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VERMONT, USA

BARNARD > THE FAN HOUSE - A VERMONT BED AND BREAKFAST

visit the FAN HOUSE 11/18/04

Guests of The Fan House in Barnard, Vermont, experience concierge-style service in a world-class setting. Resident host Sara Widness comes to inn keeping after a career in international public relations that led her to, among others, Rio de Janeiro, Myanmar (Burma), Australia's Gold Coast and Botswana. Her clients, including many in Europe, schooled her in the art of delivering the finest in service and accommodation which she now brings to Barnard, a region second to none in natural beauty.

Birding and Tracking Outings are available to our guests. The Fan House has enlisted the services of a local Audubon Society leader as well as those of an animal tracker to introduce bed & breakfast guests to the year-round wonders and mysteries of Vermont's abundant bird and wildlife. Reminiscent of the stunning new documentary, Winged Migration, guests may, for example, experience in October the spectacle of 10,000 Snow Geese heading south. Or in January they may don snowshoes to witness where bears have defined their territory.

Here are just a few of the other activities our guests can enjoy: Eco tourism adventures arranged by The Fan House and including personalized snowshoe treks through the Chateauguay wilderness area. Hiking the Appalachian Trail. Biking in four directions out of Barnard. Browsing through antique shops and boutiques in historic Woodstock. World-class dining at The Barnard Inn just up the road and at the award-winning Jackson House Inn in Woodstock. Alpine skiing at a number of resorts including Killington and Okemo, with Suicide Six just over that hill. Click Here for Latest VT Birding News on Surfbirds

the FAN HOUSE, Attn Sara Widness, PO Box 294 Barnard, Vermont 05031 - Tel 802 234 9096 Email Sara

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WINDSOR > MILLBROOK BED & BREAKFAST

visit millbrook bed and breakfast! 6/1/03

The MillBrook B&B has five unique New England style guest chambers and suites. Each has a private bath and an array of charming antiques. A rich assortment of German Fraktur paintings grace the woodwork and the cozy atmosphere makes one feel immediately at home. In each chamber, guests are pampered by fresh flowers, Vermont-made chocolate and natural soaps.

You'll find this charming Victorian farmhouse located on the western edge of a rural village surrounded by Mount Ascutney, Woodstock , Historic Windsor (birthplace of Vermont), and nearby Dartmouth. There are covered bridges, museums (Saint-Gaudens, Constitution House, American Precision, Billings Farm,Cornish Colony, Marsh-Billings-Rockerfeller) Historic Societies, grist mills, cheese factories, breweries, antique shops, dairies, even farms to pick your own fresh fruits vegetables and flowers.

The back roads are great walking, too and the birds are amazing. Have you ever seen a timberdoodle or American Woodcock? Visit www.birdtrail.org for info. on nearby birdwatching sites. Click Here for Latest VT Birding News on Surfbirds

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