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Category Archives: Day (or maybe two) Trips
OVERNIGHT ESCAPE – 16-17 JANUARY 2023
It was time for me to have a break. Just a day away, or overnight, helps me refocus and actually accomplish more when I return. But I was perplexed. Where do I go, and I thought and thought before remembering … Continue reading
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Tagged Hatfield Massachusetts, Mass., Montague, Old Mill Inn
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ANOTHER YEARLY TRANSITION — 2022 to 2023 — 31 December 2022
My last post relating memories and adventures for the year 2022, and hopefully posted before “the ball drops.” Starting off, and truthful, I am not as thrilled as usual with my images and tales, but as always would like to … Continue reading
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Tagged Castle Hill Resort, Hildene, Manchester, portsmouth new hampshire, Strawbery Banke, Vermont
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OCTOBER LEAVES POTPOURRI – 2022
I am turning a corner, and in the last days have booked two overnights in the near future. But, in time you will read of those. But on this page is a compilation of three adventures “on the road” 6, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dummerston, Horatio the Elephant, Town Pounds, Vermont
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DUBLIN GAS ENGINE MEET – 50th ANNIVERSARY – 10 SEPTEMBER 2022
There are some things I enjoy doing, and heading to Cricket Hill Farm in Dublin for the Dublin Gas Engine Meet is something I look forward to. BLUE BELLE (1960 MGA Roadster) and I headed off today for the 50th … Continue reading
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Tagged Dublin Gas Engine Meet, Hit and Miss Engine, NH
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VERGENNES, VERMONT OVERNIGHT – 17-18 AUGUST 2022
I do not seem to be getting out and about as much as I used to, but I am busy. Lack of “shunpiking explorations” is probably a combination of factors: I still wish to avoid crowds; places I wish to … Continue reading
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Tagged Ferrisburg, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Rokeby Museum, Vergennes, Vermont, VT
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MIDDLESEX CANAL and GREAT WEEKEND – 18-20 JUNE 2022
A month or so ago my son Gary and I were “Zooming” and I suggested meeting at the Middlesex Canal Museum in North Bellerica, and exploring the canal which traverses both Woburn and Winchester, Massachusetts, were he and my son, … Continue reading
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Tagged Giant Step, Massachusetts, Middlesex Canal, Middlesex Canal Museum, North Bellerica, Woburn
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BACK TO THE MOUNTAINS – 30 MARCH to 2 APRIL 2022
Still hard for me to get “back on the road.” Things have changed so much due to the pandemic, but recently things appear to be rebounding, and folks are comfortable not hiding their faces. Remember in 2019 I had an … Continue reading
SCOUTING OVERNIGHT – 18-19 MARCH 2022
I am forcing myself to learn how to travel again – it has been so long, and things are different. People are getting out, thus lodging harder to find. And, in the last two years it has become harder to … Continue reading
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Tagged "Mast Tree Riot", Birchwood Inn, Dover, NH, Silver Fountain Inn, Temple
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“THE HEART OF THE COMMONWEALTH” – EXPLORATIONS AT “THE WOO” – 12 FEBRUARY 2022
That title may get you to read further. Six weeks into the new year, and I drove about 140 miles on 12 February – more miles than I have driven in two months. Yes, I have stayed home and safe, … Continue reading
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