Friday, January 22, 2010

Vermont

Southern:
?- Bartlett Falls, New Haven River

Putney
Putney Mountain (Fall-hawks)
Basketville (many baskets)


Bennington
Old First Church (gravestones including Robert Frost)
Four Chimney’s Rest
Grandma Moses Gallery
Battle Monument
Blue Benn Diner (railroad car)

Vergennes
Black Sheep Bistro
Eat Good Food

Middlebury
American Flatbread

Woodstock
Indian Stones in national park
Billings Farm and Museum (working farm, Am landscape paintings)
The Jackson House Inn (romantic)
Woodstock Inn (romantic)
Bentley’s
VT Raptor Center

Brattleboro
Strolling of the Heifers

Hubbardton/Windsor
battle reenactment and signing of VT Constitution

Wilmington
Adams Farm (working farm)
The White House

Arlington
Norman Rockwell Exhibition

Manchester
Hildene (Robert Todd Lincoln’s home)
Jelly Mill (unusual shops)
Al Ducci’s Pizza (specialty pizza)
Vermont Wax Museum

Manchester Village
1811 House (great food)

Springfield
Precision Valley Corvette Museum
Springfield Royal Dinner (1955 diner)

Strafford Organic Dairy farm
Harbor View General Store
Hydeville

? Ariel's Riverside Cafe
? That's Life Soup
?Positive Pie 2

Central
East Montpelier
Bragg Farm (creamee; Route 14 North)

Montpelier
walking tour (Saturdays, 10 am)
State Capitol
Morse Farm (sugarhouse; maple creamee)
Vermont Historical Society
Victorian Ice Cream Social (3rd Wed in July on State Capitol lawn)
Dairy Creme (creamees)
Sarducci's (Italian; tables with view of river)
Main Street Grill and Bar (run by New England Culinary Institute students; weekend brunch)
Inn at Montpelier (B&B)
Angeleno's Pizza
Vermont Historical Society Museum

Barre
Hope Cemetery (unusual gravestones--Maple Avenue)
Rock of Ages (granite quarry)

South Royalton
Joseph Smith Memorial (Route 14 to Dairy Hill)

Rutland

Waitsfield
The Punchbowl (swimming hole)
Village Country Creamee

Moretown
Maynard’s (burger, fries, creamee; Rt 100)

Groton
Groton State Forest, Marshfield Pond to Richer Mills
(abandoned railroad line)

Waterbury
Ben and Jerry’s (ice cream tour)
Cold Hollow Cider Mill
Green Mountain Chocolate/Cheese (two stores in 1, unlimited samples)
Waterbury Reservoir (Little River, canoeing)

Quechee
Quechee Gorge (small “Grand Canyon”)
Scotland by the Yard (Scottish imports)

Plymouth
River Tavern
Notch Cemetery (Coolidge's gravesite)

Norwich
Montshire Museum of Science (hands-on exhibits)

Randolph
Porter Music Box Museum

Stowe
The Stone Hut (4 bunks beds and a wood stove atop Mount Mansfield)
1886 Cabins

Green River Reservoir

Weston
The Vermont Country Store (everything in catalog, common cracker, Grandpa’s stuff)

Windsor
American Precision Museum
Quinnehtukqut Outdoor Center (kayak, canoe, tubing),
Juniper Hill Inn (gourmet)
Dan’s Windsor Diner

? Basin Harbor Club Resort (sandy beach, formal attire at dinner)

Woodstock
Farmers Market


Northern:
East Fairfield
President Chester A. Arthur State Historic Site

Fairfield
Chester’s in the Square (food)

North Hero
Northumbrian Pipers Convention (August)

Burlington
Ethan Allen Home
Perkins Museum (archaeology)
Lake Champlain Chocolates (tour)
snow-sculpting contest (Feb)
canoeing (Ethan Allen Homestead to fishing access in Town of Colchester)
Donohue Sea Caves (Intervale)

Shelburne Pond

Basin Harbor
Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

St. Johnsbury
Maple Grove Maple Museum (tours)
Fairbanks Museum (bug art, political memorabilia, dolls)

St Albans Bay to Bakersfield- Route 36

Lyndonville
Routes 5 and 5A (Lake Willoughby)
The Wildflower Inn (trails, pool, horseback riding, Daisy’s Diner)

Caspian Lake
Highland Lodge (cottages)

Ferrisburgh
Dakin Farm (sugared ham, creamee)
Rokeby Museum (Underground RR)

Missisquoi Bay
Tyler Place Family Resort

Swanton and St Albans
Champlain Islands

Shelburne
VT Teddy Bear Factory (tour, make your own)

Shelburne Falls
glacial potholes (natural bathtubs)

Champlain Islands
Royal Lipizzan Stallions of Austria

Richmond
Old Round Church
Birds of Vermont Museum

Great Averill Lake
Quimby Country (cottages, The Rocks swimming beach)

Lake Willoughby (sandy public beach)

Lewis
Yellow Bogs (interconnected wetlands)

Shaftsbury Center
Cemetery (elaborate gravestones)


Groton
summit of Owl’s Head (view)


Addison
Woolly Mammoth Hunt (spear-throwing contest--Sept)

Rochester
West Hill Cemetery
Bingo Road (Revolutionary graves)

Grafton
Grafton Village Cheese Company
Four Columns Inn (award-winning restaurant)
Old Tavern Rest (1801)

Woodbury
Woodbury Quarry

North Troy
Big Falls

Montgomery
Route 118 (5 covered bridges)

Bridgewater Corners
October Country Inn (great food)

Dorset
Dorset Inn (breakfast/dinner included)

Cavendish
town green (monument for Phineas Gage)

Alburg
Alburg Dunes

Bridgewater
Corner’s Inn

Mt Holly
Harry’s Inn

Bellows Falls
Green Mountain Flyer Scenic Train Ride

Cabot
Cabot Creamery (tours?)

Jericho Center
town green (monument to “Snowflake” Bentley)

Wells River
P&H truck stop (maple cream pie)

Danville
The Creamery
Joe’s Pond (bet when ice will give out)

Addison/ Weybridge
Snake Mountain

?- Mount Ascutney

Bradford
wild game supper

Hartland
Congregational Church (roast beef supper during fall/winter)

Smugglers Notch State Park
(Bingham Falls swimming hole)

Harriman Reservoir

South Lincoln
(set of waterfalls, 15-foot drop, hidden from road)

Newbury
canoe from Cow Meadow Flats

Adamant
Music School (free Sunday piano concert)

Bethel/Royalton/Sharon- tubing on White River (July)

Sheldon
The Abbey (western roadhouse)

Morristown
Cady’s Falls Commission Sale

Addison
Snake Mountain

Rutland
Royal’s Hearthside (roast beef)

Bridport
Huestis Farm Supply

Burlington
Oasis Diner (breakfast, lunch)

Marshfield
Rainbow Sweets Cafe (pastries)

Alburg
Auction Barn

Mt Ascutney

East Corinth
?
White River Junction
Center for Cartoon Studies

Lake Groton (Boulder Beach)

Pittsford
Northeast Maple Museum

Whale's Tale Water Park

Proctor
Vermont Marble Exhibit (Presidential busts)

West Glover VT
Lake Parker General Store

Barnard
Twin Farms (cottages, snowshoeing)

Middlebury
Vt Book Shop

Rutland
Godnick’s Fine Furniture

Bennington
Blue Bell Diner

Manchester
The Taco House

Alburg
Alburg Auction House

Morrisville
Cady Commission Sales

Island Pond
Buck and Doe

S Burlington
Gaynes Shoppers World

East Barnet
Ben Thrasher’s Mill

Wolcott
Buck’s Furniture

Woodstock
Wasps Snack Shop

Springfield
Duck Inn Rest

W Dummerston
Grange Hall

Springfield VT
Stellafane (nation's biggest star party, ie., astronomy sightings)

NE Vermont
Parker Pie Company (apple)
Lake Parker Country Store
Island Pond (Rt 16--snowmobiling

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