In 1979, while living in our home town of Lowell, MA, a friend invited Deb and I and, at that time, our three little boys — Rob, Peter, and Mike — to use his house in Quechee in the winter. We wound up having a great week and loved every aspect of the Quechee lifestyle.

From 1979 to 1982 we rented, and in 1986 we bought our home on Hard Road. In 1990, having been impacted by the recession, and with lots of college tuition on the horizon, we decided we needed to become a “one home family.” Despite having lots of professional advice about where the best career opportunities were, we chose Quechee, and have never had a moment of regret! Our kids received a great education in the Hartford schools, and four of our five still reside in Vermont.

Frank
What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee?
The Pizza and salads at Quechee Pizza Chef.

What’s your favorite Quechee memory?
There are many. Three generations of our family golf on our beautiful courses, race days on the ski hill, and the eight years of hosting the Vermont Special Olympic Winter Games. And especially our son Mike’s and his wife, Emily’s, wedding at the club.

What’s your favorite activity to do with your family?
Anything and everything. Plus counting our many blessings.

What is one of your favorite family traditions?
Our year-end family gathering to celebrate Festivus; especially the “Feats of Strength Competition,” which is usually won by Deb.

Deb
What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee?
A special dinner or lunch at Simon Pearce with my “date” of 45 years.

What’s your favorite Quechee memory?
In recent years, it was our son Mike and Emily’s wedding that was held at the Quechee Club. And when the McDougall extended families gather together for a wonderful fall weekend.

What’s your favorite activity to do with your family?
I always enjoyed following Sarah and her brothers at a golf tournament or skiing together on “The Big Hill” when they were all younger. Now its great to watch our grandchildren and their parents enjoy everything that Quechee has to offer.

What is one of your favorite family traditions?
One of my favorites has to be our Thanksgiving celebration after we moved here full-time, Frank and the boys along with a few of their football teammates started playing football on Thanksgiving, and the “Turkey Bowl” began.

Rob
What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee?
Outside of my Mom’s great cooking. My favorite meal in Quechee would have to be a chicken sub from Pizza Chef, “dry with cheese.” I’ve been eating those since high school.

What’s your favorite Quechee memory?
It probably has to be the weekends and school vacations on the ski hill in Quechee growing up.

What’s your favorite activity to do with your family?
It’s great to get out on the golf courses. My favorite foursome of me, my Dad, my brother Pete and my nephew Jack gets four generations together to play, and I feel lucky every time we can do it.

What is one of your favorite family traditions?
Thanksgiving. That’s really our big holiday as a family. We all come home, and it’s just great to all be together.

Peter
What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee?
Steaks on the grill at my parents’ house.

What’s your favorite Quechee memory?
The many longtime friends I’ve made over the years of skiing, playing golf, and working at the Quechee Club.

What’s your favorite activity to do with your family?
Skiing on a powder day at the Quechee.

What is one of your favorite family traditions?
The Turkey Bowl football game each Thanks¬giving morning.

Mike
What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee?
Dana’s By The Gorge for breakfast.

What’s your favorite Quechee memory?
I got married at the club in September 2012. Tough to top that one.

What’s your favorite activity to do with your family?
I have a lot of great memories of skiing on “The Big Hill.”

What is one of your favorite family traditions?
Our annual Thanksgiving football game – The Turkey Bowl.

Bo
What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee?
Pizza Chef has been the long-time go-to for us. It was not uncommon for the people working at Pizza Chef to see our number on the caller ID and simply answer the call by asking “How many chicken subs tonight?”

What’s your favorite Quechee memory?
One memory that stands out is when my father decided that Quechee needed to have a St. Patrick’s Day Parade. It was probably the smallest parade in the country, but in typical Quechee fashion, we had a great time getting together and parading from the Quechee Post Office down Main Street and back. We even had a police escort and fire truck on hand!

What’s your favorite activity to do with your family?
The hard-fought Whiffle Ball games played in our driveway.

What is one of your favorite family traditions?
The holiday season always brings out the best in McDougall family traditions. To conclude most of our family holiday gatherings we do feats of strength. Another great tradition is the re-enactment of the “Christmas Miracle Shot heard round the house.” Pete made a miracle basketball shot from our front porch to our hoop located across the driveway. Every year, we draw a name out of a hat to see who gets to try to make the “Christmas Miracle Shot” so far nobody has made the shot since young Pete did back in the early ’90s.

Sarah
What’s one of your favorite meals in Quechee?
Pizza Chef, of course!

What’s your favorite Quechee memory?
Skiing all day with the family.

What’s your favorite activity to do with your family?
Watching football or any sport, with everyone home.

What is one of your favorite family traditions?
Family Thanksgiving/any time we can all get together.