3 January 2014

Snowed 6 inches overnight and the temperature dropped to minus 8.  Kinda brisk!  Chree and I went into Middlebury to interview John Tenny, owner of Mill Bridge Construction.  Then we went over to look at a house in town that his company was just finishing renovating after a catastrophic fire.  From there we shivered our way down to Fern Lake for the obligatory tour, then went back to Lynne & Perry’s for lunch and heat.  Jed Malcolm, owner of Salamander Construction, arrived promptly at 1 o’clock for his interview.  For some reason Chree elected to remain at Lynne & Perry’s when Jed and I went down to Fern Lake for his tour. Upon return to Pomainville Drive, Perry and I had a great time sliding, made all the sweeter by Lynne driving to the bottom ahead of us each time to block any cars from coming up while we were totally out of control on the way down… and then giving us a lift back to the top for the next run.  We were well chilled (and one of us was covered in snow from crashing) after only six trips.  In the evening Chree and I took Lynne and Perry out for a delicious dinner at Café Provence in Brandon.  On the way back to their place the truck thermometer registered minus 16.