04.12.2002 - 6:47 pm
Long ass story. Read it.
Okay so. Vermont. You might not want to be eating anything while reading parts of this.
We left at about noon. Drove over to Plattsburgh and got on the ferry to Burlington. I took a pic of a Bath Tissue sign. Most excellent. The water was all pretty, it was quite sunny. Sooo wee vroom vroomed around through Burlington and some other town. We peed at Friendly's, I took pics of the bathroom. I decided to document the bathrooms we used on the trip. So then we were driving along, checking out the boyz in da hood and what not, and we see a big pic of earth on this building painted all sorts of spiff colors. Then we realized it was the Ben and Jerry's factory! Woot! We turned around and went in. Took a tour of the marvelous place. I snuck a picture of the Top Secret Manufacturing Area to show to Japanese Businessmen. Muahaha. We got samples. Shopped B & J style, etc etc. Umm so then we went to Stowe cause Pappy wanted us to check it out. We vroomed around there and then decided to go to the Von Trapp Lodge. You know, the family the Sound of Music is based on. We vroomed around and then drove like 5 miles up a mountain, and found it. Very large and fancy. Rich rich rich. We decided to look at some rooms for the fun of it. They were lovely. It was like 200-600 bucks a night. Hot damn! So umm we decided to check out this other place that was down the mountain a bit. The Ten Acre Lodge. Very quaint and old and Vermontish etc etc. We liked it and got a room. Room # 1, to be exact. We were the only people staying there. Now comes the good stuff. Mother had eaten a bit too much rich ice cream, so she had some squirts or something, haha. She was in the bathroom for ages. Then she comes out, saying "You won't believe this. I clogged up the toilet." She giggled. We had been joking earlier about clogging up some toilets at lodges, and now it happened. There wasn't a plunger in our room. So she sent me out to our van to look for something to use to try and unclog it. Apparantely it was the toilet paper that did it, not the poo. The toilet was quite old and had like, a little hole for wastes to go through. So I found some sticks and the snow scraper in the van. Brought them back to the room very incognito in my black duffel bag. Well, the snow scraper wasn't very bendable, and the sticks just jammed the shit up there more. So then she decided to try to get some of it out of the toilet and try flushing it. So she found the most suited item in the room to do this with: The Ice Bucket. She scooped out a few buckets of toilet water etc etc and dumped them into the bathtub. The damn clog was still there! So I suggested that we go out and buy a plunger. By this time it was about 7:30. You see, we were on a bit of a tight schedule because dinner was only served until 9. So we hit the town. Decided to stop at a movie store and rent something, since there was a VCR in the room. We got Ghost World. The nerd behind the counter directed us to a supermarket. We went in, and went straight for the cleaning supply type things. But we couldn't find a plunger! So I decided to go look around more for one. I asked this guy, "Troy" if they had any in the store. Troy: No. Are you in dire need? Me: Yes. Troy: Are you at a resort or something? Me: Yes. Now I really thought this all was quite amusing so I was basically cracking up everywhere. Anyways. So he said we could borrow one from the supermarket if we could get it back before 9. You see, the only other place in town with a plunger was this hardware store, and it was closed. So Troy goes into the customer's restroom, gets out the plunger, wraps it up in a paper towel, and hands it to me. Mom and I found a plastic bag to put it in, and bought some magazines as to not appear too extraordinary. Ha. We walk up to the counter, put the plunger on the conveyor belt, and say "Don't ask" to the lady. We dash out of there and head back to the lodge. She gets plunging. It took her a damn long time, but she got it out! Woo! So then we had to get it back to the store. I carry the plunger in one hand and walk into the store. I put it back in the restroom and thank Troy. We chat a little and laugh. Etc. I get the hell out of there. We go back to the lodge and get ready for dinner. Dined fabulously. Laughed, har har. I don't see how she could eat after that...haha. Oh yeah, she had bought disinfectant and cleaned up everything. She used like half a bottle. We disposed of all the evidence as well. Anyways...we were the only people eating dinner there too except for a crew of drunken men from the Von Trapp's. After dinner we watched Ghost World. Fabulous movie, I related so much to that girl. <3. Went to bed. I think there were bugs or dyes or something in the sheets, I couldn't stop itching. Got to sleep a couple hours later. Oh yeah, I had also forgotten to bring extra clothes. Ugh. So umm we get up, shower etc etc. Have a good breakfast. Leave the lodge. We drove around mindlessly for awhile, looking for this bookstore. It was closed when we found it. Then we stopped at a glass blowing studio. They were having a sale. The guy demonstrated, it was fun. I bought this "Witch Ball." It was bright green, spherical. It was a second, so I got it at a good price. I might hang it up. It reminds me of a sorceror's ball or something. Whatever. Then we get going for home. Vroom vroom, nothing much happens. Vroom vroom. It was very windy on the way back. All in all a pretty adventerous trip I suppose. Vermont smells like shit.
