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Weekend Escapes

Season 8 Episode 802 | 26m 46s

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.

Aired: 04/05/24
Distributed nationally by American Public Television
Extras
Newport, Rhode Island and a classic New England general store.
Bangs Island Mussels, Arethusa Farm and a visit to the Trapp Family Lodge.
French-New England dishes from Jacques Pépin. Ducati motorcycles made in New England.
Breakfast at Pickering House Inn. Winter skiing and surfing in Maine. Floral designs.
Glazy Susan doughnuts. Climbing Mt. Monadnock. Sauces from Wozz! Kitchen Creations.
Biddeford, a rising food town. Farming collective in Vermont. Nantucket weaving tradition.
Tanglewood music festival and an artists’ colony in Peterborough, New Hampshire.
Strawbery Banke Museum. Ice fishing derby on Lake Winnipesaukee and a historic ski jump.
Mayfair Farm in New Hampshire. Baking desserts in Vermont with Gesine Bullock Prado.
A look at Nubble Light in Maine. Boston’s famed North End. Vermont’s Farmhouse Pottery.
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