2007 Blogs
We started our drive to Seven Springs, PA on Sunday morning - Ainslie, Christi, Missy, and I in the Gemini Training Systems ride. Kristi made some delicious ste
ak breakfast burritos for the ride. We made great time, cruising into Davenport, IA around 9pm and spotting the Exel Inn to crash for the night. I walked in with my Excel jersey and they wouldn't give us a discount. The next morning we embarked on the second leg of our journey to our final destination of Seven Springs. Another uneventful day in the car until we were within an hour of Seven Springs, and the A/C stopped working. It was a silent rest of the ride with Ainslie taking his anger out in shifting, Missy stroking the vent (as if that would help) and Kristi and I minding the silence and sitting toasty.
ak breakfast burritos for the ride. We made great time, cruising into Davenport, IA around 9pm and spotting the Exel Inn to crash for the night. I walked in with my Excel jersey and they wouldn't give us a discount. The next morning we embarked on the second leg of our journey to our final destination of Seven Springs. Another uneventful day in the car until we were within an hour of Seven Springs, and the A/C stopped working. It was a silent rest of the ride with Ainslie taking his anger out in shifting, Missy stroking the vent (as if that would help) and Kristi and I minding the silence and sitting toasty.
I went to high school at Burke Mountain Academy - a private ski school in the Northeast Kingdom of VT. It is a small school of 60 students (my graduating class had 14 kids), resulting in a very close-knit community. I found out th
at one family of alumni used to own Seven Springs Resort, selling it last year. I got in contact with them, and they were more than happy to provide housing to us for our week-long visit. Their house is gorgeous. A beautiful log cabin with a very open floor plan. The couple built the house about 15 years ago, and now have three kids and a golden retreiver. There is also a big pond, which Missy insists on referring to as a lake - we'll call it an ocean. It is set back from the road and very quiet with nothing but trees and mountains surrounding the house. This family is awesome; the three kids are 17, 16 and 14 and best friends. The mom, Rosi is the alumni from Burke. She's into triathlons and I think we may have talked her into entering some masters road races. Apparently there is some awesome mountain bike trails around here, so the dad, Tim holds a Wednesday night single-track ride from the house with a BBQ after.
at one family of alumni used to own Seven Springs Resort, selling it last year. I got in contact with them, and they were more than happy to provide housing to us for our week-long visit. Their house is gorgeous. A beautiful log cabin with a very open floor plan. The couple built the house about 15 years ago, and now have three kids and a golden retreiver. There is also a big pond, which Missy insists on referring to as a lake - we'll call it an ocean. It is set back from the road and very quiet with nothing but trees and mountains surrounding the house. This family is awesome; the three kids are 17, 16 and 14 and best friends. The mom, Rosi is the alumni from Burke. She's into triathlons and I think we may have talked her into entering some masters road races. Apparently there is some awesome mountain bike trails around here, so the dad, Tim holds a Wednesday night single-track ride from the house with a BBQ after. It's pretty pretty here.