It’s time for Vermont’s fifth season. You might be thinking I’m wrong, that there are only four seasons but Vermont has one more – Mud Season.  This is the time of year that our back roads, which are dirt, get really muddy.  The shoulders of our back roads have been filled with piles of snow all winter long The frost from the cold winter is deep underneath the roadway and now it is beginning to melt.  The melting snow and the melting frost makes the roads buckle and get muddy.  Towns can try to keep their roads in good shape by dumping loads of new gravel in critical places but sometimes we just have to give up and close some roads. Now you don’t have to worry about Mud Season unless you travel off the beaten path.  If you are visiting Vermont at this time of year and need to travel on our back roads it would be a good idea to check at a local general store to see if you can get to your destination without jeep!