The blog comes way after the trip… but as I sit to pen down
the thoughts…the memoirs start flowing.. enthusiastically wrapping up the
lackluster tasks of the day… anticipate the always late ride of ours…aka
Michael kurbetti… complaining of the mundane traffic… finally making way towards Vermont..
Cruising our way through the mountains that adorn the route
to Vermont, we began our way to Unknown Road… that’s exactly what the
directions from google maps provided to us by our host said…turn right onto
Vermont 5A N, right onto Newark St, Left onto School House Road, Right onto pinnacle road and then left onto
Unknown road…. I know the host mentioned the cabin is off the grid.. powered by
Sun and if needed generator, but still Unknown Road destination was like that
movie… wrong turn.. the recipe seemed adapt for another installment of the gory
horror series.. ..agreed that we have mobile phones with connectivity
everywhere… but what is the use of telling 911 we are at the Cabin on the
unknown road….and thus begins the Cabin in woods.. starring my awesome friends
and me
It was a challenge finding the direction to the cabin in the
dark.. with small orange markers directing us.... the beam of the headlights
piercing the darkness… I still remember the hair raising moment when Sean
turned off the lights for a split second while driving and all that engulfed
was the darkness… finally we reached a
point where there was chain across the road marking off the private property…
we were so awed by the silence of the night and the darkness… it was fun
deciding who would get down to unshackle the chains…the brave heart in me
decided to do the honors and my friends accompanied my bravery with music from
Ahaat… ‘aaaaa’ ‘aaaaa’…. Duhhh.. enough dramatics.. 
Finally we reached the cabin
which looked so hauntingly beautiful….the silence of the night bearing
upon us… the wind rustling through the leaves… and the fireflies in the pitch
darkness.. as if dancing to the tunes of the rustling noise… peace…. Sincere,
vast and amazing……making our way inside the very cozy cabin, we unpacked and
signed off for the night…
The early morning view was simply amazing….. the
cabin was on top of a hill… with a valley in the front and huge mountain range
in front…
After some hearty breaksfast it was time for the horseback ride at
the Galluping trails.. Such beautiful and huge horses… the lady also had for
pets a lot many rabbits.. and many Labradors… one of which had given birth to
twelve awesome beautiful puppies who had not even opened their eyes… the ride
through the woods on the horses was awesome…one of my friends managing to get his horse all excited… I think I saw a wild boar…but since nobody else saw it i did not make much ado of it....
we had two of my friends
joining us that evening and they also had the same awesome experience driving
up to the cabin… as is the norm.. a beautiful huge campfire was on the cards…
and as we were enjoying the quiet of the night and the warmth of the fire…
suddenly a rustling hasting sound appeared in the trees behind us… followed by
sound of ‘grrrrrr’ ‘grrrrrrrrrr’….pouncing upon the moment to scare the shit
out of my dear friend (name withheld to protect privacy and my own protection
from beating I would receive the next time we meet)… we started weaving the
story…”Don’t worry… did the hosts not tell us there is Mama bear and baby bear
up in the woods… however they are human friendly.. they wont do any harm…” Poor
girl… immediately as soon as the rusting sound came… gathered her husband and
straight inside the protective warmth of the cabin….It was not until the end of
the trip we told her it was the rabbits in search of their dinner…. :D….and the
grrr sound was of the motor pulling up the water from the well… remember the
cabin was off grid… so we had to fill the tanks with water every night….
Next day was the trip to the beautiful lake Willoughby, a
glacial lake 300 feet deep and covering 1687 acres… the water was so awesome
and enticingly welcoming… after a 2 hours hike onto the trails in Mount Pisgah…
a dip in the waters was truly relaxing… Another campfire, simmering hot food,
game of cards with awesome friends and the beautiful cabin awaited us for the
night….the last night in the cabin…with plans for another trip… and beautiful
memories to cherish…
