Vermont’s Quiet Corner - The Most Scenic Drives in America: 120 Spectacular Road Trips - page 877

Farther along, just past the serene expanse of Eligo Pond, detour onto Craftsbury Road
for a visit to a string of hamlets that—probably not a surprise by now—also share a com-
mon name: East Craftsbury, Craftsbury, and Craftsbury Common. Elegant farmhouses and
rolling ridges bedecked with apple orchards and evergreens are bountiful here. On the ap-
proach to Craftsbury Common, though, the trees part to reveal a splendid hilltop village
green—alargeandwell-tendedlawnsurroundedbyimmaculateclapboardhomes,steepled
churches, and a grand country inn.
Ifyouhavethetime andareinclined tocontinue still farthernorthonRte.14—perhaps
all the way to Canada—you'll travel beside the Black River through a land much like the
borealforestthatliesinthefarnorth,justsouthoftheArcticCircle.Lakesandbogsspeckle
the countryside, and woodlands of spruce trees and other evergreens extend for miles. In
the towns that populate this northern province, it is said, you are more likely to meet a
moose than another person.