{"id":359,"date":"2009-06-06T20:52:32","date_gmt":"2009-06-07T00:52:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/?p=359"},"modified":"2009-06-06T21:08:20","modified_gmt":"2009-06-07T01:08:20","slug":"fathers-day-excursions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/2009\/06\/06\/fathers-day-excursions\/","title":{"rendered":"Father’s Day Excursions"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"IMG_1712\"<\/a>I have two Father’s Day excursions for\u00a0you, one worth the drive if you are in the Boston area, and the other well worth a weekend getaway. Both are annual events; you go this year or you wait until next.<\/p>\n

The Boston area – Stow MA<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every year on Father’s Day weekend — June 20 & 21 –\u00a0 the Collings Foundation <\/a>in Stow opens its doors to visitors for Wings and Wheels Weekend<\/a>. It’s a great opportunity to see the Foundation’s collection of vintage aircraft and automobiles. You can also book a ride in one of the vintage aircraft, but this must be done in advance.\u00a0 $10 adults, $5 kids.<\/p>\n

Family eats in the Stow area: <\/strong>La Provence in Concord (review<\/a>) and Nancy’s Airfield Cafe<\/a> in Stow.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Central Vermont – Quechee <\/strong><\/p>\n

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The Quechee Balloon Festival<\/a> in Quechee Vermont is well worth the trip North. Dave and I went years ago, and last year we finally made it back with Douglas. There are activities all day long, but the highlight is the balloon ascensions in the morning and early evening. This year, we are planning our weekend to attend the Balloon Glow on Friday at approximately 8:30 pm. Balloon rides are available, but should be booked in advance.
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\nLocal accommodations: <\/strong>There are motor inns nearby in Quechee and White River Junction, but I recommend going a bit further and staying at the Kedron Valley Inn<\/a> in South Woodstock. If they are full up, try the Woodstock Inn<\/a>, and if you like bed & breakfasts, the Inn at Chelsea Farm,<\/a> our Vermont neighbor.<\/p>\n

By the way, if you are looking to visit the Woodstock area, we also rent our house. Check it out on Cyberrentals.<\/a> This year, we will be there on Balloon Fest weekend, but we have lots of other availability this summer as we have just started renting it.<\/p>\n

Back to the balloon festival. Admission is $10 adults, $5 kids; tickets are good for the entire weekend and dads accompanied by a kid are 1\/2 price on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Family eats in the Woodstock\/Quechee area:<\/strong> There are a lot of great restaurants in the area, but if the family has spent the day at the festival, you want something fast and friendly. For lunch, I recommend the Farmer’s Diner <\/a>in Quechee and for dinner, Bentleys <\/a>in Woodstock.<\/p>\n

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I have two Father’s Day excursions for\u00a0you, one worth the drive if you are in the Boston area, and the other well worth a weekend getaway. Both are annual events; you go this year or you wait until next. The Boston area – Stow MA Every year on Father’s Day weekend — June 20 & […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,48,51,5,35,45,18],"tags":[62,60,41,61],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=359"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":378,"href":"https:\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/359\/revisions\/378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/\/snapshotchronicles.com\/roadtrip\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}