Explore Wright Park near the charming town of Middlebury • Watch for wild turkeys while walking on historic carriage roads in Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park • Sugar maples, 400-year-old hemlocks, bridges and wide-open pastureland make it a superb place to meander on foot • Hike gentle switchbacks to the top of Mount Tom and Mount Peg, with views of Woodstock below you as the Green Mountains rise in the distance • Take a gander at the sprawling gardens and enjoy a farm-to-table dinner • Just like magic! Molten forms crystallize right before your eyes at a Simon Pearce demonstration—classic glassblowing craftsmanship is alive, well and stunning to behold.

Taste maple syrup and learn the fine art of sugarmaking at Havoc Hill Sugar House • Admire local and international art at the Southern Vermont Arts Center on our way to Manchester • Walk through a fern-laced hardwood forest below Mount Equinox and into the 900-acre Equinox Preserve, teeming with rare plants and diverse wildlife • A hiking tour through Vermont's Merck Forest & Farmland Center reveals sweeping vistas of the Taconic Mountains • Explore the historic village of Manchester • Wander around scenic Hildene—a bucolic southern Vermont estate with walking trails weaving through meadows and forests, plus multiple historic buildings and a Georgian Revival mansion built by Abraham Lincoln's son.