Pizza Ride In

February 9^th, 2011

Pizza Night!!

Well for our weekly visit to Pop Pops and Patsy’s we had made plans to ride to the village of Hardwick. 

We were going to eat at the House of Pizza instead of our weekly Pancake Supper at their house.

Pop Pop had stopped by and picked up my sled and it was all loaded up, along with our Helmets etc as he picked us up from school in East Montpelier.

We drove on up to East Craftsbury after stopping and buying a little fuel to top off our gas tanks.

We arrived at about 4:45 which is about usual and we donned our snowmobile clothes and unloaded and fueled up the sleds.

In an unusual start of an activity there were no issues with the machines and other than it being a little windy and cold.

We started the sleds and headed to Hardwick, as we left the first section of woods and into the open we were greeted by a nice sunset, which was just past peak beauty but still nice to look at.

Pop Pop had not traveled these trails in a few years so we had to be careful and watch the signs closely so we wouldn’t miss a turn, and spend too much time riding around aimlessly looking for the trail.

After we arrived in Hardwick the anticipated ride across the old suspension bridge which spans the Lamoille River  was now closed so we had to drive across the Rail Road Bridge down then on down by the Log Yard and back up to the House of Pizza.

We parked and headed inside to order some food and warm up.

 

When we got inside it was like “Old Home Day” Pop Pop met some old friends from years back and I met an old pre-school friend I had not seen in a while, she is the daughter of one my Dad's High School buddies from Craftsbury.

Here is the picture of me and my friend she still looks the same, other than getting taller.

When our Pizza, Onion Rings and our order of Poutine was all prepared we sat down and put on the feed bag.

When we finished we loaded back up to go home and had an uneventful ride back home to East Craftsbury.The trail was a little bumpy, but not to bumpy for Riley to fall asleep in front of Pop Pop so he had to hold him on the sled so he wouldn't fall off.

We ran into the groomer on the way home too, so I’m sure before the night was over the trail was smooth as glass.

It was a great night and we had lots of fun, when we pulled back into the house it was about 7:30 with just enough time to have a little ice cream and kick back a bit before going to bed.

So I guess I’ll sign off until something else comes along.

Later, Bdawg