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The museums keep on coming as you roll down Route 7: In Ferrisburgh the Rokeby Museum, once an official stop on the Underground Railroad, preserves the history of four generations of remarkable Robinsons. Ahead of its time in every way, the family was made up of Quakers, abolitionists and artists...

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Seven Days Pick: Biking
Biking
Three Gaps

Addison County is a biker’s dream come true. The terrain ranges from flat, open expanses along the lake to rolling roads dotted with dairy farms. But the county’s most challenging ride is over its three — count ’em, three — Green Mountain gaps: Middlebury, Lincoln and Appalachian. It’s a grueling ride — great training for a triathalon. If you get too hot, you can take a dip in any of the rivers that run alongside the roads, especially at Bristol Falls and under the bridge in East Middlebury.

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Seven Days Pick: Swimming
Adirondack View from Button Bay
Button Bay State Park

Button Bay is one of the best beaches on Lake Champlain: The water’s clean, and you can rent canoes and kayaks right there. If neither swimming nor boating appeals, there’s always the area’s unique geology: flat round “button-like” rocks along the shoreline are great for skipping. Seventy-three campsites and 13 lean-tos beckon if you feel like staying over. Samuel de Champlain, Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold and Ben Franklin all did. Photo: Carol Dingley

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Seven Days Pick: Hiking
Trail Around Middlebury
Trail Around Middlebury

Middlebury is a walking town. But if you’re really ambitious, there’s a new, 18-mile Trail Around Middlebury — a project of the Middlebury Area Land Trust. A combination of hiking trails, dirt roads and paved highways, TAM stretches from the Otter Creek Gorge Preserve to the Battell Woods. Want more? There’s hiking galore in the woods en route to the Middlebury Gap, around the college’s Bread Loaf campus in Ripton.

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Seven Days Pick: Restaurant
Two Brothers
Two Brothers Tavern

Middlebury is a college town, but for years — since the drinking age went from 18 to 21 — it’s lacked for nightlife. Two Brothers Tavern changed that when it opened in 2008. A steep flight of stairs leads to the “lounge & stage,” which features big-screen TVs, a lengthy bar and leather couches. Townies and students alike come in to enjoy the bountiful musical acts, karaoke and trivia night. Keep reading...
Photo: Matthew Thorsen

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Seven Days Pick: Attractions
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Vermont Folklife Center

The original Vermonters — Native American Abenaki — have a voice at the Vermont Folklife Center. So do the Vermont descendents of slaves. With an archive that consists of more than 3900 tapes, the organization aims to document and conserve the state’s cultural heritage, including groups making history today. A recent photo exhibit captured the lives of Mexican dairy farm workers in Addison County. This summer’s special exhibit is “Almost Utopia: In Search of the Good Life in Mid-Century America” a photographic exploration of Vermont’s original back-to-the-land movement spearheaded by Scott and Helen Nearing.

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