Weekend escapes
A lake weekend in Castleton
Castleton and Lake Bomoseen are the quiet version of a Vermont weekend. Three nights, a dock if you can get one, and no candle-shop itinerary.
Short trips
Friday to Monday, without a project
A long weekend is short. These itineraries stay in one place, leave room to do nothing, and assume you rented a house so dinner can be whatever is in the fridge.
Weekend escapes
A long weekend in Asheville
Three nights in Asheville with one mountain morning, one downtown afternoon, and enough porch time that the drive home does not feel like the trip.
Weekend escapes
Cape Cod in three nights
Stay on the upper Cape, in East Falmouth, and skip the crawl to the outer beach. A bike path, one beach, and a kitchen are the whole weekend.