Vermont's Northeast Kingdom | Visiting Old Stomping Grounds in the NEK of the Green Mountain State

Visiting the wildest, most rural part of Vermont, which also happens to be one of my old stomping grounds, since I went to college at Lyndon State College (now known as Northern Vermont University).
Unfortunately the weather didn't cooperate with me much for this quick two-day journey. The 1st day there was smoke from wildfires in the western US. The 2nd day it was cloudy and rainy.
But that's ok, I still enjoyed swinging by St. Johnsbury, Lyndonville, my alma matter, as well as Lake Willoughby.
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00:00-00:54 Smokey Drive Up
00:54-04:02 St. Johnsbury
04:02-07:01 Lyndonville
07:01-12:42 Northern Vermont University
12:42-14:11 Lake Willoughby

[@snarecat3441]

I love that lake ! Worked on a dairy farm on north side of the lake when I was young in the 1970’s .. I feel that it’s the most beautiful spot on earth … god bless the good people of Westmore Vt.!

[@michaelsuttles8692]

Sublime road trip down memory lane for you Nico! Lovely university campus! Thank you for sharing & bringing us along for the ride! Keep them coming! P.S. Wow! My University Professors never looked like that when I went to school! 👍🌈😅😉😄🏔☀️🇺🇸😎🌲🌿🚙💨💨💨💨💨💨💨🏕🏔🌲🌞

[@geemama420]

I would Love to visit Vermont it looks So Lush and Green 😍😍😍

[@GlobalNiko]

Yes it sure is

[@MeansToTravel]

Wow it was cool to see your former college from your perspective!

[@GlobalNiko]

Thanks! Yes it was pretty wild to see it again even if it was completely dead due to summer.

[@tommythunderhead]

Nice trip down memory lane! A lot has changed, more outdoor seating lol. Gotta love that glass breezeway. Lake Wiloughby is awesome.

[@GlobalNiko]

Haha yes Lake Willoughby will always be unique with interesting weather.

[@dalerash6285]

My brother Bob lived in Barton after he retired from the Airforce, until he passed away a few years ago.

[@davidplazek1180]

Go NVU!!!

[@michelpriniotakis4630]

Merci pour la visite de Vermont.

[@gregoryjannone8280]

"The puken pig". Good job fellow Lyndon Grad. Greg Jannone '82 Meteorology. Wow The Fountain is gone!

[@GlobalNiko]

Thanks Gregory! Yes it was strange to see the fountain gone. But the pig is still puking down in town so there’s that at least 🤣

[@dalerash6285]

Lake Willoughby, the gem of the NEK, our old vacation spot. Does St. Johnsbury still have that little drive in restaurant with the Gulf Coast fantail shrimp and whole clams by the pint or half pint ?

[@GlobalNiko]

I’m not sure if St. J still has that place. Tbh I don’t recall it from when I was living there in the late 2000s. Perhaps it predates my time there.

[@C_B_Hubbs]

Great video about the NEK. One mistake tho: when you were walking along St. J Main Street around the 2:00 mark you were heading straight towards the Fairbanks Museum & Planetarium. Then you showed the shops along Railroad Street. You went back up to Main Street at 2:50 but you showed the churches and were already passed the Museum, which is right across the street from the big gray church! A shame you missed it. That is definitely a gem of St J and the whole NEK. Later on at NVU-L (I also still remember it as LSC) you talk about their meteorology program, which is important for the area, but you didn't mention the Eye on the Sky weather station located at Fairbanks; the two senior meteorologists Mark Breen and Steve Maleski, two famous names in NEK and VT, both studied meteorology at LSC before becoming the weather voices on the radio. Great video tho and that foggy view from the south end of Willoughby Gap was spectacular and very "atmospheric".

[@dalerash6285]

Both my parents were born in Westmore.

[@GlobalNiko]

Cool! Beautiful area.

[@northerngm6431]

The NEK isn't St J, it starts at the height of land in Sheffield and extends as far west as Lowell, Westfield, Troy and North Troy, it includes Orleans, Essex and a very small piece of Caledonia County.

[@gregoryjannone8280]

Typical Willoughby Day!

[@Evelyn-gi6bc]

How can you talk about St. Johnsbury without even mentioning the St.Johnsbuary Atheneum, the wonderful old library with its really extraordinary art collection for such a tiny town, including many examples of the famous Hudson Valley School? You seem to have a totally egocentric view of the whole area!!