Vermont

Vermont: Day 3

There was a layer of white on the ground on Wednesday morning so we were back out skiing!

I bundled up cause it was COLD!! 

Breakfast was blueberry pancakes, homefries, cantaloupe, & a banana...



...with wild berry tea. 

All you could see was our noses.

The Bup was much more confident today. He kept up with me on every run. Skiing was a little icy but it was fast & fun. At least for everyone but Dad...he took a tumble & wrenched his already injured back. After lunch Mom drove him back to the b&b to rest up so that he'll be able to ski tomorrow. 

 After the cold skiing, I was ready for a hot dinner! We started with a very flavorful vegetable barley soup.



Next was salad.



And then a vegetable (onion, mushroom, broccoli) quiche with black bean salsa & mini hashbrowns. The quiche was fantastic, but massive! I couldn't quite finish mine so the Bup helped me out.



I had to leave room for dessert - raspberry blondies. They had chocolate chips on top. Normally I don't like the raspberry/chocolate combo, but these were far enough apart that I really liked it.

After dinner we settled down by the fire to watch a movie before getting ready for another day of skiing!

Vermont: Day 1

We got in to the Swiss Farm Inn on Sunday night after 7 hours in the car.  

After a great night's sleep, we were ready to get out skiing!

Maybe I should call this eating day 1...

Breakfast was amazing! I had the raspberry peach stuffed French toast with a mini blueberry muffin, home fries & tea. It was served up with real maple syrup, typical of Vermont.

 After a morning of skiing & fog, we stopped at the K1 lodge for lunch. I had a PB&J using Peanut Butter and Co. Cinnamon Raisin Peanut Butter. Delicious!

 We did some intense skiing in the afternoon(the Bup did his first 2 black diamonds today!), then returned to the b&b for a hot shower & some apricot brandy to warm up.

Dinner was wonderful! Roger, one of the owners of the bed & breakfast, does the cooking. He was happy to cook vegetarian meals for us, so I was really excited to see what he would prepare! Monday's soup was a curried corn and apple soup. I'd like to recreate this at home. It was subtly sweet with a great curry flavor.

The salad was dressed with Roger's signature Parmesan vinaigrette.



For the main dish, we had veggie stir fry with rice. I liked that the veggies kept their crispness & there were more veggies than rice, which isn't usually the case.



Just in case we weren't full yet...dessert! We had raspberry crumb cake a la mode.

 I went to bed with a happy belly & the anticipation of more delicious food & days of skiing.

Skiing

This was my world for the past week. Snow, frost, gorgeous views, and cold weather at Killington Ski Resort in Vermont.

We went Nowhere...

...and Somewhere.

We skiied on Solitude, a slow ski trail through nature.

It was a nice long peaceful ski.

And we did plenty of not so peaceful, fast, steep fun runs, too!

 

All bundled up for a big day of skiing!

We really loved the tree skiing. It was out of the wind and kept us working so we stayed warmer.

My poor feet still suffered. They were red around the toes every day. (Don't mind the chipped polish...) It burned to take a shower because they were so cold. This was after the shower, so they were warmed up a little by the time I took the picture. I still have all 10 toes after 4 days of skiing!

The Bup successfully navigated the Beast. He now loves Killington, too!

Can't wait till next year! It was a great workout and so much fun!