Same in Burl. State Police are now on the beat, but since then incidents persist at higher than usual pace. Poverty and drug escapism are intertwined, and the market is bigger in recent years so the drug gangs are around. It's not unique to VT, it's more that VT is catching up to the norm in semi-urban areas like Ruts and Burl.

stick season vacations are starting

Fiddlehead for a strong IPA. But actually these days the best ones seem to be available as far down as NYC-- I was shocked when a friend sent me a picture of Sip of Sunshine in a upper west side bodega.

If they can't start snowmaking on the snowboard trails yet, might as well rip around on the forest service roads. Absolutely perfect now that the leaf peepers are back to their cities.