♪ MIDDLE BARRY IN FALL IS A PHOTOGRAPH WAITING TO BE TAKEN.
WALK GROUNDS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MORE ON -- VERMONT’S MORGAN HORSE FARM AREA CHECK OUT THE RENOVATED WOODEN BRIDGE IN ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 18 -- ORIGINALLY BUILT IN 1820.
GETTING BACK TO NATURE IS SECOND NATURE.
THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST OUTDOORSY STATES IN AMERICA.
IF YOU ASK WHAT THEY WILL DO FOR FUN, THEY SAY GO TAKE A HIKE.
♪ ON A CRISP BLUE MORNING, WE MEET UP WITH DAVE HARDY, DIRECTOR OF TRAILS FOR THE VENERABLE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB.
NOW 10,000 MEMBERS, WAS FORMED IN 1910 WITH THE PURPOSE TO BRING THE MOUNTAINS CLOSER TO THE PEOPLE.
BACK THEN THE IDEA WAS TO CREATE A LONG TRAIL, RUNNING AS CONTINUOUSLY AS POSSIBLE UP VERMONT.
>> INTENDED TO GO FROM THE MASSACHUSETTS BORDER TO JP.
THEY SAID CANADA IS RIGHT THERE.
LET’S DO IT.
100 MILES OF IT COINCIDES WITH THE APPALACHIAN TRAIL WHICH WAS INSPIRED BY THE LONG TRAIL.
ANTHONY: THE GREEN MOUNTAIN CLUB OVERSEES 722 MILES OF PATHWAS AND SWITCHBACKS ON THE LONG TRAIL AND MAINTAIN 70 SHELTERS, HAVING CONSERVED 25,000 ACRES OF LAND.
THEY SEE THEMSELVES AS STEWARDS OF THE ECOSYSTEM.
THERE ARE GREAT PLACES TO HIKE ALL OVER NEW ENGLAND, BUT HE IS PARTIAL TO VERMONT BECAUSE THERE IS LESS TRAFFIC ON THE TRAILS.
THEY ARE LARGELY UNSPOILED.
>> GENTLER PATH AND QUIETER.
IT IS NOT AS CLOUDED -- CROWDED AS THE WHITES AND THE ADIRONDACKS.
IT IS NOT AS EASY TO GET TO.
WE GET SOME SEVERE FALL WEATHER, BUT WE ARE NOT GETTING IT TODAY.
♪ ANTHONY: 100 MILES NORTH OF BOSTON, THERE IS A PLACE SOME CONSIDER PARADISE, SOLITUDE AND RECREATION.
THE SUMMER MECCA FOR THE FORTUNATE WHO KNOW IT BY NAME, SEBAGO LAKE, MAINE.
♪ FROM THE SHORELINE IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO GAUGE ITS SIZE.
FROM THE AIR IT IS A DIFFERENT STORY.
46 SQUARE MILES OF FRESH WATER SURVEYED BY THIS SEAPLANE PILOT.
JACKIE ROGERS.
>> IT IS WONDERFUL.
IT IS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.
IN THE STATE OF MAINE THERE IS SO MUCH WATER THAT IF YOU GET TO AN ALTITUDE OF 3000 FEET, YOU HAVE GOT A RUNWAY ANYWHERE IN THE STATE.
♪ AS SOON AS WE GET TO 1000 FEET, YOU CAN SEE THE END OF LONG LEGGED, TO THE END OF SEBAGO LAKE.
THAT IS 40 MILES OF NOTHING BUT LAKES.
PEOPLE JUST OOH, AHH.
♪ THE BEST PART OF MY JOB IN ADDITION TO FLYING THE AIRCRAFT IS WATCHING THE SMILES ON EVERYBODY’S FACE.
EVEN THOSE THAT ARE RELUCTANT, NINE TIMES OUT OF 10, THEY HAVE GOT A HUMONGOUS SMILE AND IT MAKES IT ALL WORTHWHILE FOR ME.
>> THE WHALING DAYS ARE LONG GONE, BUT THE OLD NANTUCKET CAN BE FOUND IN THE UNSPOILED BEAUTY OF THIS WILDLIFE REFUGE.
>> MAIN STREET’S AND BACK ROADS, THIS IS THE BACK ROAD PART OF IT.
WE ARE OUT TO THE VERY EASTERN PART OF THE ISLAND AND WE ARE GOING NORTH TO GRADE POINT.
IT IS 5.5 MILES.
>> WALK, DRIVE OR TAKE A TOUR.
>> WE TAKE ROUGHLY 1000 PEOPLE OUT FOR SEASON.
THEY GET TO EXPERIENCE A REMOTE, UNIQUE PART OF NANTUCKET.
>> 1000 PRISTINE ACRES OWNED BY THE TRUSTEES, U.S. FISH AND WILDLIFE.
>> CATCHING BLUEFISH, STRUCT BASS.
THESE ARE ALL SURF CASTERS.
SOME MIGHT SAY REAL FISHERMAN.
-- FISHERMEN.
>> THE PAYOFF COMES WHEN YOU REACH THE WHITE HOUSE WHERE NANTUCKET SOUND MEETS THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
THEY ARE SUBJECT TO EXTREME ELEMENTS.
>> ON THE ATLANTIC SIDE, IT WILL ERODE & WILL COME AROUND TO THIS -- AND THE SAND WILL COME AROUND TO THE SIDE.
IT IS GRADUALLY MOVING TO NANTUCKET HARBOR.
IF YOU GET A NOR’EASTER UP THE COAST AND AT LAST A COUPLE OF DAYS, IT CAN DO DAMAGE THAT WOULD SHOCK YOU.