Blogs from Vermont, United States, North America - page 9

D.C. AND VERMONT 2012 When son Bill, Shirley, Will, and Henry embarked on a two-year tour across America in a 42-foot fifth-wheel travel trailer about six months ago, we planned to meet up with them when they arrived in the New England states during fall foliage season. We added a three-day stopover in Washington, D.C. so we could finish the sightseeing for which we didn’t have time during our previous trip to our nation’s capital a few years ago. Monday, Sept. 24, 2012 We arrived at Washington National Airport in the late afternoon and took the Metro to Union Station, from where we taxied to the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill, located only two blocks from our nation’s capitol. After a light supper, we enjoyed the amenities of the hotel and watched Dancing with the ... read more

Arrived in Brattleboro on Amtrak trains from New York, it's the equivalent of a little English market town with the Connecticut river nearby. Very quiet and sleepy just what you need after New York. Walked round the town yesterday they have some great shops here mostly arty. There one shop called Beadnicks which is just amazing whether or not you are interested in making things from beads the display alone is well worth a visit. Every colour you could possibly think of and every shape and size, from minute to huge wooden beads. It's GREAT and the guy in their was really nice. There was another art shop/gallery which had several different artists work. Some great photographs and amazing wood carvings, one of a horses head carved from maple wood and the grain in the wood ... read more

After leaving camp, the gang decided to spend a couple days in Boston for a little R & R. We saw some old peeps (Zach Gray- whoop!) and some new ones (Ethan Monge), before embarking on our camping journey road trip extravaganza. P.S. Our car, which was supposed to have an empty backseat and a roof rack that contained all of our camping gear, was one of the hottest messes of a car I’ve ever encountered. We mailed some boxes home to alleviate some of the crapola filling the backseat, but Lordy if it wasn’t the most crowded car I’ve seen in a hot minute. Anyhoo, Monday morning, we drove the Silver Bullet out of the city and into the countryside of northern Vermont. Rob wanted to see a friend from the camp from whence he ... read more

The last two weeks for me have been a rollercoaster of emotions. major ups and major downs... at times i questioned who i am, and definitly why i am here...the crazy thing was the campers with their incredible hearts were the ones to help me out of my down and lonely times.the campers here have obvious physical and mental requirements and difficulties and they remind me so much of CanTeeners, forever with a smile on thier face no matter how hard life can be. its something i truly respect and admire and fully helps put life into perspective. theres nothing like being tickled to death by my favourite girls tina, bree and mary-pat when im feeling down. and they have the best way with people...always saying "i like you" it just makes you feel so good ... read more

Let me clarify before I unfold the past 2 weeks since I last blogged that the title of this entry is only related to the R.E.M. song in a small way. I don't fully understand the symbolism of the video or of the lyrics. I relate this entry only to the title of the song. That being said, update Two weekends ago, June 15-17, my team went to Boston for team weekend. While there, we visited Newbury Street, where we window-shopped and enjoyed a delicious lunch at Trident Bookstore. Eating lunch in a bookstore is probably on the list of most awesome things I've done. We then proceeded to walk to Harvard Square (yes, we walked, not taking the T...great exercise!) and ate lunch in the North End the next day. We stayed with a family ... read more