Ditto this. I really enjoyed Billings Farm . . . of course, being a local, part of the interest was in learning about a handful of people who owned/worked on the farm for whom half of the buildings in the state are named after (or at least on the UVM campus).
Two places I’ve eaten at in Woodstock that I loved were Mangowood and The Jackson House (not sure if they’re open in the spring).
Doesn’t Brattleboro have an “International Nude Day?” that could be a little embarrassing with your girlfriends Mother in tow.
I haven’t lived in Vermont for many years, but I remember going to see UVM’s Morgan Horse farm in Middlebury. If your girlfriend or her Mom likes horses that might be worth a look. Maybe a little far North, for your itinerary.
But if you get that far North, then Stowe would not be far away. And the Shelburne Museum.
Nah, the glassblowers are downstairs, but the food is great and you have a nice view out onto the waterfall that powers some of the store/workshop. Restaurant is largely in the glassed in area:
In Woodstock for lunch, I like the Mountain Creamery for sandwiches and homemade ice cream.
As far as art musuems, if you can take a detour over to Dartmouth, the Hood Museum is free to the public:
http://hoodmuseum.dartmouth.edu/calendar/
There are also cool gallery spaces in White River Junction, in the Tip Top building which used to be industrial space, I think a factory bakery:
Thanks. As I said, we haven’t made it there yet… Just going off what I’ve heard.
It was more than a day. Apparently it was a fad that lasted quite a while (I believe a couple of years) for students to walk around naked. It finally ended when the city passed an ordinance forbidding public nudity in 2007.
Do go, if only to ogle to glass! It was used in Sweet Home Alabama in the glass store/restaurant Jake opens. They also have seconds which still aren’t cheap but can be almost indistinguishable from the non-seconds.
I wonder what the itinerary is? Lets us know!!
I was thinking of mentioning the Montague Book Mill, which apparently is in the same building. Just a bookstore in an old mill, but if you’re in the area a nice stop.
Also, If you go to MOCA/North Adams and come in from the east on Route 2, don’t forget to wake up the passengers for the descent into town. Nothing spectacular by say, Colorado standards, but kind of famous for Massachusetts.