So Vermont is nice.

Leaving Marblehead was kinda sad. The ocean was very cool to be around for the week I was there. It was the flattest thing that I have ever seen I think. It was so cool to see the sky touch the horizon forever. Thank you John and Meridith.

The bus ride into Montpelier was nice. The Greyhound got us there within 15 min of scheduled time. The first bus not to be more than an hour and a half behind. The bus driver was so nice. David was his name. He made everyone on the bus laugh at least once on the trip. Kinda hard to do with that type of crowed.

John and Vicky were there to pick us up wielding umbrellas. We hurried in their car and headed to the Montpelier Coop. The Coop was the local membership grocery store that was way to comparable to Whole Foods. Good prepared food section and nice service. We all four picked up what we needed for the week and headed home.

The house is so cozy. Very comfortable couches, wood floors, hommie kitchen, great beds. TV is hidden in the den that seems to be for guests only. The house sits on a 2 acre lot for personal use and on a shared 130 acre lot shared between three families.

The weather started out very rainy and has some how managed to keep everything wet. So the lakes and ponds are pretty high for the year.

Get this... Zoey and I got to the house, got comfortable, and got ready to eat dinner. John offered us the option of a sauna after dinner. We said yes. The Dinner was good. Rice and stir-fry with almond encrusted tofu. The best meal in your life is the first warm one after any bus ride. During dinner we discussed the idea of dogs are loyal to us because we are the only other animal that chooses to hang out with same sex friends. Among other like topics. We drank about three beers each and waited about 45 minutes after dinner for sauna time. When that time came I grabbed a beer and walked out to the sauna, towel in hand. The night air is cold and rainy. Dark too. Very dark. Too bad the sky was so cloudy, the stars would have been so bright.

Upon entering the sauna I gave a "hello" nice and loud. John replies the same. I open the door to find 50+ year old John naked. Ok I can get down with that. Strip down and and get on the top section of this custom four person split level sauna. Zoey came in uniform right after me. the only light was this dim candle lantern outside a 5 inch by 5 inch window.

Now I have been in Saunas before but not one like this. John had the thing cranked up to 180 degrees at the beginning. The warmth was so nice because of the cold wet night. About five minutes in John poured water and essential oils onto the red hot rocks creating mentholated steam. The steam soaked the entire room making you feel like like the center of a cough drop. The temperature got so hot it felt like you were going to pass out, but only for a few minutes. After that we got out and squatted in the cold for five minutes. Then we get back in, more steam. We did that three times lasting for a one hour season. My body felt so good. skin felt so healthy.

After the sauna we all came back in. I hurried up to my room wrapped only in a towel. Changed clothes rapidly and headed back down stairs. Zoey warned me that John was a borderline nudest. When I set down on the couch John was opposite me in a chair. Naked. Drinking tea. Now nudity doesn't bother me one bit, but it's really hard not to stare, no mater how many times you have seen it before. We sat like that for about an hour. Us clothed, John not so much. Definitely the hippy side of the family.

I went to bed and just wondered what the rest of the week would be like.