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Article: Southern Comfort: Conveniently close, Vermont's lower latitudes rate high praise. Draw a triangle connecting the trio of peaks just east of Manchester, and plunge into a ski safari.(Ski East: The Guide To What's Happening In Your Region/Profile)(Review)(Column)
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- January 1, 2006
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Byline: Moira McCarthy
THERE'S A SEMI-SUSPENSION OF REALITY AS YOU HEAD AWAY FROM THE CITY and toward the cluster of mountains that make up Southern Vermont. Whether you're coming from New York or Boston, Connecticut or New Jersey, it's never a long ride, but it still gives you the feeling of truly heading to somewhere else.
I sense this early one winter morning on the way to Manchester, Vt., my mind warp-speed processing thoughts of work and life as I wind my way north on Route 2 from Boston. The vistas grow more and more rural, and it's been miles since the last fast food franchise slid past when I pull into a dusty country store to stretch and grab a ...