We will drive via shuttle to Newport for a two hour mid-day cruise on Lake Memphremagog with a wine and cheese tasting aboard the Northern Star. The narrated trip will discuss what is being seen and the rich history of the lake going back to pre-Revolutionary days, up through prohibition when it was a major smuggling route and up to the present. The cruise will be followed by a stop at the Eden Cider Tasting Bar, then on the way back to Jay Peak a stop at Brian and Jenn Cook’s Kingdom Brewing. Their motto is “It’s a mile from Canada but a million miles from normal.”
The group will be shuttled to Derby Line for a tour of the Haskell Opera House, a unique facility that straddles the U.S./Canada border. Pose for photos inside the library with one foot in Canada and the other in the U.S. From there we will take a short scenic drive south to Brownington and the Old Stone House Museum. There, we’ll learn about Alexander Twilight, a black man who graduated from Middlebury College and is claimed to be the first African American to earn a baccalaureate from an American college or university. He was a minister, a teacher, and a principal in Vermont. A box lunch will be provided to eat on the grounds of the museum.
