Signs You Might Be a Vermonter During Maple Season

You know spring has arrived when...

✔ You own more mud boots than dress shoes.

✔ You automatically check the weather forecast for freezing nights and warm days.

✔ The smell of wood smoke makes you hungry.

✔ You judge breakfast restaurants by the quality of their maple syrup.

✔ Your truck contains at least one empty syrup jug.

✔ You know that "stick season" is a real thing.

✔ You don't mind a little mud if there's fresh syrup waiting at the sugarhouse.

✔ You think vanilla ice cream is simply an excuse to eat more maple syrup.

✔ You know the difference between amber and dark syrup—and have an opinion about it.

✔ You've said, "This weather ought to get the sap running."

If you nodded your head more than three times...

Congratulations.

You might just be a Vermonter.

(Or you're halfway there.)