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VT 251 Cycling Adventure:Day30
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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VT 251 Cycling Adventure:Day29
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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VT 251 Cycling Adventure:Day28
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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VT 251 Cycling Adventure:Day27
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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True Colors; Reflections when Biking in the Fall
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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VT Cycling Adventure: Days 25–26
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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VT 251 Cycling Adventure:Day24
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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VT 251 Cycling Adventure:Day23
Dorset, Mount Tabor, Danby, Wallingford, Clarendon, Shrewsbury, Mount Holly, Weston, Londonderry, Landgrove, and Peru Miles: 53 Total to Date: 197 towns and 1,270 miles. Today has been a day of variations. It included some real ups and downs, both inside and out. I had some relatively flat riding along a river, but also a hill…
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VT 251 Cycling Adventure:Day22
Sandgate, Rupert, Pawlet, Wells, Tinmouth, Middletown Springs, and Poultney Miles: 45, at least a quarter of them on dirt Total to Date: 186 towns and 1,217 miles. Last night the demons of old grief and pain sprang up and grabbed me by the throat. I had a hard time sleeping and spent the day trying…
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VT 251 Cycling Adventure:Day 21
Fair Haven and West Haven Miles: 12 Total to Date: 179 towns and 1,172 miles. Today’s geology was really different from yesterday’s. Rather than marble, I was now in slate country. Walls and buildings were constructed with it. I passed a large, now closed slate mine. These waste slate piles are some of the few…
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