Staytripper, Summer 2022
Bristol’s Tillerman Inn Is a New Twist on an Old Fave; Serene Sightseeing Along the Northern Forest Canoe Trail; Uplifting Explorations at an Upper Valley Balloon Museum
Discover the Delights of Manchester’s Seven Springs Garden & Sculpture Park
Vermont has some remarkable sculpture parks, but few are as serene, navigable and beautifully manicured as the Seven Springs Garden & Sculpture Park in Manchester. Compared with Cold Hollow Sculpture Park’s 70 sculptures on 40 acres in Enosburg Falls and Lemon Fair Sculpture Park’s 50 sculptures on slightly less acreage in East Shoreham, Seven Springs…
Summer Must-Dos: A Flotilla Concert, Picnic Concert Series and Poetry in the Woods
Bolton Memorial Flotilla Concert Saturday, July 16, at Community Sailing Center in Burlington. Buy tickets and register boats at communitysailingcenter.org. In search of summer fun? Just add water. Burlington’s Community Sailing Center rocks the boat with its third annual Bolton Memorial Flotilla Concert, an afternoon full of performances with Lake Champlain as the stage. Whether…
Staytripper: Vermont Adventures That Will Float Your Boat This Summer
Scorching temps arrived early in the Green Mountain State this year, so you may have crossed a few key items off your summer bucket list already — perhaps a lazy afternoon picnic and that first maple creemee. Lest you run through summer’s greatest hits too quickly, this issue of Staytripper, Seven Days’ road map to…
Stowe’s 4 Points Vermont Offers Insider Brewery and Mountain Bike Tours
According to tour guide Rick Sokoloff, there are four things to keep in mind when carving up the woods on a mountain bike: Stand up often, keep feet level to the ground when not pedaling, cover the brakes at all times and keep your eyes on the trail ahead. The name of his tour company,…
Late Hot-Air Balloonist Brian Boland’s Museum in Post Mills Is One of a Kind
On an old MG convertible parked in Post Mills, a village in Thetford, someone used their finger to scratch out a message in the dust on its hood: “Blue Skies Brian! Fly High.” On a red Mazda Miata nearby, similar sentiments are expressed, also imprinted in dust: “Miss You” and “RIP.” The messages are for…
The Northern Forest Canoe Trail Follows Native Routes
Peter Macfarlane has paddled into a headwind riding four-foot waves on Lake Champlain. He’s seen ospreys, eagles and kingfishers while canoeing on the Missisquoi River. And he’s eaten pizza in Swanton and dinner at the Inn in Montgomery Center after a day’s travel by boat. These experiences — rigorous paddling, viewing serene scenery, dining at…
Owners of the Tillerman Have Transformed a Beloved Bristol Inn and Restaurant
As soon as Jason Kirmse and Kate Baron closed on the purchase of the former Mary’s Restaurant and Inn at Baldwin Creek last summer, the couple and their two young sons ran straight to the creek on the Bristol property and jumped in for a swim. Kirmse spent the next few months clearing debris and…
