LOG OF ADVENTURES – YEAR BY YEAR
CLICK ON BLACK BEAUTY
“VINTAGE CAMPER TOYS” – “CANNED HAMS”
Click on Image for my Philosophies and Ideas on Collecting
POPCORNMAN RAY – CLICK ON IMAGE
Part of Humpty Dumpty's wall THE ORIGINAL HISTORIC INNS OF NEW ENGLAND
Click on Image for Story
ONE OF MY MOST VISITED POSTS
Click on this Image to View 134 Flickering Flames -
Tag Archives: VT
WINDHAM COUNTY – 171km LOOP – 24 JULY 2025
My last overnight adventure was in April. For some reason I have not felt like doing overnights, but that will change. I have planned trips, places new to see, or to revisit, but it has gotten harder to find accommodations, … Continue reading
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
Posted in Day (or maybe two) Trips
Tagged Ferrisburg, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Rokeby Museum, Vergennes, Vermont, VT
1 Comment
VINS NATURE CENTER – QUECHEE, VT – 29 JUNE 2022
Now 50 years old, founded in 1972, and I have been passing the entrance (near a bend in the road so not really looking) now for 20 years. But the other day a friend told me the fun they had … Continue reading
QUICK OVERNIGHT and NEW DISCOVERIES – 26-27 August 2020
I am still overly cautious about leaving my home with COVID on the prowl, but often a trip beckons, and a beckoning happened. My daughter and her family had a cabin for a week in New York on Lake … Continue reading
Posted in Day (or maybe two) Trips
Tagged Charlotte, lake champlain ferry, Mt Philo State Park, Roxbury Mountain Road, Vermont, VT, Warren, Warren Vermont
4 Comments
TWO FAVORITE PLACES — THREE PLUS HOUR TOUR — 18 JULY 2020
Yes, considering circumstances with COVID, long distance trips are just a memory, and a distant hope. But, today BLUE BELLE and I got itchy, and off we headed to local great places we enjoy, and are safe without crowds refusing … Continue reading
Posted in Day (or maybe two) Trips, Miscellaneous Musings, Santa's Land
Tagged Charlestown, Fort at No 4, Herrick's Cove, New Hampshire, Putney, Santa's Land, VT
7 Comments
“A JEWEL BEYOND PRICE” – NAULAKHA – A VERMONT TREASURE – MAY 2019
“Did you know that…” Rudyard Kipling, who was the most famous author in the world, built his home, Naulakha, in 1892 in Dummerston (just north of the Brattleboro line) where he lived for four years. Here he wrote some of … Continue reading
Posted in Landmark Trust USA
Tagged "A JEWEL BEYOND PRICE", Brattleboro, Dummerston, Landmark Trust USA, Naulakha, Rudyard Kipling, Vermont, VT
5 Comments
TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS – SANTA’S LAND – AND MORE – 25 NOVEMBER 2018
This weekend I did a few holiday things I want to share with you, and I have listed some holiday events I encourage you to explore. Many I have done, and will link you to my past adventures to further … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous Musings, Thanksgiving and Christmas
Tagged 2018, CHRISTMAS BY CANDLELIGHT OLD STURBRIDGE VILLAGE, COOLIDGE HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE PLYMOUTH NOTCH, Hartness House Inn, MAIN STREET AT CHRISTMAS STOCKBRIDGE, Massachusetts, OKEMO VALLEY INNDULGENCE TOUR, Putney, Santa's Land, Springfield, TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, Vermont, VT
Leave a comment
TWO TRAIN TRIP TALES – 4 OCTOBER 2018 and 14 JUNE 2018
So these adventures are four months apart? I still want to remember, and to share, and hopefully provide you with some ideas for future fun. Let me begin with the past week, and go back. Only lived in New Hampshire … Continue reading
IMPRESSIVE DISCOVERY – 1 SEPTEMBER 2018 – SOUTHERN VERMONT NATURAL HISTORY MUSUEM
For months I have had day excursions planned for September. This weekend is the Garlic Festival in Bennington. Years ago, Cathy and I visited when it was still in Wilmington, Vermont. That was the plan for the first, and BLUE … Continue reading
Shunpiking with Ray 