Vermont, home to Brattleboro, Burlington, the bus station in White River Junction, narrow country roads, skiing, and the Ben & Jerry’s factory tour in Waterbury – that’s Vermont in a nutshell for me. I’m pretty sure my first visit to the state would have come during my first visit to Dartmouth, as we usually ventured across the river to the the lost town of Lewiston and to the general store in White River Junction when we were in town. I recall college road trips to Brattleboro, just up I-91, and Burlington, on the way to Montreal.

Aimee and I also enjoyed a couple of great Vermont trips during our Boston days, skiing in Stowe and enjoying the fondue at Swisspot, and a surprise trip up to Burlington in April of 2003 to see Wilco, whom we saw wandering around town before the show.

The map gets crowded in New England.