秋色无敌佛蒙特Vermont USA

时间：2009年10月8日到10月11日，哥伦布节周末
人物：我们一家三口和老公的其它四个同学
方式：租了一辆7人座的minivan自驾游

下面是计划路线。实际行程基本按照计划。只是D2 由于在chester玩了很久（刚到，觉得什么都美），没来得及去woodstock.在Day3傍晚的时候补去了一次，但也没能到billing farm 和Rockfeller的房子去。没能逛逛woodstock是此行的小遗憾，D2和D3上半天下雨是另外的遗憾，其它无憾了：

	Day 1 (Oct 8)	Day 2 (Oct 9)	Day 3 (Oct 10)	Day 4 (Oct 11)
	New York City to Chester	check out 3 disdinctive towns: chester, grafton and woodstock	scenic drive route 125 between Middlebury and Hancock and part of Route 100 and Route 7	Going back to New York via Route 7 and 7A(Vermont), another foliage route

Attaction	Pick up car at 2:00 PM at	visit Chester in the morning and then hotel check out.	Visit Branbury State Park
		visit Grafton (Kidder Hill Road & Main Street, Grafton)	3570 Lake Dunmore Rd, Salisbury, VT, United States‎
	222 Bergen Blv		Salisbury, Vermont 05733
	Fairview, NJ 07022	Visit Woodstock (take route 100A and route 4 to woodstock. Expect to see some leaves along 100 and 4) Free parking is offered on the north side of the Green, on Elm Street and off Pleasant Street.	Park Phone: 802-247-5924	Battenkill & Highridge Outlet Centers
	(Dollar car rentals)	Rockfeller National Historical Park; Billing Farm and Museum		4513 - 4763 Main Street， Manchester
		54 Elm Street, Woodstock, VT 05091	Visit Middlebury (Frog Hollow Vermont State Craft Center)	802-362-5272
		note: reservation for guided tour at 802 457 3368	1 Mill Street, Middlebury, VT05753 (802)388-3177	10am-5pm
		May take a good walk in the park. Don‘t miss Mount Tom‘s south peak for woodstock overview. Stop by the visitor center for hiking map	Route 125 drive from Middlebury to Hancock (route 125 & Lincoln Road, Vermont) via Ripton or use 1466 Rte 125, Ripton vermont	Manchester Center a shopper‘s paradise
			Route 100 drive from Hancock along white river and then back to hotel
			(途径3926 Rte-100, Vermont 05762 . Use this address after passing hancock)	the top of Mountain Eqcuinox offers great view.

Hotel	Motel in the Meadow	Ramada Limited of Rutland	Ramada Limited of Rutland
	936 Route 11, West Chester, VT	253 S Main St	253 S Main St
	Local:802-875-2626	Rutland, VT 05701	Rutland, VT 05701
	Toll Free: 966-668-3514	1-802-773-3361	1-802-773-3361

Meal
	Lunch: every PLS has lunch before we go.	Breakfast provided by hotel	Breakfast provided by hotel	Breakfast provided by hotel
		Lunch at Grafton or woodstock	Lunch at Middlebury	Lunch in manchester Center
	Dinner: we may have a late arrival. Prepare to have a simple dinner at the highway rest area.	Dinner at Woodstock	Dinner at Rutland	Dinner in New York

Notes	从纽约到Vermont，约5个小时的行程。因为进出纽约大堵车，实际花了近7个小时的时间。
	红叶，并不是每一年都好，看年份，看夏天的雨水量等。如果在秋天有狂风暴雨，那一夜之间红叶可能全没了。在一个特定地点，最好的红叶季节只有一周。能不能看到红叶，凭运气。我们真是幸运，去的时候红叶刚刚好，黄的桔红的红的绿得都有。
	Vermont地区，一般谁也说不清楚是10月13日之前的红叶最好还是之后最好。哥伦布节那个周末一般是机会最大的，也最拥挤，出行最贵。
	Vermont中南部看红叶的几条线，一般是route 100, 125, 7
	这次行程，除了走几个经典路线外，也看几个很有特色的城镇，如Chest, Grafton, WOODSTOCK, Middlebury.

Reference	http://www.foliage-vermont.com/

游览后感受
1。真美。是我这辈子看到的最美的红叶景观，绝对值得一去。
2。参观了chester, middleberry, woodstock, manchester center, grafton这几个小镇。最适合度假居住的是manchester center，整个小镇都是购物中心，有中档到高档的很多专卖店，比如coach和gap outlets等等等等。而且小镇非常干净美丽，印象很好。woodstock因为没有好好玩，说不上，但周围的风景很美。我们开车经过了一个私人庄园，主人让我们进去了，看到了非常壮丽的景色。chester，也许是第一站的原因，也非常好。照片见底部。
3。几个风景路段，Vt-125, Vt-100 靠近echo lake，Vt 7A尤其是Mt. Equinox Skyline Drive (被我们称为黄金大道）都非常非常美。

Vermont Route 7 南瓜地出Rutland 向北