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Local Color: Vermont

October 31, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Local Color

We'll be back, Vermont. While we still think your Queen City isn't quite the place for us -- a little too small, a tad too remote -- but we can all agree that Green Mountain coffee is the best. 

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October 31, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
Vermont, Lake Champlain, travel tips, travel writing, El Cortijo, world's tallest filing cabinet, Crow Books, Burlington, Church Street Marketplace, Winhall Brook Campground, US Army Corps of Engineers, White River, Green Mountains
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LOCAL COLOR XC IN ROADS & KINGDOMS

June 15, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Behind the Headlines

It seemed like a good way to kill two birds with one stone: make sure the trailer was road-ready and running on all cylinders, and finally give the Western Hemisphere's largest man-made forest its due.

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June 15, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
travel, travel writing, roads & kingdoms, anthony bourdain, nebraska, Nebraska National Forest, halsey, charles bessey, botany, forest
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Local Color XC in USA Today

March 16, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Behind the Headlines

For his second "Road Trip USA" installment for USA TODAY, Carson chose to write about our experience in Port Arthur, a city that produces nearly a million barrels of crude oil a day and yet, somehow, shows no signs of prosperity. 

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March 16, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
Port Arthur, Texas, Gas, Oil, Refinery, Sea Rim State Park, USA Today, travel writing
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Local Color XC in USA Today

February 02, 2016 by Melissa Dohmen in Behind the Headlines

Local Color XC featured in the USA Today travel section!

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February 02, 2016 /Melissa Dohmen
travel writing, travel blog, travel, USA Today, newspaper, roadtrip
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