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I postponed my Columbus Day weekend trip for Oct 16 - 18. I had had my photo trip all planned, thanks to PWT, BM and other VT experts.
My itinenary FOR COLUMBUS DAY WEEKEND WAS:

Day 1:
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Arrive via Rt 4. Turn to Rt 30 at Castleton Corners.
Take Rt 73 to Forest Dale, take Rt 53.
Follow Rt. 53 to Rt 7.
Take Rt 7 to Middlebury. Lunch, Walk around Middlebury College.
Turn to Cornwall (where I stay) via Rt 30.

Day 2:
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Drive Rt 125 over Ripton, Middlebury Gap, Texas Falls. ( Hike at Texas Falls.)
Turn Rt 100, take it to Warren.
At Warren, turn West, go over Lincoln Gap, Bristol - to Addison for white geese show.
Return to Cornwall Rt 17 - Rt 7 - Rt 30.


Day 3:
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Take Rt 30 all the way to Manchester area.
Get to route 7A in Manchester turn right and head south on Rt. 7A and look for the Skyline Drive Toll Road and drive that to the top of Mt.Equinox.
South to Arlington and take route 313 west to route 61 in New York. Take RT. 61 to the end at route 29 and turn left. Take route 29 to Saratoga Springs and pick up I-87 near there.

My questions are:
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1)
Should I still go for "Middlebury Loop" or it will be all brown and bare? What abour Rt. 53?
I wanted to do Rt.53 because of some nice hikes there. Please help me re-plan my itinenary.

2)
What is the weather forecast for Middlebury Sun - Tue. Yahoo! weather shows rain and...WIND.

I should NOT have changed my original dates!

Your itinenary is still pretty good. However foliage on route 100 north between route 125 and Granville Gulf is not very good. Foliage above Granville Gulf is very good. But you have to drive it to get to the Lincoln Gap Road and it is a nice drive even with poor foliage. I haven't been through the Gap but I saw plenty of foliage on the mountainsides up there, except for maybe the very top. I couldn't see that far. The snow geese are here but they are in the corn fields down back right now. If the food runs out or the flocks increase, they will be close to the parking lot. Keep you fingers crossed. Colors in western Vt. and southern Vt. are coming along nicely. The weather report for this weekend has improved slightly. Partly cloudy with possible showers. No Snow.