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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Woodford, Searsburg, Readsboro, Stamford, Somerset and Wilmington. (Only 40 towns to go!) Miles: 52 (5 on Saturday and 47 on Sunday). Total to Date: 211 towns and 1,369 miles. I spent last night in an apartment in an art gallery in North Bennington! It is a renovated old mill building that reminds me of a

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