12/12/11: Monday afternoon, hundreds of Vermont school kids celebrated the grand opening of the Pump House, Jay Peak’s indoor water park. Eva found her inner kid – floating along the river that encircles the park, hurtling down La Chute and slipping down the blue and green tubes over and over again.

Music: La Strada, New Home, “Wash On By”

And for more info check out Sarah Tuff’s article, “Just Chute Me.”

 

This article appears in Dec 14-20, 2011.

Seven Days senior multimedia producer Eva Sollberger has been making her award-winning video series "Stuck in Vermont" since 2007. In 2024, she won first place from the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for her video, “Barbie Collector.” She received the Margaret L. (Peggy) Kannenstine Award for Arts Advocacy from the Vermont Arts Council in 2023. This map details her travels around the state; her 500th video was a musical. New episodes appear on the Seven Days website every other Thursday...