The Basics / Local Resources / Local Shopping

• Arrival/Departure Times: Arrival time is 4 p.m. Departure time is 11 a.m.
   

• WiFi Internet Access: The chalet has a high-speed DSL line and a wireless router. Bring your own laptop.
   

• Telephone: The chalet telephone permits local and 800 calls. 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.
   

• 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.
   

• Water: We have a deep drilled well with clean, fresh water.
   

• Children: Children are welcome. Parents are responsible for their children.
   

• Pets: Well-behaved pets are considered, with the understanding that guests will be responsible for their pets.
   

• 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.
   

• 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 and pastries, sandwiches, pies, killer cookies, excellent wine, beer, staples. Route 30, Wells.

Village Roots Catering – Wonderful food, specializing in fresh and local ingredients. See brochure in the Rye Chalet. Email: villageroots@gmail.com. Web site: www.villagerootsvt.com. Call 802-282-8676.

Food market

• Price Chopper, shopping plaza, 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 wi-fi is available at the Wells Country Store. Free computers with free Internet service are available on the second floor of the Northshire Book Store, Manchester, VT.

Local Shopping of Note
 

• Judy’s Lampshades – Fine hand-made original lampshades. Pawlet, Vermont.
   

• The Original Vermont Store -- 163 Main St., Poultney, VT 802-287-9111. www.vermontnooksandcrannies.com. Open 7 days June-Dec., Closed Sundays Jan-May.
   

• Mettowee Mill Nursery Home and Garden Shop -- Route 30 south, Dorset, VT. Call 802-325-3007 or visit www.mettoweemillnursery.com.
   

• 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.
   

• Manchester, Vermont – the original outlet town, dozens of retail stores and restaurants. 25 minutes south.
   

• Northshire Bookstore – a lovely, comfortable independent book store in Manchester, Vermont. Books, author events, wireless internet access, food.
   

• 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.
   

• 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 in summer. Dorset's is Sunday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. year-round on Route 30; in cold weather, it is held at J. K. Adams store in Dorset.
   

• 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.
   

• 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.
   

• Dutton Farm Stand – Great produce. Route 11/30 south in Manchester, VT. Call 802-362-3083. Open daily 9 a.m.-7 p.m.