The changing of the leaves takes me by surprise every year. Some years it happens slowly, other years it seems to happen overnight. This year, we seem to be on target for peak foliage during the last week of September and the first week of October.
Autumn is a wonderful time to (re)visit and explore the great State of Vermont. My advice is to take a day, enjoy a drive, see some spectacular foliage and simply be a tourist again.
Some of my favorite drives include:
* Waterbury and Stowe - a drive up and through the Notch Road (Route 108), gallery-hopping and shopping in Stowe, lunch at Prohibition Pig and visits to Cold Hollow Cider and Ben & Jerry's, all in Waterbury.
* Addison County - travel north on Route 7 and meander through Brandon and Middlebury, enjoy lunch or dinner at Cafe Provence in Brandon and picking apples at Champlain Orchards in Shoreham.
* Mad River Valley - travel north on Route 100, visit Waitsfield and Warren and then take Route 17 over "the gap" to Bristol and enjoy a late lunch or dinner at the Bobcat Cafe (opens at 4 PM).
* Waterbury and Stowe - a drive up and through the Notch Road (Route 108), gallery-hopping and shopping in Stowe, lunch at Prohibition Pig and visits to Cold Hollow Cider and Ben & Jerry's, all in Waterbury.
* Addison County - travel north on Route 7 and meander through Brandon and Middlebury, enjoy lunch or dinner at Cafe Provence in Brandon and picking apples at Champlain Orchards in Shoreham.
* Mad River Valley - travel north on Route 100, visit Waitsfield and Warren and then take Route 17 over "the gap" to Bristol and enjoy a late lunch or dinner at the Bobcat Cafe (opens at 4 PM).
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