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Vermont this Fall
"gregory.bohn" wrote: Howdy My wife and I will be heading to Vermont this Fall. This will be our first visit after many "almosts". We fly into Albany and will be staying in Bennington VT. We'll do day trips to a few southern VT towns with sightseeing along the way. We like casual dining and taverns, hiking, photography and places off the beaten path. Any suggestions, tips, warnings or "inside info" will be greatly appreciated. We're looking forward to a great trip! Thanks in advance for any help. Greg and Kathy Take a leisurely drive along Hwy 9 from Bennington to Keene NH. Only 50 miles. Marvellous scenery. We've done it 3 times. Keene is a swinging little town. Spend some time there. Then turn around and check out the places in between on the way back. Brattleboro has an excellent deli on the road into town. You can easily do above as a day trip. |
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Vermont this Fall
"gregory.bohn" wrote: Howdy My wife and I will be heading to Vermont this Fall. This will be our first visit after many "almosts". We fly into Albany and will be staying in Bennington VT. We'll do day trips to a few southern VT towns with sightseeing along the way. We like casual dining and taverns, hiking, photography and places off the beaten path. Any suggestions, tips, warnings or "inside info" will be greatly appreciated. We're looking forward to a great trip! Thanks in advance for any help. Greg and Kathy Take a leisurely drive along Hwy 9 from Bennington to Keene NH. Only 50 miles. Marvellous scenery. We've done it 3 times. Keene is a swinging little town. Spend some time there. Then turn around and check out the places in between on the way back. Brattleboro has an excellent deli on the road into town. You can easily do above as a day trip. |
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Vermont this Fall
What are you trying to say here? The biggest city in VT is Burlington with
a pop under 40,000. I don't think small towns have to 'fake' their atmosphere. I don't disagree that you should go elsewhere to look at leaves, but the original poster is already headed for VT, so there's no need or sour grapes. To Gregory - Bennington should be a nice base for you. The trip over to Keene is a nice idea, or you could turn it into more of a circle and head north from Brattleboro through Newfane, then back around through Manchester. If you save your longer trips for weekdays you shouldn't be overly bothered by traffic. If you'll be there for a weekend, spend most of it walking right around Bennington, which has its own charms. Vermont has more than its fair share of restaurants. I suppose that's a side-effect of being on the tourist map. There are indeed some expensive places too, but they're expensive because they're fancy or at least pretend to be. Rest assured that if your meal is expensive, it's always expensive in that place and you're not being gouged because it's fall or because it's ski season. Don't forget your camera. "127.0.0.1" wrote in message ... On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:34:55 -0500, "Łą$„" wrote: If you want "off the beaten path" then you need to go to central Vermont, around Sugarbush around leaf season, there is no off the beaten path in VT. I stopped going there years ago because of the gazillion tour buses, full hotels and B&Bs, expensive restaurants, traffic and the fake small town atmosphere, if you want to go leaf peeping try going down I81 south of NY through to VA, get off anywhere and travel the back roads, take the blue ridge parkway in VA ( be warned, slow speeds and heavy traffic) stop in the unspoiled by tourists small towns. the views are equal to VT and they haven't been spoiled by the crass commercialism like much of VT has been. VT is a victim of it's own success. |
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Vermont this Fall
What are you trying to say here? The biggest city in VT is Burlington with
a pop under 40,000. I don't think small towns have to 'fake' their atmosphere. I don't disagree that you should go elsewhere to look at leaves, but the original poster is already headed for VT, so there's no need or sour grapes. To Gregory - Bennington should be a nice base for you. The trip over to Keene is a nice idea, or you could turn it into more of a circle and head north from Brattleboro through Newfane, then back around through Manchester. If you save your longer trips for weekdays you shouldn't be overly bothered by traffic. If you'll be there for a weekend, spend most of it walking right around Bennington, which has its own charms. Vermont has more than its fair share of restaurants. I suppose that's a side-effect of being on the tourist map. There are indeed some expensive places too, but they're expensive because they're fancy or at least pretend to be. Rest assured that if your meal is expensive, it's always expensive in that place and you're not being gouged because it's fall or because it's ski season. Don't forget your camera. "127.0.0.1" wrote in message ... On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:34:55 -0500, "Łą$„" wrote: If you want "off the beaten path" then you need to go to central Vermont, around Sugarbush around leaf season, there is no off the beaten path in VT. I stopped going there years ago because of the gazillion tour buses, full hotels and B&Bs, expensive restaurants, traffic and the fake small town atmosphere, if you want to go leaf peeping try going down I81 south of NY through to VA, get off anywhere and travel the back roads, take the blue ridge parkway in VA ( be warned, slow speeds and heavy traffic) stop in the unspoiled by tourists small towns. the views are equal to VT and they haven't been spoiled by the crass commercialism like much of VT has been. VT is a victim of it's own success. |
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Vermont this Fall
Vermont has more than its fair share of restaurants. I suppose that's a side-effect of being on the tourist map. There are indeed some expensive places too, but they're expensive because they're fancy or at least pretend to be. Rest assured that if your meal is expensive, it's always expensive in that place and you're not being gouged because it's fall or because it's ski season. Remember that the New England Culinary Institute is in Montpelier where they operate two restaurants in the town, maybe more. One is more upper scale but both offer good meals at a very reasonable price. We ate at the more casual and were very pleased. |
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Vermont this Fall
Vermont has more than its fair share of restaurants. I suppose that's a side-effect of being on the tourist map. There are indeed some expensive places too, but they're expensive because they're fancy or at least pretend to be. Rest assured that if your meal is expensive, it's always expensive in that place and you're not being gouged because it's fall or because it's ski season. Remember that the New England Culinary Institute is in Montpelier where they operate two restaurants in the town, maybe more. One is more upper scale but both offer good meals at a very reasonable price. We ate at the more casual and were very pleased. |
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Vermont this Fall
Vermont has more than its fair share of restaurants. I suppose that's a side-effect of being on the tourist map. There are indeed some expensive places too, but they're expensive because they're fancy or at least pretend to be. Rest assured that if your meal is expensive, it's always expensive in that place and you're not being gouged because it's fall or because it's ski season. Remember that the New England Culinary Institute is in Montpelier where they operate two restaurants in the town, maybe more. One is more upper scale but both offer good meals at a very reasonable price. We ate at the more casual and were very pleased. |
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Vermont this Fall
Vermont has more than its fair share of restaurants. I suppose that's a side-effect of being on the tourist map. There are indeed some expensive places too, but they're expensive because they're fancy or at least pretend to be. Rest assured that if your meal is expensive, it's always expensive in that place and you're not being gouged because it's fall or because it's ski season. Remember that the New England Culinary Institute is in Montpelier where they operate two restaurants in the town, maybe more. One is more upper scale but both offer good meals at a very reasonable price. We ate at the more casual and were very pleased. |
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Vermont this Fall
Thanks to everyone for the information! We know it will be busy, as it is
everywhere, "in season". We will still have a great time exploring, shopping (at least one of us), finding a good restaurant or two and taking a lot of photos. We will be sure to visit the towns mentioned in the replies and if we find a tavern ... we'll have a toast to the NG! Travel safely and peace to all. Greg and Kathy "gregory.bohn" wrote in message news:QgXNc.179214$IQ4.108386@attbi_s02... Howdy My wife and I will be heading to Vermont this Fall. This will be our first visit after many "almosts". We fly into Albany and will be staying in Bennington VT. We'll do day trips to a few southern VT towns with sightseeing along the way. We like casual dining and taverns, hiking, photography and places off the beaten path. Any suggestions, tips, warnings or "inside info" will be greatly appreciated. We're looking forward to a great trip! Thanks in advance for any help. Greg and Kathy |
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Vermont this Fall
Thanks to everyone for the information! We know it will be busy, as it is
everywhere, "in season". We will still have a great time exploring, shopping (at least one of us), finding a good restaurant or two and taking a lot of photos. We will be sure to visit the towns mentioned in the replies and if we find a tavern ... we'll have a toast to the NG! Travel safely and peace to all. Greg and Kathy "gregory.bohn" wrote in message news:QgXNc.179214$IQ4.108386@attbi_s02... Howdy My wife and I will be heading to Vermont this Fall. This will be our first visit after many "almosts". We fly into Albany and will be staying in Bennington VT. We'll do day trips to a few southern VT towns with sightseeing along the way. We like casual dining and taverns, hiking, photography and places off the beaten path. Any suggestions, tips, warnings or "inside info" will be greatly appreciated. We're looking forward to a great trip! Thanks in advance for any help. Greg and Kathy |
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