Amazon.com Review
With a goal of compiling the best places to view the amazing blaze of autumn color that New England is known for, brothers Michael and Mark Tougias offer 15 easy-to-follow routes in six states. Hand-drawn maps lead the rambler through some of the best (and often lesser-known) areas for finding free fall shows in Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine.
Take the "Quiet Corner, Northeast Connecticut" section, for example: "Route 169 is as scenic a back road as you will find in southern New England and it is an easy drive from the New York City area or from Southeast Connecticut. Rolling hills, village greens, woodland trails and a diverse assortment of historic sites await your discovery. Some truly first-class inns, restaurants and shops are in this pocket of Connecticut called 'The Quiet Corner.'" Highlights are listed for each of the tours, and for Route 169 these include hayrides, hilltop views, quiet villages, the Prudence Crandall Museum, Roseland Cottage, Old Trinity Church, pumpkin picking, a wolf's den, Golden Lamb at Hillandale Farm, art museums, apple orchards, and the Brayton Gristmill.
Loads of additional resources and accommodations listings are included with each tour. --Kathryn True
From Library Journal
The Tougias brothers (authors of several travel guides on rural Massachusetts, including Quiet Places of Massachusetts, LJ 9/1/96) take the reader on 15 leisurely driving tours of New England's fall foliage. Highlighting places of major interest on planned routes through areas like the Litchfield Hills, southern Berkshire County, and the Northeast Kingdom, the authors include mention of special fall events (festivals and hayrides), leaf peeper's hotlines, and unusual ways to see the colors (whitewater rafting and canoeing). However, much of this information and more can be found in a number of popular New England guides, and the Tougiases provide only bare-bones information on places to stay (often just a phone number) and even less on where to eat. The illustrations are garish oil paintings of generic fall scenes by Mark Tougias. Only for complete (and well-used) regional collections.?Linda M. Kaufmann, Massachusetts Coll. of Liberal Arts Lib., North Adams
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