it wasn't a great weekend. the fair was incredibly disorganized, sales were down the toilet, we were physically crammed in with the other crafters, and it was a really long drive up there. but we can't blame others entirely for the experience, as we made a few key bad decisions that contributed to the crappy crappiness of the weekend.
mistake #1: leaving boston on a friday afternoon at 3:30pm.
mistake #2: leaving boston on a friday afternoon at 3:30pm on a long weekend.
mistake #3: leaving boston for vermont on a friday afternoon at 3:30pm on a long weekend that also happened to be during peak foliage season.
mistake #4: forgetting our passports (needed for the canadian border) before leaving boston for vermont on a friday afternoon at 3:30pm on a long weekend that also happened to be during peak foliage season, and having to turn around 45 minutes into our trip.
mistake #5: leaving boston for a second time on a friday at 4:30pm...
let's just say thank god for friends lucy and the tall guy, who put us up on friday night and fed us wine and good company. and thank god for priceline, which put us up on saturday night at the intercontinental hotel in downtown montreal, for about the price of a red roof inn. and lastly, thank the heavens for that kind and nameless customs agent, who, after searching our trunk and questioning us about the contents, didn't make us pay a duty for the items we shamelessly smuggled into the country.
we wound up taking an alternate route through the canadian and vermont countryside on the way home, to avoid yet more traffic and the lines at the main border crossing on the way home. it was a beautiful drive as a result, with no other cars, and totally worth the slight detour.
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