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Core Four Adventures Unplugged.

We want to share our experiences in exploring and developing our 144 acres in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont. Occasionally we have other adventures too! This blog explores plugging in and documenting our unplugged experiences with family and friends.

The Clearing 9.9.2022

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First camping trip with Theodore!

September 07, 2018

Friday 9/7/18 Theodore arrived in CT at 1:50 pm. Justin was 10 minutes early. Packed and ready to go Scott, Theodore, and I headed to pick up Gwen and Natalia from school. On Highway by 3:00 pm No traffic. Yay! Tradion for kids: eating snacks and watching movies. Tomb Raider, Pirates of the Caribbean. So far fighting has only been over who gets to eat whose candy. Goal: get to camp by dark and to not step in the path of any animals or hunters. It is bear season. Dinner: cold cuts by the fire. 10:00 pm. We made it. Walked up in the dark with headlamps, big packs, food, water. Took many breaks but made it. Scott built a nice fire thanks to dry birch bark. We ate cold cuts, sausage, chocolate, grapes, and bourbon (for Scott and I). Theo and Gwen gave the Outhouse a thumbs up. Before heading off to bed, kids played UNO in their new character onesie PJs.

Coywolves or humans?

October 05, 2018

Columbus Day Weekend Peak foliage. Friday It is an experience to walk to your outhouse, the only shelter unaffected by weather during your two week hiatus, chaperoned by your husband because you are nervous to walk the short path in the woods, in the dark, alone. The path is dark illuminated only by your headlight. It is bumpy with rocks and roots. You trust that when you unzip the shelter spiders, bats, or rodents will not jump out at you. You hope there is dry toilet paper and that when you lift the seat up a snake will not come out and give you a surprise "HELLO!". The shelter is temporary, but in truth you wonder if you really need a more permanent structure. This Cabela’s Delux Shower Tent seems to have withstood weather that the other structures at the campsite could not. This of course could be more a result of the area being sheltered but it is a testament to the design of it. It shelter's Scott's outhouse design. We leave ...

What happened to our camp?

September 22, 2018

9.21.18: Friday Scott and I spent the day packing, organizing, preparing for our trip up North. The plan was to pick up the girls at 2:15 at school. 12 needed to take a Spanish quiz. That would give her enough time. We left at 2:30. We arrive 6:30 pm. Just before sunset. But we couldn’t tell. There was cloud cover. Lake Willoughby had white caps on the North side. That was a first sight for us. It looked very cold. It is not an easy task arriving at night. We need to carry everything up the hill. We need head lamps. We need to know there is a camp to hike to as well. Hinton Hill Road was foggy, really foggy. We were driving into a low lying cloud. Can we see the camp above Sentinel Rock Park? Nope. Way too foggy. We turned into the road. Would the pesky gate be open? No. Of course not. We got through anyway. We parked at the path. Scott and I planned to have us all walk up since the light was...