This summer I didn’t have enough free time to do another long bike tour, I’ll have to wait until next summer for that. But that never stops me from planning a few fun getaway’s. My friend Leslie from Buffalo, NY came to visit last week and we spent a fabulous ten days exploring the Champlain … Continue reading
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Biking and Swimming My Way Through the Polar Vortex
This winter has been cold, very cold. We’re getting well acquainted with night temperatures regularly hitting the 15-20 below mark, and day time temps barely creeping above zero. Along with the cold has come a lot of ice and a serious lack of snow. This is a bit problematic for a house that sits 16 … Continue reading
Dog Sledding in the Worcester Range
As anyone who lives in Vermont (or just about anywhere else in the country) knows, this has been a weird winter. We’ll have a week of 20 below, a sudden big snow dump, and then a few days of 40 and raining before going back into a deep freeze. Needless to say, it’s not been … Continue reading
Ice Storm 2013 – Time for Studded Snow Tires
One of the things I love about Vermont is that you can either get out to Ski or to Bike on virtually any day of the year, which means there is never any excuse for boredom. That said, we are three days into 40’s and raining, the temp is now hovering around freezing, most of … Continue reading
It’s Officially Winter; I Need a Ski Closet
When is the first official day of winter? The calendar says December 21, but anyone in Vermont knows that’s quite arbitrary. You may define it as the first good snow fall, the first time you have to shovel your driveway, or the first sub-zero night. Those landmarks have all come and gone this year, so … Continue reading