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INN-DULGENCE TOUR – OKEMO VALLEY, VERMONT – 3 DECEMBER 2016
There is so much going on in preparation for the holidays – I cannot do it all. This weekend was the Norman Rockwell Christmas Festivities in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, but when I finally thought about going, the Red Lion Inn was … Continue reading
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Tagged Andrie Rose Inn, Blue Genian Lodge, Castle Hill Resort, Chester, Echo Lake Inn, Golden Stage Inn, Grafton, Grafton Inn, Inn at Weathersfield, Inn-dulgence Tour, Inndulgence Tour, Londonderry, Ludlow, Okemo Valley, Perkinsville, Plymouth, Proctorsville, Stone Hearth Inn, Vermont, VT, Weston
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BACKYARD (ALMOST) OVERNIGHT — 9-10 NOVEMBER 2016
I needed a break; well after all, I have been home three weeks !!! And it was this time last year I felt the same way and spent 9-11 November 2015 in MAINLY MAINE. I planned an exploration of Providence, RI, … Continue reading
A WALPOLEAN IN PARIS – 11-17 OCTOBER 2016 — PART II
Part II of this adventure, as promised, but later than I had planned to give it to you. But, there is a reason — “The Power of the Internet.” I had an invitation to Connecticut for Saturday the 29th, and … Continue reading
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A WALPOLEAN IN PARIS – 11-17 OCTOBER 2016 — PART I
As my friends know, this has been a limited traveling year due to inability to walk, and back surgery. When my son, David, accompanied me to an appointment with my back surgeon earlier this year, he said, “my Dad is … Continue reading
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LEAVES — 20 OCTOBER 2016
I was working on “A Walpolean in Paris – 11-17 October 2016” Part I and Part II, but could sense that BLUE BELLE was “blue.” She was pining, “there is all that color out there, but no blue. I can … Continue reading
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TWO LOCAL THINGS YOU NEED TO DO – NOW !!! — 3 and 4 October 2016
This is not the conclusion of “Everything Dutch in the Hudson Valley” – I know that. But this will be a brief encouragement for some nearby explorations you need to do very soon. Scott and Betty arrived with their Airstream … Continue reading
18 SEPT 2016 HEADING TO — EVERYTHING DUTCH IN THE HUDSON VALLEY — AND BACK FROM 23 SEPT 2016
Welcome back to SHUNPIKING WITH RAY. I seem to find it harder and harder to find the time to document my explorations for you, and those documentations are coming later after a journey. I thought of a good way, however, to split up … Continue reading
A NEW DISCOVERY AND “HIT AND MISS” – 10 SEPTEMBER 2016
This weekend was the 45th Annual Dublin Gas Engine Meet in Dublin, NH, on Route 101. Fascinated for decades by the old “hit ‘n miss” engines, you may recall I went last year, and that Alex and I had … Continue reading
BONUS DAY – BONUS 164 KILOMETERS WITH BLUE BELLE – 5 SEPTEMBER 2016
Happy Labor Day. You may be caught in traffic – I was not, as I am in “heaven.” I expected today to be bad weather wise with the storm that hit the south earlier in the week, but I was … Continue reading
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