“Wherever I roam, nature is the only stranger that feels like home.” (Angie Weiland- Crosby)
What makes Vermont a nice place to visit for a summertime home?
Imagine entering the state of Vermont from the southwesterly border and immediately noticing how this pristinely beautiful landscape impacts your mindset positively for your upcoming vacation. Upon sight of this largely undeveloped green expanse of gently undulating land, you seem committed now to slow down and find an ideal spot to enjoy more leisure time outdoors for your current and possibly future summer vacation. As you continue your drive north, the visually stunning Lake Champlain to the west or those verdant Green Mountains inland further catches your attention. For you sense that an extended stay in either location provides a comforting respite from your normally hectic day to day routine. Just stay put for awhile, you reason, and take full advantage of those longer summer days in Vermont offering such stunning natural beauty in your new temporary home.
So you might consider how these two seasoned travelers viewed several, slow paced, recreational opportunities experienced during this week’s road trip stop in Vermont as potential impetus for a more extended stay in the future. Consider then how this vast lake surrounding us in multiple directions seemingly represented for us a formidable barrier for access to and from the state.Yet upon closer inspection of Champlain, it became merely a short car ferry jaunt across in various places to access future excursions to the Adirondack region in New York beyond. So we just parked our car on a transport boat with ease and enjoyed the stunning vistas along the lake for this leisurely ride. Know as well that our visit to the historic site of Fort Ticonderoga included an adjoining boat ride excursion around the southern shores of Lake Champlain. From this location, we envisioned a potential starting point for long term enjoyment of such pristine shoreline environs in the future.The opportunity to experience an open air bluegrass concert in the small ski town of Stowe provided an additional temptation to explore a longer stay in Central Vermont as we gazed in awe at the serene vista of the Green Mountains.
So take a look yourself at my most recent collection of road trip photos and realize that Vermont might offer you that special haven for nature’s calling that you somehow call home.
Snippets of a Traveling Mind 
I very much enjoyed your description and felt like I was there with you. Given that Vermont is home to 67 mountains and peaks carved with thousands of miles of hiking trails and it’s a place where rural roads are dotted with more than 100 covered bridges—the highest density in the country—that nod to the century past, I’ve always wanted to visit. Hopefully one day. Thanks for sharing and have a good day :) Aiva xx
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Definitely worth the trip but watch out for those incessant mosquitos in summer.
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Vermont is one of the states which I haven’t explored much. Except passing through a couple of times. Mostly I have explored Western and Southern states. Since I’m retired, I should spend more time in Eastern states.
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