Green Mountain

Long Trail brewery

Once again, we're starting our trip from a peak of colors, which is discovered as you go along. The light mist is dissipating., revealing a magical view. And once again, the sun shines brightly. shedding light on what surrounds us The whole thing didn't happen before a generous breakfast of eggs, bacon, and fruit, prepared in a very elaborate way. We always took the VT100 South, passing through ski resorts, towards Bridgwaters Corner for a visit to the Long Trail brewery. It is one of the most famous in the area and offers the opportunity to understand how... produced and bottled the drink. Let's get some basic groceries to eat during lunch and head to Woodstock, another pleasant village, decorated with many flowers, where we can also find a nice... covered bridge The Vermont is full of these bridges, to the point that they are a true icon. Some are definitely beautiful, decorated and painted in bright colors, representing a characteristic of the landscape, while others are quite simple. Certainly, all of them were once used to prevent thick and dangerous ice formations.

Quechee Gorge

The Quechee Gorge is a narrow throat The area is crossed by an impassable river with an Indian name and the US4 highway; we walk along trails on both sides of the road for a total distance of at least 2 km, discovering that the best view is from the bridge where the busy state highway runs.

Arrival at Quechee Gorge

Around lunchtime, we arrived at the Sugarbush Cheese & Maple Syrup Farm, which requires a detour of several miles north of Woodstock. In addition to visiting the location where the syrup is produced, we can have a picnic at a table located near the farm with Jack, local cheese wrapped in wax like the others, and beer purchased at Long Trail. One can't ask for more, after all, the sea is not nearby and here, oysters are not a local specialty. A walk in the maple forest has been set up around the company (where we left the pipe system(for educational purposes) that we also use as a "digestive" experience. Some signs and a conversation with the helpful staff at Mill allow us to expand our knowledge in this area. The cattle farms are mostly dedicated to raising cows, which are gradually replacing sheep. There are also some highly appreciated goat cheeses. Despite the risk of sounding monotonous, we once again highlight the beautiful colors of the forest as we return to US100 to immerse ourselves in the southern part of the Green Mountains, with numerous photo stops. Although they are called mountains, for our purposes it would be more appropriate to describe them as slightly overgrown hills. In Londonderry (but not in Northern Ireland), we turn onto US30 towards Manchester to see the eastern part of the National Forest. Here too, we find orderly villages where the standard of living is very high. At 4 pm, we reach the road leading to Mount Equinox for a car trip; we arrive late and will accept this as an excuse; the path does not close, but it would have caught us before our descent. We also pass a couple of covered bridges, crossing Bennington We reach the Berkshire Hills in Williamstown (now back in Massachusetts) and continue south to Pittsfield, but the city turns out to be too large. Having become accustomed to the fact that the green-yellow-red color should be that of leaves rather than traffic lights, we return a few miles to settle into a pleasant motel, after having had dinner at Bob’s Country Kitchen – Fonzie was just missing, and then a Happy Days episode could have been filmed!