massachusetts Remote control car starters? Now I know I'm a hick. |
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