Rutland VT 6/12-13/10

Rutland VT - An overnight trip to a cheap and rundown motel to watch my daughter Joy play for the New England select rugby team. The motel the Ramada Limited was just that, limited. The inexpensive rate was for a somewhat noisy, somewhat maintained place to sleep for a night and not much else. The thing that kept bothering me was small but significant, the door in my room had to be pulled closed so that it did not stay ajar. Small I know but a small thing I would think that hotels in the new century would have figured out. Still for 65 a night I was willing to check the door when I went out.
It was a rainy day with some serious steady rain throughout the game but the reason I was there was to watch rugby. Joy's first game was a tough loss in overtime, I checked in with Joy and then went off with my Mom and her cousin Paula to a local sandwich shop. Gill’s Delicatessen is a very popular place where the line at lunchtime was about 25 people. After twenty minutes of shuffling towards the front I got to order my sandwich, the hot meats, Spiced Ham, Peppered Ham, Italian Salami, Provolone cheese and all the veggies, which include shredded cabbage. The sandwich was large and delicious with large portions of cold cuts on a soft sub roll. I downed my large thinking I should have ordered a small and can not imagine going for their largest sandwich the Huge.
From lunch I headed out to Warren Vt and Sugarbush mountain ski resort. The NEFA disc golf finals will be held there this fall and I wanted to get a round of practice in on the base course. I hooked up with a couple locals so I would have a guide, we played the white shorter tees. I played well shooting a 51 and came away feeling that although I was soaking wet that the practice will benefit me in the future.
I chose not to go out to dinner and settled in to the motel for the night. The place was loud, partly from the rugby girls and partly because of the bikers downstairs. I watched some television and actually got to sleep by 10pm or so. Joy's team kicked some ass the second day in the consolation game and then we trusted the TomTom to get us out of there. On the way we were lucky enough to find good BBQ for lunch. We were not seeking it out but as we drove, we pull into Curtis' All American Restaurant,in Putney VT and immediately saw the grill smoking away outside the building. A plain building held some great BBQ. We settled in with our pork rib plates that were gigantic and delicious. Joy got the four rib platter, with canned corn, a tasty coleslaw, and decent corn bread. Joy got the sweet honey BBQ sauce and said it was excellent. Not knowing the size of the ribs I ordered six with baked beans and slaw, I could not finish the plate. Using a spicy sauce I was more than pleased with the portions and quality of the ribs. A deep smokey flavor and a tangy sauce made the rib experience stellar. The sides were definitely not up to par with the meat and I had the trouble of first not being able to get a root beer, then no chocolate milk, both on the menu by the way, finally having to settle for either Pepsi or Dew. You drinkers can get a refreshing beer on tap. The BBQ would be worth a side trip if ever you are in the area, I made a point to store the location in my GPS.