My sweet husband insisted that for my sabbatical, I should get a van or bus…..I was going to throw a tent and my bike into our little VW Golf and just go….but knowing that I’ve only camped a couple of times, and I’m not sure I ever put a tent up by myself, he saw disaster written all over it.  He thought it would rain and I would give up and then be in luxury suites the whole time, therefore blowing the budget.  So, thank you, Lyle for being the practical one….he wrote a very funny tale of our trip to Vermont to get this beauty…in sub below freezing temperatures and with only bedroom slippers on….For his take:  WESTY ACQUISITION.