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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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Come along for a visit to Golden Dog Farm in Vermont & experience a New Hampshire lavender harvest.
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Join us for Massachusetts’s premier Revolutionary War reenactment & for Maine’s Great Schooner Race.
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Exploring the scene and artwork of Brookline, MA, and climbing in the White Mountains.
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Visit Matunuck Oyster Farm, Thompson House Eatery and Wiggly Bridge Distillery.
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Ride on Icelandic horses and explore the gardens at a farm-to-table restaurant.
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Newport, RI, oyster farm and raw bar OystHERS, treehouse resort Seguin and Bethel, ME.
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Explore a variety of handmade New England goods including handcrafted caramels.