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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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We explore the up-and-coming food scene of Kennebunkport, ME and more!
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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.
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The Cross New Hampshire Adventure Trail, beach plum jam and Lubec, Maine.
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The East Coast's largest horse ranch, dunes of Sandy Neck Beach and a local painter.
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Newport, Rhode Island and a classic New England general store.
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Bangs Island Mussels, Arethusa Farm and a visit to the Trapp Family Lodge.
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Tanglewood music festival and an artists’ colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
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French-New England dishes from Jacques Pépin. Ducati motorcycles made in New England.
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Mayfair Farm in New Hampshire. Baking desserts in Vermont with Gesine Bullock Prado.
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Strawbery Banke Museum. Ice fishing derby on Lake Winnipesaukee and a historic ski jump.