What’s the cure for a family suffering from a pandemic-fueled case of cabin fever? Road trip! Instead of running from winter’s chill, we decided to drive toward it. As a blizzard was forecast, we drove 5.5 hours northeast from Connecticut to the Sunday River ski resort in Newry, Maine—just before a foot of fresh snow blanketed its slopes. Traveling During COVID Unlike the state of Vermont, which has made ski tourism nearly impossible this season for out-of-state visitors, with a mandatory quarantine for at least seven days for those who aren’t vaccinated, the state of Maine will waive the quarantine requirement if the adults in the travel party provide a negative COVID test taken within 72 hours of check-in at your hotel. Since we wanted to ski, shop, and visit restaurants, we took rapid tests just before traveling. There was signage throughout the resort, and gentle reminders from ski patrol and …
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