| There are to-do lists, and then there are to-do lists. The former (“Meet Sr. VP Marketing; Call Gizmo Vendor; Make Airline Rez; Cancel VP Marketing meeting; etc.) have become the bane of many busy urbanites’ existence. But in Stowe, the “to do list” takes on a whole different character—several, in fact: MILD TO-DO LIST
Get up late in historic country inn
Have homemade sausage, apple, and cheddar omelette for breakfast
Stroll along beside the meandering Little River
Swim under a sparkling waterfall
Nap in a flowery meadow
Have lobster bisque for lunch atop Mt. Mansfield
Receive Vermont Maple Syrup Scrub at world-class spa
Dine on red snapper with rock shrimp succotash
Read John Grisham’s latest
Fall asleep MEDIUM TO-DO LIST
Get up a little earlier
Breakfast on lattes and homemade hotcakes
Go mountain biking up Smuggler’s Notch
Go screaming down Smuggler’s Notch
Lunch on kangaroo filet with pomegranate soy glaze
Go rollerblading on the Stowe Rec Path
Get Swedish massage at world-class spa
Dine on tea-rubbed striped bass
Catch a local theater production
Fall asleep HOT TO-DO-LIST
Get up before dawn
Chug double espresso
Run up Mt. Mansfield
Hike The Profile above timberline
Run down Mt. Mansfield
Mountain bike to Smuggler’s Notch
Climb 5.12 routes in the Notch
Dash back to Stowe village
Eat light tuna melt high-protein lunch; chug double espresso
Rollerblade to Morrisville Airport
Go soaring
Work out at the Swimming Hole
Play squash at Stoweflake
Dine on roasted lamb chops with gorgonzola risotto
Drink king-sized martinis
Dance
Drink
Dance
Etc... This panoply of attractions and activities is just one reason why Boston Magazine honored Stowe in 2004 as the #1 resort town in New England. SKI Magazine readers, for their part, have once again named Stowe the #1 resort in the Eastern U.S. And as if that were not enough, the editors of National Geographic Traveler and National Geographic Traveler for Kids, respectively, announced on the Today Show that Stowe is one of the greatest family resorts in North America. |
