Horizon Inn                       Green Mountains of Southern Vermont

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 2006,                                                                      SAMPLE VERMONT ITINERARY 

                                                                                 DAY 1 

ARRIVE TO A RED CARPET GREETING AND WELCOME RECEPTION WITH WINE & CHEESE.

5:30PM—DINNER WILL BE SERVED IN OUR NORMAN ROCKWELL DINING ROOM

7:30PM—ENJOY A MUSCIAL EVENING IN OUR LOWER LEVEL LOUNGE. 

                                                                                        DAY 2

8:00AM—BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED

9:00AM—DEPART FOR THE NORMAN ROCKWELL MUSEUM IN STOCKBRIDGE, MA WHERE YOU WILL STEP BACK IN TIME AND MARVEL AT HIS MANY WORKS.  WHEN YOU TOUR HIS STUDIO YOU WILL FEEL HIS PRESENCE.  ENJOY OUR LUNCH IN THE PICNIC GROVE AND THEN SPEND SOME TIME IN THE QUAINT TOWN OF STOCKBRIDGE—THE TOWN MADE FAMOUS BY NORMAN ROCKWELL.

6:00PM—DINNER WILL BE SERVED AT THE INN

8:00PM—ENJOY A MUSICAL EVENING IN OUR LOWER LEVEL LOUNGE.

                                                                                                            DAY 3

8:00AM—BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED

9:00AM —GROUP PHOTO ON THE FRONT PORCH OF THE INN

9:05AM— DEPART FOR A DAY IN BENNINGTON, VT.   BEGIN WITH A VISIT TO THE BENNINGTON MONUMENT BEFORE YOU CONTINUE ON TO THE PARK McCULLOUGH HOUSE - THE GOVERNOR’S MANSION. A 35 ROOM VICTORIAN MANSION COMPLETED IN 1865.  HERE YOU CAN ENJOY LUNCH IN THE CARRIAGE HOUSE. YOUR NEXT STOP WILL BE GRANDMA MOSES SCHOOL HOUSE AT THE BENNINGTON MUSEUM.  ANOTHER POINT OF INTEREST WILL BE THE OLD FIRST CHURCH (THE OLDEST PROTESTANT CONGREGATION CHURCH IN VERMONT COMPLETED IN DECEMBER 1805).  COMPLETE YOUR DAY WITH A VISIT TO CAMELOT VILLAGE.

6:00PM—DINNER WILL BE SERVED AT THE INN

7:30PM—ENJOY A MAGICAL EVENING IN OUR LOWER LEVEL LOUNGE.

                                                                                                             DAY 4

7:00AM—BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED EARLY THIS MORNING.

7:45AM—DEPART FOR A WONDERFUL DAY IN STOWE, VT.  BEGIN WITH A STOP AT THE COLD HOLLOW CIDER MILL.  THEN YOU WILL THEN EXPERIENCE THE AMBIANCE AND THE HILLS WILL COME ALIVE WITH THE SOUND OF MUSIC AS YOU ENJOY LUNCH AT THE VON TRAPP FAMILY LODGE BEFORE CONTINUING ON TO THE QUAINT TOWN OF STOWE.   BEFORE LEAVING THE STOWE AREA ENJOY A STOP AT BEN & JERRY’S ICE CREAM FACTORY WHERE YOU WILL SEE HOW THAT WONDERFUL ICE CREAM IS MADE AND YOU CAN ENJOY A SAMPLE OR TWO.

6:30PM—OUR SPECIAL LAST NIGHT DINNER WILL BE SERVED AT THE INN

ENJOY A RELAXING EVENING.  SWIM IN OUR INDOOR HEATED POOL, SPEND TIME IN OUR HOT TUB AND/OR SAUNA, PLAY CARDS OR JUST REFLECT ON THE WONDERFUL DAY YOU SPENT IN OUR LITTLE CORNER OF THE WORLD.           

                                                DAY 5

8:00AM—BREAKFAST WILL BE SERVED

9:00AM—DEPART FOR HOME WITH FOND MEMORIES OF A VACATION TO REMEMBER AND A WISH TO RETURN IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

(ALL TIMES AND ACTIVITIES ARE BASED ON AVAILABILITY)