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Because our first trip to Vermont was a quickie, the husband wanted to go back and spend a bit more time in the same area… so that meant booking another condo at Smugglers Notch Resort.
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Pro:
We’ve been there numerous times and enjoy the quiet, nestled in the mountains setting. When checking in this time around, we were going to luck out and occupy one of the newly remodeled units… which after our previous stay in the 1980’s horror sounded perfect.
Con:
My husband saw they booked us on the first floor. And since nothing upsets my husband more than people stomping above us, he immediately requested a top floor unit. Naturally there were no third floor remodeled condos available, so we were stuck in the Willows.
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Tired. Outdated….
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And very …. woody.
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Pro:
It was clean, quiet and had a comfortable king size bed.
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Con:
Would it kill them to add a bed skirt and a pretty spread?
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Pro:
There were 4 beds in the unit. A king, a queen and two twins… in case you like a variety of sleeping areas.
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And the master bath’s whirlpool bath was in the bathroom.
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It even had its own television if that’s your thing.
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Con:
There were two random cows overhead.
And Holy guacamole Batman! The wallpaper. How bad was it?
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Really, really bad.
I mean, WTH? This is Vermont… not the southwest.
The decor mattered not one iota to my spouse. It was clean, comfortable, and had working appliances with no one stomping above him, he was happy. But no matter how many times he told me to enjoy the sunrise off the balcony….
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I wasn’t forgiving him for turning down the remodeled unit.
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River's world..... 
There’s always next year. The pros did seem to outweigh the cons. Then again, I had to lookup bed skirt.
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We love staying in this area, and location will always trump bad wallpaper. Though it was close this time around….
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Haha. It’s hard to believe they chose that for an Inn in Vermont.
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It made no sense whatsoever.
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Much wood, golden wood, not my preference either. However it was clean and convenient? And you had fun, so there’s that.
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We’re rarely there anyway. Sleep, shower, breakfast and out the door. But still, showering with that wallpaper was physically painful.
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So the condos of the 1980’s are following you to each resort huh? Yes that wallpaper is really bad and so out of place for Vermont.
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They’re stalking me. We had a nice break in between but Smugglers Notch seems to be stuck in a time warp.
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The sunrise off the balcony shot is epic…for all the wrong reasons of course. Forgiveness is sometimes delayed more than normal…
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I have a long memory…
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I was super leery renting a first-floor unit in our current apartment building, but luckily, we almost never hear our neighbor stomping about. That’s a huge relief!
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Tap dancing elephants above you is a sure way to make you start hating life.
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I have lived with floors under me, and floors over me. The ONLY real problem I ever had was having a dancer (or dancers) either under or over me. They may be light on their feet on stage, but they can be heavy-footed and noisy as a neighbour.
I admit Vermont was not the place for the wallpaper, but both Gail and I kinda liked it.
I have my peculiarities, but in a relationship it is often necessary to put up with the other person’s needs 50% of the time, not just when it is convenient for me.
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