Monthly Archives: January 2011
Biking With The Vizsla
One of the challenges of traveling and camping is too eat healthy and get enough exercise. Fortunately, with the Airstream we can manage our food choices and not be stuck with the fast food options that seem to be everywhere. … Continue reading
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Mississippi Birds
Tufted Titmouse We stopped for two nights at Clarko State Park in Quitman, MS and ran into some nice birds. The park was nearly vacant and birds were all over it — this is a Tufted Titmouse that was around … Continue reading
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Great Weather and WiFi
Any day that starts with seeing a Great Egret on an early morning walk and ending the day with a bike ride with the dog alongside is a good one. Yesterday (Day 4) was a “get it together” day at … Continue reading
3 Days on the road & gonna settle down tonight
After waiting out the storms and dealing with the electrical problems noted in my last post, we launched early Friday morning with the temperature holding below 10 degrees. The first trick was to get down our snowy driveway. I took … Continue reading
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Bluebird in January?
Bluebird in January? We are finally launched on our trip to the Southwest after snow delayed us several days. Yesterday, Day 2, starting out in frigid Pennsylvania, we drove southward on I-81 and started to see birds. Hawks were starting … Continue reading
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Ready, Set, Wait Another Day
As is the case before most major trips, we were up very early this morning. I had plowed the driveway yesterday (we got nearly a foot of new snow), and cleaned off the trailer. I had a lot of trouble … Continue reading
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Northern Hawk Owl
A Northern Hawk Owl The digest of VTbirds this morning had several reports of a Northern Hawk Owl about 10 miles from here. It’s a bird that I’d not seen and rather rare to Vermont — one or two a … Continue reading
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