Posted on Jan 29, 2007
Just check out the activities that I will be participating in this weekend. It’s going to be so so awesome I can’t even stand it! Becca is by far the best party/trip planner of my life. I don’t know how she does it!
Nottinghammers,
5 more days. That’s all. Here are the vital details.
* The trip will go from Thursday, Feb 1 to Sunday, Feb 4.
* Some people are going up Thursday night after work and everyone else is going up Friday after work.
* We are staying at Nottingham Village at Friar Tuck Resort in Catskill, NY. See for more details
* Some of the things the resort has on-site include: indoor and outdoor pools, jacuzzi, sauna, fitness center, King Richard’s gift shop, fishing, spa, arcade, outdoor basketball and tennis courts, etc.
* There are 15 people going and 3 bedrooms.
* The total cost for the trip (including transportation, food and lodging) is $90 even. Everyone will pay the same amount regardless of how you traveled, how much you eat or which room you sleep in. See me for details and confusion. Oh and as a side note, we will eat well…
* Extra activities are an additional cost. Skiing/snowboarding at Hunter Mountain (the closest mountain) is $45.90 on Friday or $51.30 on Saturday if you buy your lift tickets online at http://www.huntermtn.com/. Otherwise, tickets are about $5 more and rental is additional. Hunter Mountain also has snowshoeing for $30 (includes trail pass, lift ticket and rental), snowtubing for $16 per 2-hour session. Nearby, cross-country skiing goes from $30 for a full day (with rental) to $25 for a half day. Go to www.mtntrails.com for more info. Also nearby, snowmobiling and horseback riding cost about $40-ish for an hour. Go to http://www.bearcreeklandinghunter.com/index.htm for more details. There are also plenty of hiking trails near the resort and near the ski mountains as well as antique shops, etc. These are just a few options. You can check things out yourself with a little web surfing. And if all you’re looking for is a weekend away from the city, count on it. Just veg in front of the tv all day if that’s what you want. Oh, and cell phones won’t work.
* Very rough and skeletal itinerary: Friday night-amazing feast of a dinner, dancing, hot tubbing, etc. Saturday-hit the slopes, hit the trails, hit the hot tub, etc. and then repeat Friday night. Sunday-check out by 10 and casually head back to the city perhaps stopping and playing along the way…
So now that I’ve given you my info, here’s the info I need from you in order to work out transportation. I need it from everyone! Even if I’ve already talked to you, assume I’m clueless (it’s usually a safe assumption). Please let me know the following.
1. What day you are planning on leaving (Thursday or Friday)?
2. What time is the EARLIEST you can leave on those days? Please be cool about times. They later you can leave, the later everyone else has to wait for you and the resort is about 2 hours away. Keep in mind that getting out of the city on Friday night is not going to be fun either. So pack the night before. Bring your bag to work. Work out the details.
3. When do you HAVE to be back on Sunday? Again, try to be cool about times. We can work stuff out to accommodate schedules, but try to plan ahead and be flexible for the sake of the group.
If you are flexible about stuff, give me ranges and preferences. Let me know ASAP. Thanks.
–B
P.S. I wish I could communicate through electronic mail how much my sanity for the last few weeks has depended on planning this trip. Thank you for the privilege and know that I am beyong excited.
P.P.S . Megan and PT, will you pass this on to Christina and Kristin and ask them to respond?
P.P.P.S. My Cougars remain undefeated this season. My nephews remain freaking adorable. I am the most blessed person ever!
Posted on Jan 16, 2007
So when you start planning what you’re going to do on a trip to Provo two months before you go it could be considered strange but I’m just too excited to care at this point. So I thought I’d make a sorta list of the things that I plan on doing whilst I am in the beehive state.
Thursday Night March 16th (which is technically Friday)12:15AM
Arrive at SLC airport
Britta picks me up
We drive to Provo and immediately go to the hospital cafe for grilled cheese with tomato and fries..FRY SAUCE!!!!
Friday March 16th 8:00AM
Go take my stats tests and get freaking graduate for once in my life! (yes I’m still not done, mock me if you will but it’s hard to have a “real person” job AND want to do school work. I don’t know how people do it)
Go eat at J-Dawgs!!!
Go to DI!
Go to BYU campus and see Erik Dalzen‘s show, which will hopefully be up in the H-FACE.
Then I will try and see John Telford while I’m there as well.
And I will probably find one of you suckers with a BYU ID that can get me some binding thread and cool paper at the stock room. So be on the look out for me to come mooch off of you! Don’t worry I’ll put the $ on your card for you!
Hopefully a visit to the old Special Collections Lab to see some old an new faces!
Play time at night with some of you lucky peeps that I need to see!
Saturday March 17th
Kneaders for endless cinnamon French toast, mmmm. I will travel to Pleasant Grove if the one in Provo is out, I’ve done it before and I’ll do it again!
Go see (insert your name here if you are in the Provo area on Friday March 16th)
I have a list of people I will be seeing so perhaps there are plans we could make collectively as a group. Like dinner at the Smokehouse or something! YESSSS!! Because I will be eating there whilst in Provo.
Then that evening off to South Jordan to see my niece Kahla (Kayla) in Suessical the Musical. Anyone so inclined may attend with me. I gather that it will be fantastic. And my niece sings very well, although I’m not sure how much soloing she will be doing.
Then I will spend the night in South Jordan with the Family
Sunday March 18th
Go to church with the fam and spend the day eating and talking and having a jolly good time.
11:34 PM fly back to NYC
Monday March 19th
Arrive in NYC at 5:34 AM
Go home…go to work…die.
(If you have any further suggestions or ideas about what else I should do and whether or not you can fit me in your calendar I am open to many things. I am just excited to be going back my friends…is that weird?)
