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Departing
October 6 & 8,
2008
Day
1
Today we will fly to Boston as we begin our journey to New England to view the magnificent Fall
Colors.
Day 2
This morning, we will sightsee historic Boston and the communities of Charlestown and Cambridge. You will view the
Freedom Trail, the U.S.S. Constitution, the Old North Church, Faneuil Hall, Harvard University, the Boston
Commons, and
the site of the Boston Tea Party. This afternoon, we will follow the
route of Paul Revere's immortal ride of "April 18th, 1775" through
Lexington and Concord. The
dramatic events which led to our Revolutionary War will unfold at
every turn in the road and be climaxed by a visit to Concord's
renowned Minute Man Statue. We'll also see Walden Pond and the homes
of Hawthorne, Emerson, and Louisa May Alcott, Concord's
literary legends.
Day 3
This morning we will head north to the quaint
Maine seashore village of
Kennebunkport.
Our sightseeing will include viewing the seaside home of former
President George H.W. Bush. Then it's off through the beautiful
Maine countryside as we head to
Gorham,
New Hampshire.
Day 4
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Breakfast,
Dinner
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Conway Scenic Railroad
After breakfast, we'll whistle through the
Mt.
Washington Valley on the Conway Scenic
Railroad. You'll love its Historic 1874 North Conway Depot, listed
in the National Register of Historic Places. This afternoon, we'll
sightsee the Lake Winnipesaukee
area, Franconia Notch, Crawford Notch, and Bretton Woods, site of
the 1944 Bretton Woods Monetary Conference.
Day 5
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Breakfast,
Dinner
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Tour to Rutland,
Vermont
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Visit Hanover, New Hampshire and
Woodstock, Vermont
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Comfort Inn- Killington, Vermont
(October 6 Departure)
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Hampton Inn- Rutland, Vermont (October 8
Departure)
We tour through lovely New
Hampshire today to Hanover, home of Dartmouth
College. Our
lunch stop (on our own) will be in historic Hanover.
Later, we'll travel a short distance to Quechee and its famous gorge
and then to Woodstock, Vermont with its picturesque shops
and restaurants. Outside of town, we'll have time to photograph a
covered bridge. Then it's on to our beautiful hotel in the heart of
Vermont's Green Mountains.
Day 6
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Continental Breakfast,
Dinner
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Tour to Montpelier and Burlington,
Vermont
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Visit
Shelburne Museum
Today, we will sightsee Vermont as we visit its
state capital, Montpelier, and Burlington, on the shores of Lake
Champlain. At the Shelburne Museum, you can see 100 acres of
Americana, including the side-wheeler steamboat Ticonderoga, a
covered bridge, a country store, an old schoolhouse, a blacksmith
shop, a jail, a stagecoach depot, and authentically furnished 18th
and 19th century houses.
Day 7
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Continental Breakfast,
Dinner
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Tour to Bennington and Plymouth
Union, Vermont
We'll tour southern Vermont today as we visit Bennington,
known for its ultra-progressive college and the Revolutionary War
heroes, the famous "Green Mountain Boys,” and Plymouth Union, the
site of Calvin Coolidge's birthplace and
gravesite.
Day 8
Our Fall Foliage extravaganza will
continue for one more day as we sightsee the country-side of
Vermont, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. In Concord, New Hampshire
we'll view the New Hampshire Capitol before we drive to Boston for
our flight home.
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