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GUILFORD, VERMONT and GUILFORD FAIR – 5 SEPTEMBER 2021
I had a great day today, and am racing with limited time tonight to get this post done and to you to encourage you to visit the Guilford Fair tomorrow, Labor Day. I passed the remote, rural fairgrounds several months … Continue reading
BACK TO MOUNT GREYLOCK and WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS – 18-20 AUGUST 2021
I am sure you remember a trip I planned in 2010, and finally headed off for on August 1, 2017, but sadly only made it half way when BLACK BEAUTY decided to shut down and ask for a piggy-back ride … Continue reading
TWO LAKES — MORE RAILROAD — THE LARGEST — 14 AUGUST 2021
I had much I wanted to explore on Saturday – the weather starting was not looking good, and I delayed departure – but, I checked the weather radar map and decided to just jump in BLUE BELLE and go – … Continue reading
A LAKE — A RAILROAD — A FIRST — 31 JULY 2021
I still have places “on the list” to explore just across the river in Vermont, and here is an eighty mile round trip that took 120 miles in seven hours. Reading that Rudyard Kipling and his wife would spend time … Continue reading
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Tagged Lake Raponda, Newfane, Vermont, West Dumerston, West River Railroad, Williamsville
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57 MILE LOOP — COUNTRY STORE – COVERED BRIDGES – WATER FALL – FERRY LANDINGS – ICE CREAM CONE
Recently I have been staying closer to Walpole, but there is still much to see and experience exploring nearby ROADS and ROUTES. The impetus for my trips comes many ways, and there is constant learning that (hopefully) is keeping me … Continue reading
BACK IN VERMONT — 22-24 JULY 2021
It has been awhile since I have been out. As you know I will head out on a whim, and sometimes have a reason. The past two weekends I had reasons. First to spend two nights in a tent with … Continue reading
OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE – 8 JUNE 2021 – 75th ANNIVERSARY OPENING DAY
and, I had to be there, and first in line. June 8, 1946, my Dad was still in Germany. My mother was in the Bronx, and at just shy of three months old I was not able to convince her … Continue reading
“BUT OFFICER, I WAS GOING THE SPEED LIMIT” – 25 MAY 2021
The Story of LADYRAB III INTRODUCING – LADY RAB III – 20 November 2020 1965 AIRSTREAM CARAVEL — LADY RAB III — A Week Later, 27 November 2020 HOME and into HIBERNATION — 5 DECEMBER 2020 – 1965 AIRSTREAM CARAVEL “BUT OFFICER, I … Continue reading
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ROADS and ROUTES — NEW 66 MILE LOOP — 22 MAY 2021
I have had a hard time getting back out – we all have. I have lost momentum with LadyRABIII, BLACK BEAUTY is buried behind LADYRABII who has a leaking carburetor and dead battery. Bottom line is I am really out … Continue reading
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Three Nights at “A JEWEL BEYOND PRICE” – 13-16 MAY 2021
If you have attentively followed my meanderings, you may remember that I discovered NAULAKHA on Flag Day, 2015. And then toured it during an open house in June of 2019. Landmark Trust USA has a number of historic, impeccably preserved … Continue reading
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Tagged Dummerston, Landmark Trust USA, Naulakha, Rudyard Kipling, Vermont
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Shunpiking with Ray 