We came from Rhode Island where we'd been for several years. Before that, we were from out west.
To be honest, I'd never heard of the MRV before we came up. We were looking for a lifestyle change and wanted to buy an inn. We were looking everywhere from Maine to North Carolina and needed something that would be in a good area and with enough space for our kids and was viable as a business, not one of those 4 bedroom B&Bs that sell for a million bucks because they're in a cool old house. (Not that there's anything wrong with those kind of places.) We found the Golden Lion.
The more we saw of the area, the more we liked. Heck, you can't beat the schools. Our kids have 12-15 kids in their classes, learn French and music in elementary, eat organic food for school lunch, and go skiing every Friday during ski season. It's like a private school.
I love the level of community participation in the valley and what a beautiful, peaceful place. It's great for outdoorsy types like me, a great place for my kids to grow up, and great for my dog, as well. We have not one, but two rivers on the property, are five minutes from a major ski resort, and right on part of the Mad River Greenway that leads right down to the Sugarbush Snowmaking Pond.
The only two things that I don't like about the MRV. One, ever since we've been on the East Coast I regret that we're so far from family. Second, we like to travel a lot and this is not the most convenient place in the world for that. There aren't many good flights out of Burlington, or even many bigger cities in the area. It's a lot harder to get to interesting places outside the area than when we lived in Rhode Island.
But those are minor quibbles.
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