Author Archives: Ron Haines

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About Ron Haines

Find me at https://ronhaines.wordpress.com/

July 4, Contoocook style

Posted on July 4, 2014 by Ron Haines

The rain gods must smile on small town festivities. Monsoon rains most of the night and early this morning stopped almost completely for about an hour and a half today for the Fourth of July parade in Contoocook, NH, complete … Continue reading →

Posted in Grandchildren, Photos mostly | 1 Comment

Crazy white male seeks fellow canoe sailors

Posted on June 26, 2014 by Ron Haines

(Update:  I have closed down the MeetUp groups mentioned in this post.  If you live in the Northeast or in Florida and are interested in sailing with me, leave a note with your contact information in the comments section) When … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalachian Moutain Club, Grumman canoe, Sailing | 18 Comments

Turn right on Main Street

Posted on June 23, 2014 by Ron Haines

It makes my day when I am traveling down a rural, two-lane highway and my GPS says: ‘In eighteen miles turn right on Main Street.’ What it means is that after 18 miles of pleasant driving past farm fields and … Continue reading →

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

Finding fellow canoeists on a woodsy paddle in the Boston suburbs

Posted on June 21, 2014 by Ron Haines

After a couple years of traveling in a plastic armada of kayaks on paddle trips with various groups in Florida and the Northeast, my vintage Grumman aluminum canoe had the pleasure of the company of five other canoes on a … Continue reading →

Posted in Appalachian Moutain Club, Grumman canoe, Nature, Paddling, Sierra Club | 4 Comments

Another recycled gas station…and baby swans.

Posted on June 20, 2014 by Ron Haines

Right near the launch site during a recent paddle on the Connecticut River near Gill, Massachusetts, I found another treasured old gas station, this one recycled into Riverside Healing and Bodyworks. I couldn’t resist taking a photo to add to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gas stations, Nature, Paddling, Photos mostly | 5 Comments

Capturing the Blue Heron

Posted on June 18, 2014 by Ron Haines

Getting a decent photo of a blue heron is a piece of cake in Florida compared to up here in the northeast. Here they are generally very leery of humans and fly away when you try to get close. In … Continue reading →

Posted in Nature, Paddling, Photos mostly | 2 Comments

A&W–the last one in Vermont

Posted on June 16, 2014 by Ron Haines

The mug was frosty and the ice cold root beer tasted just as good as I remembered. This A&W stand, complete with carhops and the trays that attach to your window, is in Middlebury, VT, and is the last one … Continue reading →

Posted in Photos mostly, Road trip | 4 Comments

Old Gas Stations (Sometimes) Don’t Just Fade Away

Posted on August 31, 2013 by Ron Haines

In my meanderings around the eastern half of the US lately I have taken photographs of old gas stations.  Some are being used by other businesses—auto repair is a popular repurposing, but they run the gamut from thrift stores to … Continue reading →

Posted in Gas stations | 1 Comment

You’re Invited!

Posted on April 29, 2012 by Ron Haines

Hi Friends. If you’re in Southeast Florida and want to hear and see more about the 75-mile, 2012 River of Grass Canoe Expedition, May 10 at the Palm Beach County Library in Lantana is where you want to be.  Yes, … Continue reading →

Posted in Everglades, Paddling, Sierra Club | 1 Comment

Once a canoe camper always a canoe camper (but it gets tougher as you get older)

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Ron Haines

I am continuing to paddle, mostly limited to day trips around town, but I decided recently to get adventurous again and I was accepted to be a participant in the week-long, 75-mile 2012 River of Grass Canoe Expedition, sponsored by … Continue reading →

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