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TTS Hop 3: East Stroudsburg PA to College Park MD
222 miles via US 209, PA 33, US 22, US 222, US 30, I-83, I-695 (around Baltimore), I-95 and MD 212. Cumulative tow miles: 680. This was almost a reverse of the hop last spring, with a few minor differences. The biggest difference is that we decided to travel US 30 to its connection with … Continue reading
Taking out the docks
The final task in my marina mini-career was taking out the docks. The floating docks had to be removed from the lake and stacked on shore, to keep them from being crushed by the winter ice. This is normally a simple task, taking maybe a day and a half. This year it took a bit … Continue reading
TTS Hop 2: Oakham MA to East Stroudsburg PA
232 miles via MA 122, MA 31, MA 49, US 20, I-84 and US 209. Cumulative tow miles: 458. We are getting out of New England just in time: the temperature in Oakham dropped to 32 the night before we left and also dropped to 32 in East Stroudsburg, PA, the night we arrived. Frost … Continue reading
Duck hunting
I have never lived near a duck hunting venue, so I was a bit startled earlier this month when I woke to sounds of gunshots nearby. Apparently Lake Champlain is a good place to bag some ducks on their way south. Ducks: take note. I was also amused and amazed at the effort that duck … Continue reading
TTS Hop 1: South Hero VT to Oakham MA
229 miles via I-89, I-91, MA 2 and MA 122. This first hop of the TTS was a mirror image of the last hop of the STN, so there was no new scenery. We stopped twice: a lunch stop in Hartford, VT, and an emergency roadside stop just north of the MA border to reattach … Continue reading
Fall foliage
You are not allowed to spend October in Vermont without taking pictures; if you try to leave without any they stop you at the border. So I had to take a few. Fortunately, the day when I took the repaired truck out for an 80-mile test drive was a perfect day and the fall color … Continue reading
Winding down the marina season
The marina closes October 15, but business has been very slow since Labor Day. Once the kids are back in school the lake is used mostly by fishermen – and now duck hunters. But very few pontoon rentals. So a day at the marina consists of minor chores and hours of reading, doing Sudoku and … Continue reading
Montreal, Quebec
Montreal is in an entirely different country, yet it is less than 2 hours from our place on Lake Champlain. We could drive to Montreal in half the time it takes to drive to Boston. And, on a Thursday a couple of weeks ago, we did. We left at 8:30am and returned at 4:30pm. We … Continue reading
Plattsburgh NY
By most measures – including “as the crow flies” – we are closer to Plattsburgh, NY, than we are to Burlington, VT. When we Googled the nearest Walmart we found that it was in Plattsburgh. But we never went to Plattsburgh, despite its proximity. Until two weeks ago. Why? Because it is a ferry ride … Continue reading
Our first workamping gig
“Workamping” was coined to describe those full-time RVers who earn a living while traveling by working at the campground at which they are staying. It is kind of like the Old West where itinerant laborers would work around the ranch for room and board. I don’t know how many people do it, but there are … Continue reading »