The plan was to get out of Dodge for a few days, escape the Vermont bubble — where all is beautiful and quiet and friendly — and see how the rest of the world lives.
He was headed to Washington, D.C., to visit friends and escape Mud Season.
He always found it fun to see who’s on the plane during flights between Washington and Burlington.
Again this time, he wasn’t disappointed. Waiting for his US Airways flight to board, he saw Sen. Patrick Leahy disembarking from the jetway.