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.

"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.

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
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 09:34:55 -0500, "£¢$¥" 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.

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, "£¢$¥" 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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