August 26, 2010 | Posted by admin
Wow, it’s been a long time since I wrote anything on here! The summer has gone by too fast as always and soon it will be Labor Day weekend here in Vermont. That means the end of summer, the start of school and getting ready for fall.
There is not a whole lot of things going on for Labor Day weekend here in Vermont. I know in Northfield Vermont there is a 3 day event with lots of food, music and games going on.
Burlington, Vermont always has a few special events here and there, plus many stores have Labor Day weekend sales. There’s always plenty of flea markets and farmers markets having one last sale also.
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March 31, 2010 | Posted by Ashley
Located on a beautiful bay of Lake Champlain, Shelburne Farms is a nonprofit environmental education center and National Historic Landmark. The estate offers a wide selection of educational programs for students of all ages, including education resources and materials, professional development for educators, field trips for K-8th grade students, internships, and apprenticeships. The house is operated as an inn and is open mid-May to mid-October.
Shelburne Farms offers the perfect way to spend a day in Vermont with your children. This is a great place for a picnic, a hike, a property tour, or just to run around with the animals in the farmyard. There’s a big play area and reading area as well. The barn is a great building to look at and picnic outside, and it serves as the activity centre for day camps. The rest of the set-up there is petting area for kids.
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March 28, 2010 | Posted by Ashley
Located in scenic Lake Champlain Valley, Shelburne Museum offers exceptional collections of art and Americana. Visitors can explore over 150,000 works such as impressionist paintings, quilts and textiles, folk art, decorative furniture, and artifacts.
Shelburne Museum tour highlights include hundreds of 19th and 20th-century American paintings, hand-carved circus figures and circus memorabilia, beadwork and ceramics from different cultures, over 400 antique dolls on display, blacksmithing and harness-making tools and much more.
If you are near Vermont, visit the Shelburne Museum for an impressive collection of American material culture, including boats, buildings, a lighthouse, and a large selection of folk art. The museum also exhibits the Ticonderoga steamship- a steam locomotive built in 1906, an extensive collection of more than 400 quilts and 300 hooked rugs, and historic houses from 1790 to 1950.
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February 28, 2010 | Posted by admin
Trapp Family Lodge, Stowe,VT
Owned by the Von Trapp family and immortalized in ‘The Sound of Music’, Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe, Vermont is the ideal vacation destination for any season. The resort offers three restaurants and Austrian-inspired lodging. Choose from 96 beautifully appointed suites, from the European-influenced deluxe room to the contemporary, luxurious Austrian suite.
If you are looking for relaxation, rest and solitude, this is the place to be. The outside pool is clean and private, the flower gardens are breathtaking, and the staff from the front desk to the restaurant to housekeeping is eagerly hospitable. The best thing is the X-C ski center with many miles of groomed trails going right up to the doors of the lodge.
Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe Vermont provides four clay tennis courts, three swimming pools (one indoor) and a great croquet pitch. There is also a Fitness Center offering yoga and massage therapy. The hotel features an on-site library, game room, scenic hiking paths and top-rated cross-country skiing trails. Children and parents alike will be delighted by the wide range of activities available, including painting, baking class, music and dance.
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February 16, 2010 | Posted by admin
Stowe Mountain Lodge – Destination Hotels & Resorts
Stowe Mountain Resort in Vermont is the birthplace of New England skiing, the ski Mecca of the east. Skiing in North America was literally born there. It’s one of the best places to get the full New England ski experience: a combination of spectacular views and challenging ski trails.
What makes this resort so great is that the trails are never too packed, the lodge is clean and brand new, the snow is always good and everyone is chill. Plus the Stowe mountain resort is right on Vermont’s highest mountain, Mount Mansfield.
The Stowe resort and town are quiet and comfortable and feature upscale services including fitness centers, spas, five star dining and much more. Spruce Mountain’s green and blues are great to enjoy the view. Stowe is a family friendly place with children’s programs and a mascot named Snowball who entertains the kids on crowded days.
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February 12, 2010 | Posted by admin
One place that does not get a lot of news coverage for snow skiing is Jay Peak resort in Vermont. Yet it has some really great downhill skiing, including some very fast black double diamond trails.
Located near the Quebec border, Jay Peak Resort boasts natural snow totals that annually exceed those of most other popular eastern resorts. It has massive amounts of snowfall, spectacular trails and friendly people. Jay Peak is five stars all the way. Whether you enjoy traditional trails or glade skiing, you will find some unique features and fun times on a mountain that still has a mountain–not a resort–feel.
Jay also has an international vibe to it from all the French Canadians. Jay Peak is a great mountain with some of the best tree runs in the east. Powder skiing can be had easily if you know where to look. From a beginner to intermediate perspective the slopes are well-maintained, plentiful and challenging. It has excellent sheltered spots, so that no one endangers your life. For those with minimal skiing ability, this is the place to be.
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August 12, 2008 | Posted by admin
So how is everyone’s summer going? It will not be long before it starts to get cooler, but right now it’s beautiful. If fact it’s a great time for exploring all of Vermont’s rivers, lakes and streams with canoes. Vermont has many rivers and streams that are perfect for a canoe ride. I’ve owned several of them.
There are many outdoor tour companies that take groups of people out on canoe trips down rivers and streams. Often these companies offer biking, hiking, mountain climbing and canoeing. More on these later. Vermont was home to one of the first and popular canoe companies, Mad River Canoe.
They still make some of the best canoes in the world, but they moved their factories to South Carolina. I’ve owned several of these, and I can tell you they are great. If you ever buy a canoe, I highly recommend getting a mad river canoe. Besides the many rivers and streams, Vermont has many small ponds and marshes that also are perfect for canoeing. (more…)
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August 3, 2008 | Posted by admin
Hi everyone! Sorry I have not posted in a while, but you know how crazy summer gets. I was out on my ATV the other day going over my maple syrup lines and I thought they would make a good post. Now just in case you did not know, ATV stands for All Terrain Vehicle. They have four off road tires, a high ground clearance and most are four wheel drive.
Vermont is rugged country, with hills, woods, rocks, swamps and streams. Did I mention rocks? There are a lot of dirt, small roads that go up and over the hills and valleys. There also are lots of small logging roads, farm pastures and so on that are perfect for an ATV to drive around. Almost every farm has one or several ATV’s.
ATV’s can carry a lot of stuff as you can buy small pull behind carts or wagons to put tools, rolls of fencing, signs, salt blocks for cows and so much more. They also happen to be perfect for working and checking your maple syrup lines and tubing. Most Vermont maple syrup operations make small roads, more like paths, in the woods to the maple trees that will be tapped. An ATV is perfect to check the maple syrup tubing and carry tools. (more…)
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July 11, 2008 | Posted by admin
HI everyone! Boy have I been busy. There is always something to do when you make pure Vermont maple syrup, even at this time of year. Well summer is in full swing, and the weather is getting hot. Vermont for most of the year is cool to downright cold! But we do have month or two where is really warms up. At that time the locals seek out their favorite Vermont swimming holes and beaches.
Now Vermont has many streams, rivers, ponds and lakes. So different people have different preferences when it comes to soaking in the water. Some people who live up more in the mountains love to swim and cool off in the beautiful trout streams we have. Since those streams wind their way down all mountains there is always one close by.
The Vermont mountain streams flow over rocks and cliffs, sometimes making big cold pools below the falls. These are popular with the local young people. Many have their own secret place they go to, but there are some popular spots that everyone knows about too.
The problem with this type of swimming is you have to really be careful. It’s all rocks, and a slip or fall can be very dangerous. In fact there is several popular water falls that have claimed a few lives over the years. Don’t dive in the pool, as it’s hard to see hidden rocks below. (more…)
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July 2, 2008 | Posted by admin
He everyone, boy have I been busy! Summer is the time of year when so much is going on. It’s also the best time for camping in Vermont. Vermont has many campgrounds & RV parks. You can find very simple ones that are just for tents, to fully equipped ones that can handle 40 ft. RV’s with pools, snack bars, full hookups and more.
Now you have two kinds of Vermont campgrounds, private campgrounds and state campgrounds. Private ones have more amenities on average, with full hookups and other things to make life easier. They also tend to cost more. Most of them are just a spot for your tent or RV, not really in any big woods that you can walk to and explore.
State campgrounds are in a park or a forest. They can be just a bare spot for your tent, to full hookups for RV’s. Normally you can walk from your spot and go hiking, fishing, hunting and so on. A lot are on a lake or even Lake Champlain, the 7th largest lake in the USA. Most spots are cheaper than the private campgrounds, but most don’t have as many amenities. (more…)
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