Vermont Destinations and Events

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6-Day History and Museum Tour of Northern New England

Last week I posted a 6-Day History and Museum tour of Southern New England and my post today is a companion museum and history piece covering some highlights for the Northern New England states of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont. If Boston, Hartford, and Newport are blessed with the sophistication of the arts in their [...]

13Feb2009 | | 6 comments | Continued
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Fire and Pregnant Anticipation Way up North

By James H. Hyde The quiet of today’s icy morning was smashed by the wail of a siren that closed fast and stopped suddenly close by. In northern Vermont, sirens are as scarce as hens’ teeth. Awakened with a start, the wails of a second and third popped my wife and I out of bed. [...]

27Jan2009 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Get Rid of the Winter Blues at one of these New England Winter Carnival

My stocks have fallen into Tuckerman Ravine – my retirement plan has dropped to 40-below, and the jobless rates have all hit a 15-year low. So I was looking for a bright spot this week. I thought what we all need is a carnival to brighten the spirits! But then I remembered it is winter. [...]

24Jan2009 | | 5 comments | Continued
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The Billings Farm and Museum in Woodstock Vermont

Whenever my travels take me to the central Vermont region I find an excuse to take a rest break in the town of Woodstock. My wife has noticed this tendency, especially as it usually coincides with a convenient visit to F.H. Gillingham’s classic 1886 Vermont General Store. Well, stocking up on maple products and cheeses [...]

8Nov2008 | | 3 comments | Continued
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Vermont Foliage Harvest Events

The New England state of Vermont is famous for skiing in winter, maple sugaring in spring, and summer vacations of hiking, swimming holes and Ben & Jerry’s ice cream. But the most special time remains its spectacular fall foliage season where thousands of leaf peppers converge on mountain slopes, forests and rural roads, to marvel [...]

7Sep2008 | | 4 comments | Continued
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Family Getaway Camps – An Alternative to Disney

Like many families this year we took a long and hard look at the type of vacation we could afford. With gas prices pushing near $4 for most of the summer a traditional road trip in the northeast was prohibitively expensive even before we added in lodging. And a vacation at Disney for our family [...]

4Sep2008 | | 3 comments | Continued
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The British Are Coming, But this Time It’s For Fun

By James H. Hyde If you fancy British motorcars, the MGB, the Triumph, Jaguar, Bentley or the king of them all, the Rolls Royce, then pack your bags and program your GPS to take you to Stowe, Vermont from September 18th to the 21st, 2008. That’s when the British Invasion takes place. It is the [...]

18Aug2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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The Most Popular Theme and Water Parks of New England

This doesn’t profess to be a complete list of theme and water parks in New England but it includes the largest and the most popular parks and covers each state in the region. Baked into these nine parks are enough exciting hours to satisfy the thrill-seeking hunger of any teenager. There’s also plenty of fun [...]

5Jun2008 | | 4 comments | Continued
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The Survival of the New England Ski Resort Species

Blame it on global warming or just normal weather patterns in the maturing of planet earth but what you can’t argue with is recent mild winters in the northeast of the U.S. have made it tough being a ski resort or lodging owner in the mountains of New England. Many are gushing red ink and [...]

17May2008 | | 14 comments | Continued
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7 Vermont Country Stores – A Browse Back in Time

Once upon a time life was slower and people had time to visit neighbors and chat or browse in a store when they took a trip into town. Today with busy schedules – especially if you have kids – it hardly seems as if we have time to stop at the supermarket for groceries, let [...]

12May2008 | | 4 comments | Continued
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New England Maple Syrup Resource List

Spring time in New England means maple syrup making season is upon us. While you can buy maple syrup any week of the year in New England, the sap is only tapped from the special maple trees and made into syrup in the New England states for a brief six weeks during the spring months. [...]

28Mar2008 | | 0 comments | Continued
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Vermont Food Lover’s Delight

The State of Vermont is famous for its rural landscapes and farmlands, and the fact it has more cows than people. At 600,000 people the entire state has the same population as the city of Boston. As far as I know nobody is keeping records of the number of cows, but it’s a safe bet [...]

21Mar2008 | | 2 comments | Continued
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An October Trip to Northern Vermont – Part II

This is part II of my recent journey to northern Vermont and the Northeast Kingdom. If you remember part I was where I explored from The Berkshires in Massachusetts and followed Route 7 north to Rutland in central vermont. While I really wanted to continue my fall foliage exploration on the western side of the [...]

20Oct2007 | | 1 comment | Continued
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An October Trip to Northern Vermont – Part I

Last weekend I got “permission” from my family to visit a friend living in Wolcott, Vermont, on the fringe of the Northeast Kingdom. And this time of the year the Kingdom can be spectacular with the fall foliage and the crisp autumn air. Now this fall, Mother Nature has played a few tricks on New [...]

17Oct2007 | | 4 comments | Continued
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Quiet Places in New England

New England cities can be anything but the quietest places on earth, and if you’ve had enough of the same old tourist traps and the sounds of today’s hectic life, then here’s some places in New England to visit where you can be re-energized and hear-a-pin drop… These next places require some travel so look [...]

11Oct2007 | | 3 comments | Continued
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A Weekend of Scenic Views Along the Connecticut River

One of my joys of writing about New England destinations is that I discover wonderful gems all the time. Beyond the obvious beauty of the high Presidential Range, or the dunes of Cape Cod, or the rocky coastline of Maine, is a world of New England towns and villages nestled in stunning locations rarely visited [...]

11Sep2007 | | 0 comments | Continued
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