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Warner filled with bounties of fall season
By ANN KENNARD Telegraph Correspondent
The pretty town of Warner is one of my favorite Sunapee Region stops.
Most often, I meet friends for breakfast and – especially during
foliage season – a short hike up Mount Kearsarge.
Or, we'll simply explore the town, which boasts some unique shops, two
interesting museums and two covered bridges over the Warner River – the
circa-1810 Dalton and circa-1840 Waterloo. There's even a terrific
library and a bookstore you won't want to miss.
And, keep in mind that one of the state's best fall foliage festivals
takes place in Warner over the Columbus holiday weekend.
A stop for breakfast or lunch at The Foothills of Warner on Main Street
is a must. Favored by locals, this cozy family restaurant features
homemade muffins and breads, fresh fruit or nut buttermilk platter
cakes, an amazing selection of omelet creations, specialty sandwiches
and lots more.
From here, you can take in all of Warner's interesting Main Street
shops, such as:
The Rolling Pin for gourmet kitchen goods.
Wingdoodle, a studio workshop/gift gallery with unusual gifts, papers,
creative toys, art books and supplies, as well as original-design
rubber stamps.
The Woodsum Art Gallery, which features fine art by the region's
premier artists, as well as pottery, handblown glass and handmade
pewter.
Rowe Mountain Fair Trade, with handmade items from 40 countries,
including textiles, jewelry and ceramics.
The Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum Store, with its one-of-a-kind crafts.
Main Street Bookends, a terrific community bookstore that also offers
art, cards, music and a new Toys & Games Room.
Also on Main Street is the New Hampshire Telephone Museum, where you'll
explore 130 years of telephone history via one of America's finest
exhibits of antique telephones, switchboards and switching equipment.
Displays take you back to the origins of Mr. Bell's famous invention
and include everything from wall-mounted hand-crank phones to the
earliest telephone operator work stations – a collection garnered from
the small, independent telephone companies that serviced rural America
for most of the 20th century.
There are more than 700 items to view, and visitors are treated to live
demonstrations and a nine-minute video.
The museum is open Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays through October,
and on Wednesdays and Saturdays through late fall and the winter.
Take Kearsarge Mountain Road off Main Street and you'll come to Country
Cobwebs, where you'll find everything from garden gifts and stoneware
to wreaths, baskets and gourmet food items in a charming cottage
setting.
Farther up the road is the fascinating Mount Kearsarge Indian Museum,
with its cornucopia of Indian lore and artifacts, primarily from the
Abenaki tribe. Trained guides lead visitors through displays of baskets
and beadwork, fishing equipment and canoes, weaving and quillwork.
There's also a self-guided walk through the museum's "Medicine Woods,"
where you'll see and read about the same plants, shrubs and trees
Native Americans once used for medicine, food and dyes.
Colorful fall events include the annual Harvest Moon Festival on
Saturday and a Winter Celebration on Nov. 24-25.
The museum is open daily through October, and weekends only in
November.
Finally, as you continue up Kearsarge Mountain Road, you'll see signs
for Rollins State Park (off Route 103), where a scenic auto road up
Mount Kearsarge leads to a variety of easy hiking trails, along with
picnic sites and ample parking.
The views are always spectacular – especially during fall foliage
season!
Since 1947, the townspeople of Warner have come together at the height
of autumn color to host the Warner Fall Foliage Festival and to welcome
old and new friends to the community.
This tradition, with roots that reach back to Warner's first street
fair in the 1870s, has evolved to the present-day, event with fun to be
had in every corner from Oct. 5-7.
Included are country breakfasts at the United Church of Warner, arts
and crafts, a farmers market, an oxen pull, woodsmen's contests, a
country bazaar, a pie-eating contest, a 5-mile road race, a children's
parade and a grand parade, lobster dinners and chicken barbecues, a
midway and plenty of musical entertainment.
A book and bake sale at the Pillsbury Free Library, plus an exhibit and
barn sale at the historical society, add to the festivities.
For more information, call 456-9775 or visit www.wfff.org.WARNER FALL
FOLIAGE FESTIVAL
Since 1947, the townspeople of Warner have come together at the height
of autumn color to host the Warner Fall Foliage Festival and to welcome
old and new friends to the community.
This tradition, with roots that reach back to Warner’s first street
fair in the 1870s, has evolved to the present-day, event with fun to be
had in every corner from Oct. 5-7.
Included are country breakfasts at the United Church of Warner, arts
and crafts, a farmers market, an oxen pull, woodsmen’s contests, a
country bazaar, a pie-eating
contest, a 5-mile road race, a children’s parade and a grand parade,
lobster dinners and chicken barbecues, a midway and plenty of musical
entertainment.
A book and bake sale at the Pillsbury Free Library, plus an exhibit and
barn sale at the historical society, add to the festivities. |
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