swings at kamp kill kare state park in st.albans vt just befor the worst flooding of 2011 .
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When artist Stephen Huneck died in 2010, he left behind his beautiful Dog Mountain park and chapel, his whimsical dog art and books, and so many questions.
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Around The Point.
One of the best ways to start a morning. You can almost hear the distant loon call, the muffled bark of a dog.
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Slide Show: Tough Mudder Race
Last weekend former Yankee intern and “Diary of a Ski Patrolman” blogger, Josh Allen joined thousands of participants at Vermont’s Mount Snow for what has been called “the world’s toughest race.” Tough Mudder challenges are springing up around the country (this was the first in New England” and it highlights perseverance, teamwork, and the ability […]
Looking across Lake Champlain to the Adirondack Mountains from the Inn at Shelburne Farms, late April afternoon as a Spring storm moved in.
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Best of Vermont 2011
Yankee‘s Editors’ Choices for the best food, lodging, and things to do in the Green Mountain State are here. Don’t miss the Best Bargains and Local Secrets, too!Photo Credit: Carl Tremblay
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Top 20 Vermont Events for 2011
APRIL 30-MAY 1: ESSEX JUNCTION, Everything Equine. Seminars, exhibits, and presentations devoted to the love of horses, featuring speakers and experts in equine science, industry, and competitive sports. Plus an equine art show, 4-H corner, and more, all at the Champlain Valley Expo. 802-878-5545; cvexpo.org APRIL 30-MAY 1: WOODSTOCK, Spring Farm Festival. A weekend packed […]
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Vermont Cycling Trails
I could almost hear train whistles, even though the tracks were gone. I’d just left the northern border town of Richford, Vermont, heading west on a one-time branch of the Central Vermont Railway. Freight trains once hauled milk and feed along this route–but now the old right-of-way has been reborn as the Missisquoi Valley Rail […]
Truly fantastic cheeses, of all types and from the milk of several species, are made in the Green Mountain State, but cheddar is our choice for the most New Englandy of the lot. Most of the credit goes to the fine cow’s milk from which it’s made, but also to the strong backs of the […]
William Tecumseh Sherman looks as though he hasn’t slept in 36 hours. His brow is sagging and creased, his eyes are swollen, and it’s unclear whether the scraggly beard on his chin is something he grew intentionally. His tie is noticeably askew, but, so the story goes, when Augustus Saint-Gaudens asked him to straighten it, […]
By the time Joe Decker lumbered to the finish line at last year’s PEAK Death Race, an ultra-endurance competition in Pittsfield, Vermont, he was clearly ready to stop moving. Over the course of 28 hours, Decker, a 40-year-old Californian whom Guinness World Records had once labeled “The World’s Fittest Man,” had jumped, run, and lifted […]
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Cool Conversation
Neighbors in West Pawlet VT. share street talk on a winter afternoon