June 26: Mount Equinox
Kristen Lindquist
At just over 3,800 feet, Mount Equinox is the highest mountain in the Taconic range in southwestern Vermont. From Manchester Center, there's an private toll road to the top (owned by Carthusian monks) which offers some spectacular views of the Taconics, the Green Mountains, and the valley between them. And the occasional wildlife sighting.
Matters of scale:
driving down the mountainwe slow for a crossing vole.