Mt. Mansfield & Stowe

Well, we have had the great pleasure of having Dustin's mom here for a visit. We have had a blast finding all these great places to visit in Vermont. I will probably do different posts for each thing, because there are too many good pictures not to include. The first thing we did was on Friday morning, we headed up to Stowe, VT. It is the little town that is right at the foot of Mt. Mansfield. We decided to go up to the top of Mt. Mansfield. There is a toll road you can take to the top and then there is about 1 1/2 miles of hiking on the rocks until you get to the "chin" which is the actual summit. It was tons of fun. The kids did a really great job. Norah and I made it about 1/2 of the way to the top, Anne made it 2/3 of the way. Dustin, Macy and Tate got to the last hump before the steep climb to the summit. Macy was all for continuing up there, but Tater got a little pooped and they had to turn back. It was beautiful up there and we had such a great time. After the hike, we went down to the resort part of Stowe. There is a big section for kids that includes and Alpine slide, rock wall and bungee/trampoline jumping. Macy, Dustin and Tate did the Alpine slide. They loved it. It was a great day!