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Think like a local: Try a Vermont staycation!

DOODLES ROXIE, IN the rear, and Amie keep the Flowers family on (and off) task during hikes, a favorite summer pastime.
Independent photo/John Flowers
June 5, 2025
Like many Vermont residents, my wife Dottie and I try to budget each year for a weeklong winter sojourn with one prerequisite: It must be somewhere warm to recharge the internal battery amid unrelenting cold temps and falling snow here in the Northeast.
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