Vermont Travel Notes

Photo courtesy of Champlain Valley Fair and Exposition

The 85th Annual Champlain Valley Fair & Exposition is underway and continues through September 3 in Essex Junction, a suburb of Burlington in northern VT. "This is Vermont's largest fair and biggest annual event, with an outstanding variety of free entertainment, agricultural and educational exhibits and competitions, Vermont's largest fair craft show, a 35-ride midway, 200+ commercial exhibits, major grandstand shows, antique tractor pulls, ox and horse pulling . . ." On site camping available.

The Vermont State Fair will be held in the central VT town of Rutland August 31 through September 9. "Midway rides, food booths, demo derby, farm museum, carnival, ethnic foods, maple sugar house, commercial exhibits, agricultural exhibits, antique tractor pulls, kiddie rides, crafts, live entertainment, ox and horse pulling, and music."