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Weekends with Yankee
Weekend Escapes
Season 8
Episode 802
Host Richard Wiese visits Mill City Park in Franklin, NH, New England’s first whitewater park, for a day of whitewater rafting and boogie boarding. In Maine, co-host Amy Traverso harvests lobsters on Penobscot Bay and cooks them up at the five-star Camden Harbour Inn. In Vermont, we visit Red House founders Britt and Matt Witt to learn the story behind their iconic handmade waxed canvas bags.
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Visit Pickering House Inn, watch winter skiing in Maine and see Nantucket floral designs.
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Visit Glazy Susan doughnuts, Mount Monadnock and Wozz! Kitchen Creations.
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Explore Rockland, Maine, meet a glass artist and discover romantic home products.
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See Nubble Light in Maine, Boston’s famed North End and Vermont’s Farmhouse Pottery.
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Take in the sights at Maine’s Fryeburg Fair, and explore Sandwich, Massachusetts.
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Learn the origins of New England food, and meet the folks serving modern-day delicacies.
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Enjoy perfect pizza and crullers, and go for a row with the Dartmouth College team.
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Celebrate 10 years of Weekends with Yankee and meet some inspiring rescue turtles.
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Meet New Hampshire’s iconic loon and visit a stunning lifestyle mecca in Rhode Island.