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My research led me to the town of Winding its way along the eastern edge of
Woodstock, which has earned such monikers the Green Mountains, Scenic Route 100
as “the prettiest small town in America” and meanders through the middle of the state. I
the “quintessential New England village.” I picked it up at Stockbridge and headed north
chose the Woodstock Inn and Resort, a fabled to the historic town of Waterbury. The two
place in the center of this charming town, and most interesting villages I saw along the way
my leaf quest began. were Waitsfield and Warren.
I flew into Lebanon, New Hampshire, the Waitsfield, Warren and Woodstock are all
airport closest to Woodstock, and rented a car home to covered bridges, one of Vermont’s
at the tiny airport for the half-hour drive to the most cherished icons. The state claims over
inn. 100 of them, most built in the 1800s, many
Vermont boasts many scenic routes restored through the years. The wooden truss
throughout the state. I headed west to Scenic bridges span rivers and creeks and were
Route 100 Byway, named by Yankee Magazine covered to keep the snow off the bridges’
as one of “the most scenic in New England.” It roads in winter.
did not disappoint.

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