Regarding a place to stay if you're talking about southern VT...
 
Back around 1980 my sister was looking for a place to intern while a student at the Culinary Institute. She ended up at the Inn At Weston which is on Rte. 100 north of Bennington and SE of Rutland. I see their cheapest room is $225. Great food (not cheap) I would imagine.
 
http://www.innweston.com/home.html
 
 
A place that is much cheaper and harks back to the old days of blue highway motels is the Whitcomb Summit House which is just east of North Adams on Rte. 2, The Mohawk Trail. This may be off the path you intend to take but the Mohawk Trail could be a decent way to get over to Ruth's.
 
(413)662-2625  http://www.whitcombsummit.com/Home.htm
 
The rooms are very large, the view is great (it looks to the northeast toward Bear Swamp, I believe). I think you'll pay less than $100, maybe a little more if you're there one night/Saturday only. 
 
Bruce
 

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Sharpshooter's sharpshooter sounds like a good guy.
 
But enough idle chitchat. 
 
The Future Mrs. Ralph and I are going up to Vermont (from NY) next weekend to pick young Michael up from camp near Windsor, and I need a decent place to stay en route.  We'll be leaving Friday morning and getting Michael Sat afternoon, and plan to stop by Ruth's afterwards on our way back to the lower 48.
 
Anybody got any ideas about where we might stay that will be quaint enough for the young lady, and not too expensive for me?  It's a ways out of the way, but we could conceivably go up to Shelburne Farms.
 
Your assistance in this matter will be appreciated.
 
Ralph  
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