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and if you like fishing then Ed is your man. Nobody knows this lake better. One of things we love about Backroads is the opportunity to find places like Bass & Basket and then share it with you. Visit here and you will see why it swiftly made its way to the #1 spot in this year’s Best of Backroads.
Mysterious America Although the old guy is getting up there in years Doctor Seymour O’Life still amazes us each month with his odd findings, discoveries and revelations. Having him around is like having Ancient Aliens, Mysteries at the Museum and the X-Files right in our offices. This year was no different as he and his cronies did yeoman’s work on finding what is really odd, weird and bizarre in this Mysterious America.
2nd Runner Up • Bread & Puppet 753 heights rd, glover, Vt 05839 802-525-303 • breadandpuppet.org One thing I have to hand the far left is that they can be incredibly creative, flamboyant and fun to watch. This point is made at Bread & Puppet, in Vermont. The Bread and Puppet Theater was founded in 1963 by Peter Schumann on New York City’s Lower East Side. Besides rod-puppet and hand puppet shows for children, the concerns of the first productions were rents, rats, police, and other problems of the neighborhood. These days Peter has escaped NYC for the beautiful mountains of Vermont; but Bread & Puppet has just gotten better and better and, maybe even more mysterious. On our visit we were… stunned? We could do our best to try to explain what this is all about, but we think you need to explore this on your own, so make plans this year to visit Bread & Puppet – we promise you will not be disappointed.
1st Runner Up • Mysterious americade This was a little trip Seymour created for us while at Americade. It brought us into Vermont and then back into the Empire state. Along the way we saw ancient battleships, more than a few miles of dirt, a ferry ride and a stop at a museum that held the story of one of the most mysterious murders in the region’s history. All, once again, a day’s ride while at Americade. That’s three - Bill Dutcher keep note. Follow along and you will have an excellent day’s ride and you will scoot into that odd place we call Mysterious America.
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