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Exploring the Green Mountain National Forest, 2022

After staying pretty local enjoying the fall colors we were able to escape for an overnight to the Green Mountain National Forest. The Green Mountain National Forest is Vermont’s only national forest and it was high on the list to check out, since larger areas of public land are pretty hard to come by in Vermont. We also had the Waybury Inn on the list of things to see. The Waybury (the outside) is the Inn in the show “Newhart” owned by the Loudens and known on the show as the Stratford Inn. Since we took on the new profession as innkeepers we’ve been watching old Newhart episodes and wanted to go see the Stratford in person. It’s isn’t white anymore, but otherwise it’s the Stratford.

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Fall in Vermont, 2022, Part 3

Almost as soon as the colors peaked in the maples it seemed they were starting to fade. We needed to get out and about to enjoy the colors while they lasted. We started with a tour of the Champlain Valley and the islands of Lake Champlain. As we headed out over Jay Peak the trees at the summit were starting to look like sticks, but as we dropped in elevation toward the valley it seemed like fall was just getting started.

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Fall in Vermont, 2022, Part 2

After the slow transition through September, the colors seemed to be taking off as we hit October. Reds and yellows were popping off the hillsides. We thought we’d better get out and about for a look and drove north a few miles and found Canada along the way.

Yep, no border wall here, just a monument where the road quietly passes into Canada and back in to Vermont, and of course the ‘slash’ that is a cleared area along the border.

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