Outside Dining at the Fairway Tavern

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Outside Dining at the Fairway Tavern

We love summer in Brattleboro and are always hungry for an opportunity to sit outside and dine.  So we were excited to find the sweet deck at the Fairway Tavern just minutes from our inn.   Although some may only associate the words fairway and tavern with golf and debauchery, this back country oasis presents [...]

Category : Beer / Restaurants and Dining / Spring Activities / Summer Activities

Brattleboro Country Club

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Brattleboro Country Club

Whether you live in southern Vermont or are visiting at our Vermont Bed and Breakfast, Brattleboro Country Club is a great way to spend the day in Brattleboro. Many folks don’t think of golfing in Brattleboro when searching for things to do in Southern Vermont. But the Brattleboro Country Club offers great ways to spend [...]

Category : Area Activities / Fall Activities / Spring Activities / Summer Activities

Sam’s Outdoor Store in Downtown Brattleboro

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Sam’s Outdoor Store in Downtown Brattleboro

There’s lots of shopping in Brattleboro for the ladies and while we’re perusing the racks of Altiplano and the shelves of , the guys can enjoy the isles and isles of gear at Sam’s Outdoor Store in southern Vermont just a few blocks from our inn. Sam’s has three locations with the original here in [...]

Category : Fall Activities / Shopping / Spring Activities / Winter Activities / Year Round Activities

Summer Train Travel to Brattleboro

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Summer Train Travel to Brattleboro

We like to consider ourselves environmentally conscious innkeepers, so we made a list of summertime things to do if you take the train to Brattleboro and don’t have wheels (or at least a car).  The Vermonter rail line is one of New England’s fastest growing and easiest ways  to travel with a stop right here in [...]

Category : Area Activities / Just For Fun / Spring Activities / Summer Activities

Whitewater Rafting with Zoar Outdoor

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Whitewater Rafting with Zoar Outdoor

Whitewater Rafting is a great way to spend a hot summer day. We recently enjoyed an awesome whitewater rafting adventure with the great team down at Zoar Outdoor.  Just a short 45 minute scenic drive from our Vermont Bed and Breakfast, Zoar Outdoor is located in Clarlemont, MA. Being new to this, we went on [...]

Category : August Events / July Events / June Events / Summer Activities

Ice Fishing

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Ice Fishing

Ever wonder about those little huts out on the ice around Vermont?  Well, beside creating a great “Norman Rockwell” backdrop at our Vermont Inn, they are used by ice fishermen to keep warm and dry.  A few days ago Tim headed out on the ice with our friend Doug, who operates a small local outdoor [...]

Category : Winter Activities

Snow Shoeing

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Snow Shoeing

There is something about the feeling of being outside in the Vermont winter. The crisp clean country air and the peaceful silence that comes with a soft snowfall. One great way to get outside and experience this serenity is snow shoeing. Lucky for us, there are plenty of great cross-country ski trails around Brattleboro that [...]

Category : Winter Activities

Ice Skating

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Ice Skating

My first ice skating experience was on a pond – well really it was more of a big puddle, with an eight foot circumference out behind my childhood home in Connecticut. My first skates were double-bladed things that strapped onto my winter boots and my Dad brought out a kitchen stool for me to use for support. Since then most of my skating has been with newer black, single-bladed hockey skates. However there is something about winter in Brattleboro Vermont that calls out for some good old-fashioned ice skating.

Category : Winter Activities

Corn Maze at Gaines Farm in Guilford, Vermont

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Corn Maze at Gaines Farm in Guilford, Vermont

Fall foliage and a good corn maze go hand in hand. One of the best corn mazes I have ever navigated is in nearby Guilford, Vermont at Gaines Farm. The 5.5 acre maze is shaped like a giant cow, every bit what I would expect a Corn Maze in Southern Vermont

Category : Fall Activities / October Events

Brattleboro Farmers Market

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Brattleboro Farmers Market

There is a movement across America to begin purchasing products that are made locally.  Whole Foods, food cooperatives and local grocers have gained serious popularity in the last few years. I think people are moving this direction for several reasons.  One reason is certainly the recent contamination scares from imported produce.  This year it was [...]

Category : Fall Activities / Spring Activities / Summer Activities