Sharon, Pomfret, Woodstock, Bridgewater, Plymouth, and Barnard. 53 Miles Total to Date: 1639 miles and 250 of 251 cities and towns in Vermont. I had a nice evening visiting longtime friends. One is 97 years old and still shovels the snow out of her driveway and mows her lawn. The other is in her eighties…

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Ludlow, Cavendish, Weathersfield, Reading, West Windsor, Windsor, Hartland, Hartford, and Norwich Miles: 55 Total to Date: 244 cities and towns and 1,586 miles. Last night I stayed with Brooke (“B”) Decker, who is the state’s bee inspector. We shared a lovely evening talking about hiking, biking, and bees. She had seen me weeks ago when…

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Windham, Athens, Grafton, Rockingham, Westminster, Springfield, Baltimore, Chester and Andover Miles: 67. I lost track of the dirt/paved ration. Fifty percent up and 50 percent down! Total to Date: 235 towns and 1,531 miles. It seems that more happened today than I can fully write about in this blog. Some will have to wait for…

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Dummerston, Putney, Brookline, Newfane, Dover, Stratton, Wardsboro, Jamaica and Townshend Miles: 57, at least half on dirt Total to Date: 226 towns and 1,464 miles. I was lucky to have my friends Chim and Madeline once again offer to carry my gear for me. They were enroute from Mass to Maine and made a winding…

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Marlboro, Whitingham, Halifax, Guilford, Vernon, and Brattleboro 38 miles, all but about 9 on dirt Total to Date: 217 towns and 1,407 miles. After my wet, cold day I spent a warm night in a quaint inn that my good friend Karen Deets arranged for me. What a relief not to be camping in that…

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The leaves out here are gorgeous. I am bombarded with new brilliance at every bend in the road. Anyone who has seen Vermont in autumn knows what I am talking about. Every night when I begin to fall asleep I see reds, oranges, and yellows behind my closed eyelids. I was thinking the other day…

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