Monthly Archives: April 2014
Birding Lamoille County
One of my plans for 2014 was to focus on one of our adjacent counties for a mini-Big Year effort once I got home from the Southwest. I looked at Caledonia, to our east where we sometimes camp, and Orange to the … Continue reading
Posted in County Big Year, Lamoille County, Local Birding
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Rig is Home Again
We have a large aluminum lawn ornament in front of our house after I moved it yesterday from its storage place downtown. Many thanks for our friends Shawn and Helen for loaning us some flat space beside their big rig … Continue reading
Posted in equipment_issues, refrigerator, repairs, rig maintenance
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Back in Vermont, Birding
We survived the last several days of intensive tractor-trailer rasslin’ on I-81 and after a real long drive got to the saner roads of Vermont. We dropped the trailer downtown at Shawn & Helen’s (which will work great) and came … Continue reading
Posted in Vermont Birding, Washington County
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Less Road Trip Drama, Please!
We were booked to stay four nights in Mississippi, to see our friends and to let things melt more at home. Well, that changed when we learned that Kevin would be away at work and I got looking at weather … Continue reading
Posted in equipment_issues, repairs, Southwest trip 4
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Spring Plumage
Well, in spite of my last post on taking our sweet time returning, we’ve decided to make a run for it from Mississippi, trying to stay ahead of some thunderstorms in the forecast, as we feel the tug of the … Continue reading
Posted in Southwest trip 4, Trip Planning
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Some Thoughts About Driving – While Driving
I drove about five hours on I-10 from Beaumont, Texas across most of Louisiana, including an 18-mile (29 km) stretch of elevated highway between Lafayette and Baton Rouge known as the Atchafalaya Swamp Freeway, as it goes over the Atchafalaya … Continue reading
Posted in personal reflection, RV Travel, Southwest trip 4
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