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On our first night, we dined at The Marsh Tavern, which is one of five restaurants within the resort and an ode to the resort's earliest beginnings. The restaurant offers breakfast, lunch, dinner, and aperitifs in the late afternoons. Coincidentally, during our dinner, one couple was hosting a rehearsal dinner for their wedding that was being held at the hotel. The tavern's menu features traditional New England dishes like Dutch Pot Pie and Seared Atlantic Cod. The next day, we took a short walk from the resort and landed at a rustic lunch spot called The Copper Grouse. Inside you'll find a fully stocked bar flanked by leather bound Chesterfield booths and wood paneled walls, complemented by bold, patterned wallpaper. Outside, there is an open-air dining patio that is perfect for people- watching and dining al-fresco. The lunch menu had offerings of notable Northern sandwiches such as a triple decker BLT with avocado, Pastrami Reuben, and a perfectly cooked Copper Grouse Burger (we suggest adding the egg). Here you'll find a flavorful lunch that is sure to set you up for the day's adventure. After lunch, we paid a visit to Hildene, the historic estate of Robert Lincoln, the only one of Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln's children to live to maturity. After visiting the Equinox with his mother, as a child Robert fell in love with the region and eventually built this ancestral home on what is now 412 acres of land surrounded by the Taconic Mountains, Green Mountains, and Battenkill river. The estate has 14 historic buildings that include the home, formal garden, observatory, and historic carriage barn. Inside the carriage barn we found a preserved first-class pullman car that showcases the unique woodwork, stained glass, and velvet decor of the era. The land also functions as a campus for environmental and agricultural education for high school students and includes a teaching greenhouse, composting facility, animal barn, vegetable gardens, apple orchard, and a 600-foot floating wetland V U E N J .C O M 104

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