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DAYS 8 and 9 – 09/22 to 09/23/2012 Stowe and Go

Posted on September 25, 2012 | 1 comment

Doug and Huntly directed us to some awesome mountain bike trails right in Stowe called the Cady Hill Trails. Not all that long but definitely not for beginners! We had a blast. Here’s a trail map:

www.townofstowevt.org/images/photos/cady_hill_trails.pdf

Don’t ask me which trails we went on. My usual riding involves desperately keeping up with the group. I just follow where they go! I do remember falling off some low bridges on the Bridgey trail.

We also went to Caroline’s soccer game. They won 4-0! Yay! The game was exciting plus we got to visit with Huntly and Doug some more. Here’s a photo of some team action:

the Stowe Raiders, in dark green

And here’s Caroline in action:

Just kidding, Caroline. You blocked everything that came your way but your team dominated so, not so much for you to do!

Caroline’s fans:

David, Jane and Huntly

– Jane

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DAY 5- 09/19/2012- Adirondacks

Posted on September 21, 2012 | 1 comment

 

Pancakes with Maple syrup were in order.  The sky is clear blue with piercing morning light.  Today will be fun.  90 miles of 40mph beauty led us to more surprises.  We picnicked at a river and upon looking upstream found a great smooth place to paddle.  Jane and I are water-weannies and just like to be on placid water for an hour to see the sites and look for birds or whatever.   A short, narrow portage led us to West Canada Creek at a confluence that had been used to run logs over the years.

Beautiful West Canada Creek

 

 

 

Later Jane mentioned Gore Mt. was near, so I turned into the access road.   I convinced Jane to take a little walk up the Mountain.  We went about a third or halfway straight up the gondola then walked down some nice green trails back to our heavy little home.

– David

 

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DAY 4 – 09/18/2012 – It’s raining – let’s just get some driving done

Posted on September 21, 2012 | 1 comment

Dry in the camper, we decided there wasn’t much else to do.  We can make it to the Adirondacks today.  On wet roads especially, I began to notice the front of the truck is a “little light”.  The weight of our tramper settles down onto the back, known as tongue weight and this raises the front end.  Dramatic cornering or braking will be avoided.

We drove 250 miles today.  We sat in a McDonalds, of all places, trying to use WiFi.  Frustration.  Next, we drove to Buttermilk Falls and made our lunch, walked around and felt ready to DRIVE.

Evening and hunger sent us off on a side road where we blocked our light from going out our windows. (Stealth Camping)  The nearest driveway had a sign warning trespassers of 24 hr video surveillance.  Weird.  Good thing we weren’t poaching.  Jane and I assembled a lovely pizza with fresh tomatoes and peppers from a roadside stand and feasted  once again.

Yum! another feast

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What did you think?

Posted on September 21, 2012 | 3 comments

After posting the hurried “pants were sacrificed” and being unable to insert the picture at the slow McDonalds WiFi…we find ourselves wondering:  what did people think we meant?  Any ideas, thoughts, or suggestions before we add the “correct” photo to clarify that post?

-David and Jane

PS: we now have a 4G Hotspot and seem likely to start posting regularly again.   And, promise to include more of our own pictures from the past few wonderful days

 

By the way, in all of our packing, planning and finally leaving, we had our last departure gift of one more biopsy for Jane.  Our previous cell carrier lacked the service in the places we we’ve been traveling (and NOT blogging), but today I got a very important text from Jane’s Doctor.  THE PATHOLOGY REPORT SHOWED NO CANCER RETURN!  WE’VE BEEN JUMPING UP AND DOWN!!!!!  (Pictures to follow soon after a good night’s sleep.)

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We have Liftoff!

Posted on September 17, 2012 | 7 comments

At about 7:15 on Saturday, September 15, 2012, we left home for our trip. Yay! Pants were sacrificed

-Jane

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