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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Winhall, Manchester, Sunderland, Arlington, Shaftsbury, Glastenbury, Bennington and Pownal Miles: 46 Totals to Date: 205 towns and 1,317 miles. I am writing this on Day 25, which was supposed to be rainy all day. I think the rain is more on and off, but based on the forecast, I decided to take the day mostly…

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