Beautiful Vermont

This past President's Day weekend we headed for the beautiful state of Vermont with our good friends Jordan and Sara. We were able to see many great sites of the East as we drove up the coast. We even survived the traffic of New York City as we 'cruised' through the Bronx. It was fun to see the Empire State Building and night lights of NYC from a distance.
Vermont was covered in snow and quite a temperature change from DC. We stayed in a little cabin on the countryside, complete with dirt roads. We are very grateful that the car made it through the icy dirt roads, hills and snow, thanks to Jordan's good driving. We only got stuck twice and we didn't even have to push the car. :) The trip included a beautiful day of skiing/boarding on the slopes and a relaxing day of hiking and playing games in the cabin. (We even made pancakes for breakfast, which included the original Vermont Maple Syrup...yum!) Brett tried snow boarding for the first time and he is now converted to boarding vs. skiing- he loved it even though he has quite a few bruises. While we were in Vermont, we stopped by the little town of Sharon where Joseph Smith was born. It was neat to see the prophets birthplace and learn a little more about him. On our way home, we stopped by the Yale University Campus; the buildings we saw were really authentic and old, it was cool. We had a wonderful trip and enjoyed the chance to get away from work and school.









Sara and Me in front of the cabin. The other picture is of Brett trying to keep me warm in below freezing weather.
Standing in freezing rain! (Freezing rain is not the most exciting thing to drive in...yikes.)









Stowe Ski Resort. I took lots of pictures and enjoyed the lodge while everyone was skiing.
Here is a picture of the front of our cabin. The scenery was beautiful, a good break from city life!









This was a typical dirt road that we traveled on, a bit different from DC. The other picture is of Brett standing in front of our cabin that was named, 'The Bear's Den.' :)
Welcome to New York City! This is a picture we took as we drove through the 'Big Apple.' The Bronx was quite a place to see as well. We hope to make it back to NYC in the near future to really see what's inside of this city, but I think we'll ride the metro vs. driving.









The Bronx...(you can't see the graffiti very well in the picture.) We saw a sign that read, "The Bronx Zoo,' and we thought that described the driving pretty well.