Yes, he has a home in Washington, where he works; one in Burlington, Vermont, where he lives; and “like thousands of other Vermonters, I do have a summer camp,” Sanders shot back.
In other parts of the country, Sanders' vacation home would be called a cabin or just a summer home.
The waterfront homesits on the island of North Hero in 120-mile-long (190 kilometers) Lake Champlain, between Vermont and New York.
Sanders' assertion that “thousands” of Vermonters have summer homes is difficult to check.
Vermont has 77,000 second homes, rental properties or camps, according to Douglas Farnham, policy director for the Vermont Department of Taxes.