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| Playing on the top of Snake Mountain, Vermont |
If I were an outdoorsy kid,
this would be my dream adventure.
A four mile round-trip hike up a
gentle pitch with a Superman-feeling view at the top. Followed by the MOST
GIANT SCOOP EVER of ice cream.
Here’s a great 3-ish hour
adventure to take the gang on:
Snake Mountain near
Middlebury, Vermont (@4 miles RT)
About 2 miles of gradual
elevation through maple and beech trees on an old access road. Up to a
breathtaking view of the checkerboard of Vermont agriculture bordering Lake
Champlain below, with the towering Adirondacks in the distance. Wow. My kids,
ages 8+, easily made it up with a few snack and water stops.
Don’t forget: your camera
for the family Christmas Card pic, for sure.
Once down, we’re onto phase
two of the awesome Vermont adventure with kids day: bang a left then a left
from the Snake Mountain parking lot onto Highway 17 towards the Adirondacks en
route to…
Goodies Snack Bar, 6035
Vermont 17, Vergennes, Vermont (follow signs for the bridge to NY)
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| A "Small" size scoop at Goodies in Vermont |
Our eyes just about popped
out of our heads at the SIZE of the ice cream cones served at Goodies. A
“small” was the same size as our 8 year old’s head. No kidding!
Flanked by corn
fields in the middle of seemingly Vermont-nowhere, Goodies will now go down in
our family history as the most “awesome ice cream place ever” and just may have
to go down in the Guinness Book of World Records for happiest kids at an ice
cream place ever. (For $1.97/small scoop!)
Don’t forget: a wheelbarrow
to cart the kids back to the car after finishing their cones.
Hiking kids. Ice creamed
kids. Equals happy kids!
Namaste & Three Cheers -- OM & gang
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