Can you keep a secret about Killington?
I only visit Killington because I’m driving to another location. The truth is that you are better off planning your visit around White River Junction.
Barre Quarries
They say at Rock of Ages the first and last tombstone you carve is your own.
I don’t know anything about gravestones but I do know that when I am stressed I can relax quite easily by visiting the quarries in Graniteville.
Unhappy Accidents
This was supposed to a pastoral vista of a lake at sunset that would be so beautiful that you would become psychotically jealous. Instead, it is as black as my heart.
Dorset Quarry
A couple of weeks ago I spent a luxurious weekend in Manchester, VT being elegant and feeding fish at Orvis. I also popped over to Dorset, VT to be elegant in the Dorset Marble Quarry.
Rutland
Rutland is Vermont’s second city that is largely ignored because it is poor and lacks Burlington’s veneer of respectability. I actually like Rutland more than Burlington and here is why:
Reasons To Visit Rutland
- Anna Nicole Smith filmed her last movie in Rutland. It was about aliens.
- The marble quarries in West Rutland are amazing.
- The city was once growing faster than Burlington and you can see it in the grandeur of the buildings downtown.
- They have Amtrak service to NYC via Albany, NY.
- Gil’s subs are amazing and there are several other classic sandwich shops in Rutland.
- The Holiday Inn has a great complimentary breakfast buffet.
- You can easily get to Manchester, VT and Killington from Rutland.
- Rutland has a real fake salt cave you can pay money to sit in.
- The Rutland Farmer’s Market is AMAZING.