Elizabeth started her day with some freshly made Mad River Inn pancakes, while I had a fresh fruit bowl. From there, Elizabeth went back to the Vermont Icelandic Horse Farm and took the same horse as the day before, "Fiefel" as she and several others did another 3-hour trail ride, this time straight up the mountain with spectacular views down into the valley.

As for me, after watching Hussein Bolt smash the 100 meter world record in style at the Beijing Olympics on television, Mad River Inn's owner Luc drove me to the garage where I picked up our repaired car. I decided to test the engine's thermometer by driving back up towards Lincoln Gap, which I did with no problems; feeling motivated and happy that our car was now in good shape, I parked and ran the 8 kilometer round trip summit of Mt. Abraham, which offered great views covered by some sporadic clouds. I was able to take a few photos and video, here's a photo from the summit.

summit of Mt. Abraham, Vermont

After a rather slippery run down the hill, Elizabeth and I met up, had another lunch at the Sweet Pea health food store, then made the short drive to Sugarbush. The highlight was definitely doing the zip line, with video to follow (here's a link to Sugarbush's zip line page). After bumping into our new friend Tom from the first repair shop, we did a short hike up one of Sugarbush's ski runs for some nice views back down, before returning back to the inn to prepare for our massage.

We both had a nice deep tissue and reflexology session at the Mad River Massage spa shop (www.madrivermassage.com), making us rather sleep and hungry! We tried to stop off the popular American Flatbread restaurant, but with an hour and a half wait, we decided instead to go to John Egan's Big World Restaurant and Pub (long name, here's the site) for a quick bite. This actually turned out surprisingly tasty, with delicious French fries and the "Vegan Egan", a dish of tofu curry on basmati rice, along with a good falafel dish.

Now fully stuffed and sleepy, it was time to retire to our room, watch the completion of the women's marathon in Beijing then turn off the lights, knowing our trip to Vermont is almost over..

08/21/08 by visitEarth
Tags: Vermont, Sugarbush, zipline, zip line, Mad River Valley, Mt. Abraham, hike, run, massage, Vegan Egan