Vermont has no shortage of things to do. What it has a shortage of is someone telling you about them honestly — without a tourism board budget behind it, without sponsored content dressed up as a recommendation, without the kind of breathless copy that makes every leaf and every cheese plate sound like a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

That's what RompVT is for.

This is an independent Vermont guide. Hiking trails, swimming holes, country stores, live music, farm food, local events — the places worth knowing about, written by someone who actually lives here, drives these roads, eats at these places, and brings kids and a dog along for most of it. One article a week, every Friday, free in your inbox.

No sponsors. No tourism-board talking points. No affiliate links. Just real places, real opinions, and enough useful detail that you can actually plan a trip around it.

If that sounds like your kind of thing, subscribe. It's free, it lands in your inbox on Fridays, and you can unsubscribe anytime. There's a form at the bottom of this page and a subscribe link in the header.

Vermont's waiting. Go romp.

— RompVT