A lot of strange things happen in Vermont. You should expect alot from a state that saw the last of the great glaciers that once extended to Manhattan only 10,000 years ago. A state whose forests are less than 100 years old on average. A state whose motto isn't, "Live free or die" but "Freedom and unity." We are state familiar with duality; extremes. We are a state bifurcated by a chain of mountains that produced distinct cultures. We are a state of 600,000 habitants with six distinct ecological regions.

We are now the state that produced one of the two girls behind the serial podcast, "50 States, 50 Dates." I only know about this because I happen to volunteer at our community justice center with her mother.

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From the site: "This summer marks the 40th anniversary of the Summer of Love, and to celebrate it properly, Bliss and Leary are hitting the road to find the perfect summer date.

50 dates in 50 states launches from Montpelier, VT on the fourth of July. The girls will zigzag their way up and down the states, documenting their dating and travel adventures through journal entries, videos, photographs, and a live map feed.

After traveling through most of the Lower 48, Bliss and Leary will take a week-long cruise to Alaska, fly to Hawaii for a few days, and then wrap up the trip with flights to Austin and Miami. The journey concludes in Leary’s home state of Maine."

Check it out!