In a message dated 9/2/2002 1:41:17 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > I will be going to Woodstock next week. I leave Tues. Are there any "can't > > miss" places to visit? My first trip to New England. > > Helen in CA > You didn't say how long you'll be here or how far you want to travel from Woodstock, but you'll only be a few miles from Quechee Gorge, which is worth seeing, and, if you were to take a drive along most any of the secondary roads in Vermont, you would get a nice flavor for New England. If you were to take the drive from Woodstock to Middlebury that cuts through the Green Mountains, that's a very nice drive (a little "hilly," obviously, which you should bear in mind if your car is loaded with gear or doesn't climb well: I think the road you would take is Route 12 North then 125 to Middlebury, but I don't have a map handy). Route 4 West from Woodstock, through Bridgewater, is pretty nice, too. Lake Champlain (and Burlington, particularly if you like "college towns") is a great place to visit, also (although Burlington is probably one and a half to two hours each way from Woodstock). Richard