Stowe, Monday, July 28, 2025
We had long talked about walking up to Slayton Pasture Cabin, a place that holds a lot of memories for us. We had been skiing up to the top of Round Top, where the cabin sits, for more than thirty years. And it was where we met the couple who convinced us to buy a guesthouse week!
It was the hottest day we’ve ever experienced in Vermont, with temperatures over 90 and the “real feel” much higher than that. It was just too hot for me to enjoy the walk. So we made it all the way out Sugar Road and up the Lower Paris Trail, but turned back at Old Country Road. The woods were lovely in any case, and we walked back along the Russell Knoll Track, another trail we know well from when we have skinny boards strapped to our feet.
We really hadn’t been to town yet, so we walked around a bit and treated ourselves to a soft serve to stave off heat stroke. By late afternoon it had cooled off enough to allow for drinks on our terrace: we can never get enough of the view across Stowe Valley and onto the Worcester Range. Do note the new fence!
