5/22/09

(got some catching up to do, been away)

"You wanna bag with that?"

Plan WAS to hookup @ 3 am @ The Parkhouse. Left Toxichouse @ 2:15 am, @ The Parkhouse @ 2:45. So far so good. 'Round 3:05 Tom calls "I'm @ the railroad, where are you?" He thought we were supposed to hook up @ Toxichouse. I reminded him there are no signs of life there, reminded him of The Plan. He made it to The Parkhouse in 15 mins, followed one me to The Job, parked, loaded his stuff into The Beast, away we went.

"The Beast?" Yes. The Charger. Did we get a great rental or what??? Keith thinks it's my new car. Shebitch is insanely pissed. Perfect.

Due to the hour @ which we left, zero traffic. Only one $5 and later a $1.75 toll, WOW! Thanks G for the EZ Pass. We flew, I'm talkin' clear sail. For the sake of a)surviving b)not getting lost, Tom drove. Can you IMAGINE me driving The Charger for that period? State Troopers'd be licking their lips!!!

My idea (dunno why?) was that it was a 9 hr drive-wrong. THAT might be the total hours to get to Quebec, but Burlington-we left @ 3:30, got here @ 9. Not bad.

So, now that we got here, then what? The hotel wasn't ready for us-and after trying no less than 3 times, was finally ready @ 2:30. What'd we do?
1)Checked out "the sights," retraced our steps from the Quebec trip. Nice, really nice. Easter Mountain Sports, took the Ben n' Jerry's tour, really fun.
*neither of us slept on the way up, def 2 travelers who got along.
2)Checked out the waterfront, where the Quebecoise Wearers of the Green took a stroll on our now famous roadtrip, on Church St w/the cd stores, used bookstore.....
3)Checked out the expo. VERY nice job they did. Plenty of freebies, cool race shirts, great people (this IS Vermont after all).

Tom packed a sandwich/wrap platter from his side gig. We pigged out on that. Then, the hot tub/pool @ the hotel, then off to the movies. Went to see Night @ the Museum 2. Good flick. We both fell asleep 'round 10 (after being up for 20 hours) while watching, guess.....House. Too perfect.

So, "you wanna bag with that?" Translation: this IS Vermont, they're VERY eco-friendly. EVERYONE from the vendors to the CVS cashier asks if you want a bag with your purchase. Jeeeeez, I'm a)a New Yorker and b)an American, it's my God given right to destroy the planet. Don't these people get it???