Kids under 15 can fish free in Vermont all year. Adams Farm in Wilmington is an authentic sixth generation family farm which provides city kids and suburbanites the chance to get up close and personal with farm animals, doing things such as milking a goat, picking fresh eggs from the chicken coop or bottle feeding the baby calves, 464-3762. The Lake Champlain Basin Science Center in Burlington offers a fun learning experience of the basin. Visit the aquarium and interactive rooms for sights and smells of the region. For breath-taking panoramic views across the state, there's no better place to be than the top of one of Vermont's mountain resorts.
Visitors can see into five states and Canada from the summit of many mountains.
12-year old girls who love horses will love the University of Vermont Morgan Horse Farm. The farm, located in Weybridge, has 60-80 registered stallions, mares and foals on site. You'll really dig this new touring exhibit called Dirt, opening July 8 at the Montshire Museum. Find out what dirt is made of and why all life forms on earth are dependent on healthy soils, 649-2200. Take a ride to the barn on a hay wagon, talk to the animals, pet the new babies and follow a chicken around the fields at Shelburne Farms.