Fan House 2008 Recommendations

 

May 10

2nd Annual Road to Pogue Race
Marsh Billings Rockefeller National Park
6.7 run - beautiful but challenging

 

May 24-25

16^th Annual Vermont Open Studio Weekend
Ask for maps to open studios in greater Woodstock region.

 

June 1

17th Annual Covered Bridges Half Marathon
Pomfret -Woodstock-Quechee

 

June 8 and 14

Dartmouth Graduations
Hanover NH
Make your reservations early.

 

June 13-15

39th Annual Quechee Hot Air Balloon Festival
Quechee
Arts 'n' crafts, music, balloon rides!

 

June 21

North Branch Bluegrass Festival
Bridgewater
Four New England bands
+The New England Bluegrass Band
+Crossing North
+Big Spike
+Gopher Broke
Gates open at 10 a.m.
www.nbbluegrass.com

 

June 21-25

Interplay Jazz Camp & Concerts
Check for Benchmark Inns special rates

 

Sept 6

CHaD Half Marathon
Hanover, NH (20 minutes from Woodstock)
Great race, great block party!

 

Sept. 27-28

The 5th Annual Vermont Fine Furniture & Woodworking Festival Woodstock Union Arena &
Marsh-Billings-Rockefeller National Historical Park
A Vermont Top 10 Event
Finest handmade furniture, demos, music, more.
For more information please see www.vermontwoodfestival.org

 

Early October on

Harvest and game suppers around greater community

 

November 27

Thanksgiving at The Fan House

 

Dec 12-14

35th Annual Wassail Weekend
Downtown Woodstock
Friday - Sunday, December 12-14, 2008
The premier Vermont winter holiday event.
Horse / carriage parade, carol sing, live theater & Messiah sing along.
Reserve early.

 

Seasonal, Bass Fishing June 9 - Nov. 30.

Barnard Native Establishes New Venture:
Mr. John's Green Mountain Guide Company

BARNARD, VT -- John Barnes has spent nearly his whole life in the greater Woodstock, VT region. Since age 7 he lived in Barnard with his surrogate father, now deceased, whom he still refers to as "Mr. Cobb."

For 40 of John's years he was a trapper, accompanying Mr. Cobb on woods-oriented missions that produced, in a good season, 25 fox, 20 mink, 50 beaver, up to 300 muskrat and other fur bearers like otter, fisher, bobcat and raccoon.

"When you're in the woods to make living, your survival depends on understanding animal habitats. You learn to ask the questions: What is the animal doing in the woods and even what is the animal thinking?"

In exploring the habitats of, among others, moose, deer, bear and beaver, he concentrates on an area he knows like the back of his hand, the 55,000-acre Chateauguay that spans several townships near Woodstock and is Vermont's second largest wilderness region in one lump parcel.

For more information please call 802 457 1349 or 802 234 5219 or email kreeves@sover.net.