The Basics / Local Resources /
Local Shopping
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Arrival/Departure Times:
Arrival time is 4 p.m. Departure time is 12 noon.
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WiFi Internet Access: The chalet
has a high-speed DSL line and a wireless router. Bring your
own laptop.
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Telephone: Long distance toll
calls may be made using a telephone calling card. Because of
the scarcity of cellular towers in Vermont, cell service is
spotty. Neighboring Granville, NY and Manchester and
Rutland, VT have cell service.
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No Smoking: The Rye Chalet is a no
smoking house. At the request of our guests, there is no smoking
inside the chalet. Those who smoke outside are asked to be
especially careful to extinguish and dispose of cigarette butts
because of the chalet’s 20 acres of woodlands.
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Water: We have a deep drilled well
with clean, fresh water.
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Children: Children are welcome. Parents
are responsible for their children.
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Pets: Well-behaved pets are welcome with
the understanding that guests will be responsible for their pets.
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Guide: Guided hiking, hunting and/or
fishing tours with a Certified Hunter-Safety and 'Let's Go Fishing'
Instructor can be arranged for an additional fee -- for all levels
from child to expert.
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Access: The main chalet floor is easily
accessible for the elderly and infirm by driving to the end of the deck,
where there are only three stair steps, plus one more into the living
room of the main floor. There is one bedroom and bath on the main floor.
Local Resources
Wells Country Store – Coffee,
newspapers, home-made muffins, sandwiches, excellent wine,
beer, staples. Route 30, Wells. Monday-Saturday, 7 a.m. to 6
p.m. Sunday, 7 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Food markets
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Price Chopper, shopping plaza,
Granville, NY.
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Edward’s Market, Route 149,
Granville, NY
Pharmacy – Rite-Aid. 9 a.m. to 9
p.m. Granville, NY.
Post Office – The Wells Post Office is on North St.
Open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and 2 p.m. to 4:30
p.m. Open Saturday 8-10 a.m.
Computer/Internet – free computers with free Internet
service are available on the second floor of the Northshire
Book Store, Manchester, VT.
Local Shopping of
Note
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Blue Mountain Organics Marketplace
-- 26 Main St., Granville, NY 12832. Call 518-642-9086.
Local, natural, organic products.
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Judy’s Lampshades – Fine
hand-made original lampshades. Pawlet, Vermont.
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The Original Vermont Store --
163 Main St., Poultney, VT 802-287-9111.
www.vermontnooksandcrannies.com. Open 7 days
June-Dec., Closed Sundays Jan-May.
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Mettowee Mill Nursery Home and
Garden Shop -- Route 30 south, Dorset, VT. Call
802-325-3007 or visit
www.mettoweemillnursery.com.
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JK Adams – Kitchen store and
Vermont woodworking facility where they make their own
cutting boards, salad bowls, etc. Route 30 (south),
Dorset. Open daily. Call 362-4422.
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Manchester, Vermont – the
original outlet town, dozens of retail stores and
restaurants. 25 minutes south.
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Northshire Bookstore – a
lovely, comfortable independent book store in
Manchester, Vermont. Books, author events, wireless
internet access, food.
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Orvis – Visit the Orvis
Flagship store, on Historic Route 7A, Manchester. Call
802-362-3750 or visit
www.orvis.com. Orvis is the oldest mail order
company in the US and a sporting tradition since 1856.
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Farmer’s Markets – garden
fresh produce, farm-raised pork, home-made artisan
breads, fresh flowers, pottery, sausages. You name it.
There’s a different Farmer’s Market almost every day in
different towns.
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The Vermont Country Store --
famous old-fashioned “purveyors of the practical and
hard-to-find.” Route 100, Weston, VT. 802-824-3184 or
www.vermontcountrystore.com. Open daily 9 a.m. to
5:30 p.m.
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William Laberge – Fine,
hand-crafted solid hardwood heir-loom quality furniture,
made to last for generations, constructed with classic
mortise and tenon joinery, and designed to account for
expansion and contraction as the piece lives and
breathes. Showroom on Route 30, in Dorset, Vermont. Call
802-325-2117 or visit
www.williamlaberge.com.
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Dutton Farm Stand – Great
produce. Route 11/30 south in Manchester, VT. Call
802-362-3083. Open daily 9 a.m.-7 p.m.
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