A "True" Vermonter

If your birth certificate lists any town in Vermont, you may be a true Vermonter.

If your family used to own half the town, and now you live with your parents on two acres in a trailer, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you've ever veered your car toward an animal in the road, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you've ever given a tourist completely wrong directions, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you don't ski and crawl under a rock to hide from winter, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you see snowy weather as opportunity to make money pulling tourists out of ditches, you may be a true Vermonter.

If nothing but real Vermont maple syrup if for you, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you're up to your eyeballs in bills, and you're wondering how you're going to pay your taxes, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you know the start dates of turkey, crow, duck, goose, deer, bear and moose seasons, you might be a true Vermonter.

If your car is rusting out and your still making payments on it, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you slide a rowboat out on last ice in front of you to go ice fishing, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you shoot fish, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you know there are spring and fall mud seasons on the Long Trail, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you make money off of tourists, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you think a trip to the dump is a shopping trip, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you love coming up with things to define true Vermonter, you may be a true Vermonter.

If you ever wonder what it takes to be a true Vermonter, you might just never be a true Vermonter.