Staytipper, August 2021
Hikers Beat a Path to the Norwich Inn; Vermonting at the Willoughby Gap, A Lunchtime Paddle to Burton Island Bistro
Cover Story
Staytripper: Discovering Vermont’s Best-Kept Summer Secrets
Google “hidden gems in Vermont,” and Lake Willoughby appears in nearly every search result. Websites describe it as “breathtakingly stunning,” “an idyllic spot” and “almost too beautiful to be real.” In this issue of Staytripper, Seven Days’ road map to rediscovering Vermont, we’re setting off for the glacial lake deep in the Northeast Kingdom —…
Canoeing Out to Burton Island Bistro for Burgers and BLTs
When I head out in my canoe, it’s usually chock-full of supplies. Paddling becomes a precarious balancing act; I kneel instead of sitting so that I don’t tip and lose my beer cooler, bug spray, tent or bag of snacks. But as I pushed off from Kill Kare State Park in my bright red Nova…
Clearwater Sports Offers River Adventures in Waitsfield
Pro tip: If you want to spend a lazy summer day drifting down the Mad River on an inner tube — and really, who wouldn’t? — bring a pair of sandals, water shoes or even sneakers. “I always tell people when they go out, ‘You need to wear shoes,'” Barry Bender said. “Most folks do.…
August Must-Dos: Island Line Trail, Sunflower House and More
Cedar Circle Farmand Education Center 225 Pavillion Rd., East Thetford, 785-4737 Oh, to be Ni, one of the Cedar Circle Farm cats. On any given day, she might be tucked into a basket on the farmstand counter, watching a parade of farm-grown veggies, fresh-baked scones and locally raised meats head into the shopping bags of…
Mind the Gap: A Getaway on and Around Lake Willoughby
Nothing adequately prepares you for the spectacle of Lake Willoughby, a glacial gash between two fjord-like mountains in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Although it’s been around for at least 11,500 years, the state’s most dramatic landscape has a way of surprising visitors — including returning ones, like me. Its ice-carved splendor reveals itself, like a secret,…
Historic Norwich Inn Welcomes Guest on Foot or by Car
The Appalachian Trail emerges from the woods at the top of Elm Street in Norwich, where a white blaze — marking the 2,193-mile path from Springer Mountain in Georgia to Mount Katahdin in Maine — guides hikers downhill into town. At Main Street, the trail heads south before crossing the Connecticut River into New Hampshire.…
