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many weeks available for all seasons this year! Please email
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Lake Champlain Maritime Museum
Discover why Lake Champlain is perhaps the most historic body
of water in North America. Historical exhibits, maritime collections,
nautical archaeology, working forge and boat building on beautiful
lakeside location. Climb aboard the Revolutionary War gunboat
replica PHILADELPHIA II. Open May 4 - October 18. From 22A at
Vergennes to Basin Harbor, VT. (802) 475-2022. |
Dakin Farm
Visit Vermont’s tastiest attraction! Vermont’s finest
cob-smoked ham, aged cheddar cheese, pure maple syrup &
other specialty foods. See how syrup & other specialty foods.
See how they’re made! Free samples, ongoing exhibits,
Bring the family. Open 7 days, year-round on Rte. 7, Ferrisburgh
& 100 Dorset St. (Near Barnes & Noble) exit 14E off
I-89 in South Burlington. |
Rokeby Museum
Tour this national historic landmark and meet the Robinsons
- a remarkable family of Quaker pioneers, farmers, abolitionists,
authors and artists. Rokeby was their home from 1793 to 1961,
a prosperous sheep farm and a stop on the Underground Railroad.
Today, it offers an intimate look into tow centuries of family
and rural life in Vermont. Open mid-May to mid-October, Thursday
- Sunday, Route 7, Ferrisburgh, VT. (802) 877-3406
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Shelburne Farms
Visit a 1,400 - acre working farm, national historic site and
non - profit environmental education center. Milk a cow in the
Children’s Farmyard, wander scenic walking trails, join
a guided property tour. The Welcome Center and Farm Store, open
year-round, features a slide presentation and farm products
including Shelburne Farms farmhouse cheddar. Call (802) 985-8686
for info. Jct. of Harbor and Bay Roads, Shelburne, VT 05842 |
Shelburne Museum
Nationally celebrated collections of American folk art, artifacts
and architecture. 37 buildings, 45 acres. 80,000 objects. Steamboat
Ticonderoga, a national historic landmark. Private rail car.
Steam Engine. Covered Bridge. Museum Stores. Cafe. Free Parking.
Admission. Open every day, 10-5, late May to mud-October. Limited
winter schedule. Store open year-round. Rte. 7, Shelburne, VT.
(802) 985-3346. |
Mad River Glen
At Mad River Glen you will find a ski area like no other. A
place where skiing is still a sport, not an industry and where
skiing remains an outdoor adventure in a pristine, natural setting.
A place so perfect, its loyal skier banded together to protect
and preserve it forever. Come experience America's most unique
ski experience |
Sugarbush
Stop and take a deep breath. The tops of 4,000 foot peaks embrace
you. Surrounding you. Everywhere you look. This is the classic
Vermont mountain. 4,000 acres, 115 trails connecting six mountain
areas, 2,650 ft of vertical. |
UVM Morgan Horse Farm
World famous “Home of the Morgan” breeding arm.
This beautiful property of rolling green pastures and woodland
is a national historic site and an actual working farm for 60+
morgans. Morgans for sale. Apprenticeship program. Guided stable
tours, video presentation and Gift Shop daily from May 1 - October
31. Open 9-4. Admission. Under 5 free. Follow the signs from
Middlebury (2 1/2 miles to Weybridge). (802) 388-2011. |
Middlebury College Snow Bowl New to the Snow Bowl this
year will be glade skiing. Glades will be found on both the
Sheehan and Worth Mt. chairs and will serve intermediate through
advanced skiers. Add these to the existing exceptional variety
of terrain at the Bowl and there will surely be something to
please every skier or snowboarder in the family. |
The Vermont Teddy Bear Company
Delight in the fun-filled tour where teddy bears come to life
before your eyes. Browse for gifts in the Bear Shop or create
your own teddy in the “Make A Friend For Life” fun
factory. This is a magical place where teddy bears and memories
are crafted for a lifetime. Open Daily. Tours $1 for 12 and
over. 1/2 mile south of Shelburne Museum on Rte. 7 in Shelburne,
VT. For more information (802) 985-3001 ext. 1800. |
Stowe
Vermont's highest peak, longest average trail length in the
east, Yurt, halfpipe, terrain park, night skiing, gourmet mountain-top
dining, web cafe, slopeside lodging, Cross Country Center, part
of East's largest X-C network, new demo center offering an array
of skiing, snowboarding, telemark and snow blading equipment.
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Spirit of Ethan Allen II
Escape to the Lake aboard a 500 passenger luxury cruise ship.
Cruise on Lake Champlain and experience breathtaking scenery
on a daily Narrated Scenic Cruise, Sunset, Brunch, Dinner,
Murder Mystery or Variety Show Dinner Cruise. Search for Champ,
the elusive lake monster. Two enclosed and heated decks. Departs
at Spirit Landing, Burlington Boathouse, College St., Burlington,
VT (802) 862-8300.
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Ben & Jerry’s
COMPANY HISTORY: Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc., the Vermont-based
manufacturer of ice cream, frozen yogurt and sorbet, was founded
in 1978 in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont, by
childhood friends Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, with a $12,000
investment ($4,000 of which was borrowed). They soon became
popular for their innovative flavors, made from fresh Vermont
milk and cream. The company currently distributes ice cream,
low fat ice cream, frozen yogurt, sorbet and novelty products
nationwide as well as in selected foreign countries in supermarkets,
grocery stores, convenience stores, franchised Ben & Jerry's
scoop shops, restaurants and other venues. |
Cabot Creamery
Visit us at either of our locations! In Cabot, enjoy a video
and a tour of our factory. Watch our products being made and
nibble your way around our gift shop. Factory Specials! Tours
$1 (children under 12 free). Call ahead for cheese making days.
Rte. 2 to Rte. 215, Cabot, VT 05647. (802) 563-2231. In Waterbury,
visit our Cabot Annex Store. Discover many dairy products, cheeses
and VT specialty foods. Watch our video, taste our products.
Rte. 100, Waterbury 05676 (802) 244-6334.
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ECHO Lake Aquarium and Science Center at the Leahy Center for
Lake Champlain
Boston-based exhibit designer, Amaze Design, Inc. has developed
the ECHO experience which interprets the ecological, geological,
biological, and cultural history of the Lake Champlain Basin
and includes Awesome Forces Theater (800 million years compressed
into 6 minutes of crashing, flashing, caving glaciers and continental
collision!), a water-play space for kids to build dams and float
boats, and an Atlantic tide pool touch tank with periwinkle
snails, horseshoe crabs, sea stars, anemones and urchins. Young
visitors may enjoy the working miniature lighthouse or pop in
on a painted turtle in Discovery Place, while other kids may
control a high-tech underwater adventure as they get a glimpse
of the replica historic General Butler shipwreck. From Abenaki
story-telling to the dynamics of Lake Champlain's underwater
wave the ECHO adventure immerses guests in the sights, sounds,
smells and feel of past and present life in |
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Location: Addison, Lake Champlain, Vermont, USA (Addison
County)
Accommodations: House - 4 Bedrooms - 2.5 Baths
- (Sleeps 8-12)
Contact Number 1-802-399-2743
Email Contact: martyk66@hotmail.com
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