A few weeks ago a couple from our church asked us if we would be interested in spending a weekend at their family cabin in Grafton, Vermont. They described how beautiful it is in October and all the fun things we could do there and I replied, "you had me at Vermont!". All those years of watching the movie White Christmas made me desperately want to visit the green mountain state, and it was just as charming as I always dreamed it to be.
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| The cabin in the woods that we stayed at! |
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| The family cabin sits on 300 acres in the green mountain national forest. It was so pretty! |
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| Such a cute rustic cabin! |
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| Driveway leaving the cabin. Gorgeous! |
The cabin was just up the road from the village, so we spent part of the day touring some of the local attractions.
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| They had the most delicious samples of cheese, jams, and salsa here. |
Seriously, everything about the weekend was picturesque.
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| Vermont is the leading producer of maple syrup in the United States. It was everywhere we went! |
While strolling around the village of Grafton we visited the Jud Hartmann Sculpture Gallery. He is a famous native american sculptor on the east coast and his works were amazing.
This piece was my favorite. You can see that the two figures only touch at two small points and the whole statue is balanced on one foot. There is a much larger version of this statue in front of the Lacrosse Hall of Fame at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
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| This piece is called "The Creator's Game" |
There were so many cute, quaint buildings and homes in the area.
After spending some time in Grafton we drove about 45 minutes to the larger town of Manchester Vermont where we found a great little fall festival taking place.
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| Enjoying a fresh hot cider donut. |
The Thompson's (the couple who invited us on this wonderful weekend getaway) had some friends who drove up to Vermont on saturday and spent the rest of the weekend with us. It's been fun meeting new people since we've moved and it was great getting to know Matt and Betsy Hemphill!
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| There was even a little corn maze! Left to right: Matt, Betsy, Adam, Tory, Jeff |
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| I love the fall colors! |
We also stopped to see the Lincoln Family Home which is also in Manchester. No wonder they chose to vacation in Vermont; such a lovely place.
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| I'd like to go back and take the tour some time. |
What a beautiful area..
ReplyDeleteohhhh my gosh. i just decided we all need to start saving up to buy a cabin in vermont to share. and we can have christmas there. together of course. :) such a pretty place!
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