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“The Movie of the Road”

Posted on October 1, 2012 | 3 comments

…here’s a little slideshow

On the Interstate, My mind and eyes are never relaxed.  On these backroads, I am breathing, thinking, musing about life and generations of lives.  I meet PEOPLE in the stores.

– David

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Some flower pics…

Posted on October 1, 2012 | 4 comments

It’s raining for the second day here in Augusta. So, I’m cooking dinner for 5 in the Tramper and decided to see if I could load my slideshow of wildflowers I’ve seen on the Voyage.

It has sound, too.

Oh, rats! If you make it fullscreen it’s a bit blurry. It’s my first time making an iPhoto slideshow and I spent 2 days trying to make it work. It’s good enough… I’m done

– Jane

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DAYs 10 and 11 – 09/24-25/2012 – East Burke Vermont

Posted on September 26, 2012 | 3 comments

Travel, by nature, means we have to leave places to get to new ones.  Leaving family in Stowe was not easy.  Although each person or family we visit, will in some way, sigh some amount of relief as they get to go back to their rhythm and get things done again, or get a little more sleep.  We do get interesting quotes:  I’m jealous, or, I want to do that trip-I can homeschool and come along!

As we contain our “leaving” sadness there always seems a sight or prospect of future fun.

Leaving a high Vermont pass in early morning, blue sky above, but headed into a Valley full of clouds (we promised everyone a “Pretty day was coming” as the fog burned off)

KINGDOM TRAILS, East Burke, VT.

Map highlighted by someone with a little more stamina in her “2 hour ride” than we Southerners

The name seems to come from the Northeast Kingdom.  This cooperative Mountain Bike Area gets rights from private property owners and “snowmobile clubs”.  The map boasts >100 miles, but what I found is Something for Everyone.   Imagine you like to ride your bike in the woods.  What would you look for?  Some would want gentle, smooth trails meandering near a brook throu

This one is smooth and inviting

gh meadows near farms.  Some would want a MountainDew commercial with berms, jumps, gaps, walls, and features abounding from the top of a ski mountain to the wrist-pounding bottom.  While others would seek classic twisty-turny single track leading along topographical features with a few bridges, roots and rocks mixed into interesting spots along the way….

WOW, my two favorites were “Burnham Down” and “Tap and Die”.  I took no pictures of either because all I could do was say WEEE,  WEEEEE,  like the little Geico pig.  (I know, You either love him or hate him).

Suffice to say, once we start working again, we will vacation in the Kingdom Trails.

Perhaps the highlight of each place is the stories and people we meet.  Tom and Berryl are a couple we hope to see again.  Their Ellsworth Tandem has enough technology I’m sure we can talk about as long as we oogled the tramper this morning.  Tim and Maggie were gracious hosts as they let me tag along on trails like “Coronary” and “Coronary Bypass”.  Both plied uphill with the ease you might expect from veterans of this place.  We hope to see them in Maine…

– David

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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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