Block Island is an 11-square-mile, pork-chop-shaped landmass off the coast of Rhode Island. It may not sound like much, but it’s the biggest summer destination in America’s smallest state. A few years back, The Nature Conservancy deemed the island “one of the last 12 great places in the Western Hemisphere.” And for good reason: Dramatic […]
Traveling can leave you feeling more tired at the end of your trip than when you left. But making time for fitness when you’re on the road can keep your energy up and make your trip more enjoyable. Fitness Tips Get Wet. Choose a hotel with a swimming pool. Swimming is a great, low-impact exercise […]
What could be better than skiing for free at Okemo? How about skiing for free and donating some non-perishable food items to a good cause? I think that is better than just skiing for free. FREE SKIING AT OKEMO FOR APRIL FOOLS — NO FOOLING! LUDLOW, Vt. – When skiers and snowboarders visit Okemo Mountain […]
Go to Waterville Valley’s website, and go fast, especially if you are planning on skiing or riding this weekend and need skiing or riding tips. (And no offense, but you probably do. We all do!) Waterville Valley’s Snowsports School offers a variety of tips from their top ski and snowboard instructors covering tactics to ski […]
TRAILS TO HIKE With more than 130 miles of trails, at least 25 recreation areas, and countless campgrounds, this valley’s the ultimate in green. Bigelow Hollow State Park, Union Bigger is better–9,600 acres (combined with Nipmuck State Forest) of scuba diving, fishing, hiking, and biking. Epic mountain laurel in June. 860-684-3430; ct.gov/dep/site/default.asp James l. Goodwin […]
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Totally refurbished. It does not get better than this.
Chloe(the dog in the picture) is giving a cute face that says,”ooohhh yey scrach me right there.”
Writer Edie Clark traveled the New England section of the US/Canadian border for an article in the March/April 2009 Yankee and shared these photos of the trip. What was once the “friendliest border” has become deadly serious, she notes. Read her story: United States/Canadian Border See also YANKEE CLASSIC January 1984: US/Canadian Border Crossings
Hot off my email inbox… If you ask me, $42 for a day of skiing at Killington is sweet. And, fresh snow is very sweet too. So, go get both now (or fresh snow now and a ticket deal starting Feb. 23). KILLINGTON, Vt. (February 20, 2009) — Vermont’s Killington Resort, the largest ski and […]
This past Sunday I drove west about 30 miles, to Brattleboro, Vermont, where the best of what a core group of people in a community can do was on full display. From the early 1920s, when outdoor visionary Fred Harris, founder of both the Brattleboro Outing Club and the Dartmouth Outing Club, brought Brattleboro to […]
My parents met in a lift line at Stowe Mountain. I know they are not the only people who fell in love at a ski resort. In fact, my brother and his wife first set eyes on one another during a pre-season ski patrol meeting at Sugarbush, VT. And my boyfriend’s sister met her husband […]
