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About Ron Haines

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Here it is!

Posted on July 2, 2015 by Ron Haines

I’ve been using my new ultralite Hornbeck canoe a fair bit since picking it up last month in the Adirondacks on my way back to Connecticut from Texas. Read about the shopping trip here. It’s light, paddles fast and, as … Continue reading →

Posted in Hornbeck canoe, Paddling | 4 Comments

Next time I’ll wear a hat

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Ron Haines

Pulled in to this place recently in tiny Hawley, TX, along US 83 north of Abilene, ready for a breakfast as only places like this can do them. Inside there were nine men, middle-aged or better, arranged around three nearby … Continue reading →

Posted in Offbeat, Road trip | 6 Comments

This Timex is going to stop ticking

Posted on June 17, 2015 by Ron Haines

Timexpo, the Waterbury CT museum that celebrates all things Timex, is going to close at the end of September. Not enough people bother to visit, says the company, which is headquartered in nearby Middlebury.  Oddly enough, the facility has the … Continue reading →

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The grass is always greener…

Posted on June 12, 2015 by Ron Haines

Or maybe it should be ‘The weeds are always greener on the other side of the fence.’  This through-the-fence eater was spotted along a dirt road between Scottsbluff and Alliance in Nebraska.

Posted in Offbeat, Photos mostly, Road trip | 1 Comment

Town of Many

Posted on June 5, 2015 by Ron Haines

I guess they didn’t want to bother with figuring out what the population is.  I would have named it Town of Not Very Many.

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Six days on the road…and a new canoe to show for it

Posted on May 11, 2015 by Ron Haines

(UPDATES:  1. There is now a photo below of me in my new canoe.   2. Peter Hornbeck, who figured large in my new boat purchase, died in December of 2020.  His obituary.) Ok, I really don’t have it yet, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Grumman canoe, Hornbeck canoe, Paddling | 14 Comments

A useful sign

Posted on April 21, 2015 by Ron Haines

I took this photo back in 2013 on the Swift River near Belchertown, Massachusetts. Originally from Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, the sign obviously took a prankster’s ride to the alligator-unfriendly climes of the Northeast, where it was planted as a … Continue reading →

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Dueling violins

Posted on April 12, 2015 by Ron Haines

Whatever musical talent granddaughters M and S possess does NOT come from me, I can assure you. My career ended after a kindergarten piano recital, my only recollection of which is that my fingers were numbered in pencil to correspond … Continue reading →

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Pushing the season

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Ron Haines

The grass is still brown and there’s the occasional pile of white stuff laying around.  It must be Connecticut in April!  Too early in April for serious spring, apparently.  Can’t complain a whole lot I guess.  Last year it snowed … Continue reading →

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New kid on the block

Posted on March 28, 2015 by Ron Haines

A fire hydrant’s been a fire hydrant for a long time. In fact, they’ve all looked and functioned basically the same for 100 years, according to ABC. That has changed. Here’s the new kid: And the old fart:I noticed the … Continue reading →

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