We’re still at the house in Killington.. the internet here is pretty shaky… I’m doing it over my cellphone.. so I’ll be brief. We’re staying in a huge house just off the trails. It’s a great place for the kids.. they can ski or board right from here. What’s more, it has a cool macot:

Sam would have dug this place.

   Yesterday everyone was pretty tired. I think we were all asleep by midnight which is unusual for this crowd. . I woke this morning around 8ish  and there was already a big breakfast going

After breakfast, the kids and some of the adults went out to ski/board, but Matt had to stay in the house because of his broken leg.. poor guy. Tim, Diane and I went out snowshoeing.. We hacked around in the woods for awhile but we kept running into houses. . We eventually found a direction that took us away from people . The woods and the snow were beautiful. At one point I got tuck by a fallen tree and fell in to my waist.   As we hiked a weird thing happened to me .. I started seeing an intense red and blue glowing aura (for lack of a better word) over the snow as I walked.  It looked like licks of flame…  It stuck around for several minutes despite blinking, looking away, etc.. Diane couldn’t see it either. Not sure what it was. But  it sure  was pretty..( also pretty freaky). We also found a tree with some great bark scars that looked like eyes:

 Just as we were lcoming out of the woods, we happened to run into Gabe, Sumner and Brittany on a small side trail.. which is a pretty funny coincidence given that there’s 80 mies of trail here.  I realized that I kept looking around for Sam..   again, he would love it here..

    We got back around 12 and everyone started showing up for lunch.. Another big spontaneous meal;  Diane made grilled cheeses and Deb had made some Clam chowder… Delicious  The food had lots of personality !

  After lunch everyone went on their own ways. Diane went skiing with Jen and I stayed behind and slept and read.. It was really peaceful This house has a big TV with cable.. I know that most houses have cable.. but I just couldn’t live with it. It’s not that I hate it .. it’s that I love it. When it’s on, I’m drawn to it.. and can’t do anything else. If we had cable in our house, I’d be useless. I wonder how people who do have TV get anything done…. But they seem to. I kept having to make myself walk away…  

    Luckily this is a big house with lots to look at. I spent some time going through the book shelves.. I really think you can understand a lot about people by looking at what’s on their bookshelves (or Ipods – Ivy J ).. By their books, these folks are in their 70’s, highly educated., politically liberal, have a good sense of humor and are probably Jewish (mom ? dad ? ) ..   Here’s a book I particularly liked seeing.

It’s quieting down now.. Deb was reading us dumb jokes from a book. Now Tim’s teaching folks how to play poker. I Figured I’d write now.. because I’m not sure if I’ll be able to upload tonight..   We’re heading back to Richmond tomorrow.. then coming back to Rutland to pick Max up from the train..  Time to go help with dinner….. Fajitas.. one of Sam’s  favorites,  We’ll hold hands and welcome you in  before we eat, Sam.

-jc

 Ps. Tomorrow’s town meeting.. please remember to vote !