I gotcha... I wasn't under a time constraint.
I just can't hike low mileage days and have a good time. I totally agree that Vermont is a beautiful state but the fact still remains that just like most hikes you hike-hike-hike-hike to something beautiful then you hike-hike-hike-hike to the next something beautiful.
Pretty much every hike I've ever been on has been mostly walking through mostly repetitive, nondescript terrain to get to the next view/vista/whatever.