Well, you don't have to be very old to get your first walk to Miller Pond...not with Meg and Pete! We bundled up the little fella and put him in the stroller/tank that is basically indestructible. On Easter Saturday, Tom and Rama were here and we all went down towards the pond. Meg and Gus … Continue reading Spring walks with Gus →

When Dee and I were kids, before kids, we got several shipments of trees from the VT conservation district. 50 Scotch Pines fit in a grocery bag! We cracked the soil with a shovel, put some water on them, some of them while she was pregnant with Thomas. Our road frontage was completely open then; … Continue reading Tree Planting…Redux →

It has been very difficult getting a lot of walking in this winter. January was very cold; February warmed up but became prematurely muddy; March has been pretty normal but extraordinarily muddy. The snow in the back was very slick and icy, too dangerous to march around on but not good for snowshoes. Yesterday we … Continue reading First long walk of the year →

Just came back in a from a brilliantly sunny day that's pretty cold (18 degrees). I spent 15 minutes doing tiny steps to stamp down the paths. It's been snowshoes, then walking, then tiny steps, and in one path, sideways steps. Anything to get Appa out to the woods to do her business :). I … Continue reading Snow paths, 2022 →

Ah, Saturday July 31, 2021...a day my legs will not forget. Started in the morning doing chores around the yard, lots of back and forth. Then, out of the blue, Dee wanted to take a walk so we went to Poor Farm Rd (North) and went all the way up the hill till we hit … Continue reading 15,124 steps →

My walking step numbers have been way up over any previous year. I got out a lot before taking the ValleyNet job, but I've still managed to average 8500 or so a day, which is 25% more than even last year...no comparison to life in Dover, even walking around the building on my headset all … Continue reading So much spring walking →

Not a lot of "thoughts" while walking in this one...herein I describe "Poop Patrol", some of the most important work of the winter and early spring. The dogs stop going out to the field when the snow is too deep or it's too cold. Normally, their deposits are easy to see, but when it's snowing … Continue reading Poop Patrol →

It's been a while since I've written here. I kept walking, kind of maniacally, throughout March. It was very strange. I just had an urge to be outside as much as possible. In deep snow, I could put snowshoes on; but this March was unusually dry (only 1.2" of precip) and sunny, so I was … Continue reading Winter into Spring, 2021 →

I started just tromping down a path around the basketball court in January. It's narrow and very tricky now, but I keep using it as it gets me out (8 loops around) without being on the road. I think I'll make it more complex next year, a figure 8 or something. I have made a … Continue reading The basketball court in winter →

I got out today all the way around the bend to the pond view. The road was quite wide open and they had just shaved the snow banks back from the road so I judged it to be safe enough. It was nice to get up the hill and see some different sights. I had … Continue reading Midwinter walk before more snow →