VPR Photo/M. Jeffery

Caption: Scott Lawley with his son Nate at Taft Lodge, Mt. Mansfield.

(Host) Thousands of us experience the Green Mountains up close every summer with a day on the Long Trail.

Many hundreds more spend even more time on the trail, taking a few days to hike and spending the nights at a shelter along the way.

Today, in our series, "The Long Trail: Vermont's Footpath Through History," we learn what it's like to overnight on the trail.

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