Author Archives: Ron Haines

The shade tobacco industry in central Connecticut continues to get smaller and smaller. I’ve long known that the growing fields and the big red drying barns were disappearing, slowly being replaced by the housing complexes and industrial parks that are … Continue reading →

This business on Walnut Street in Abiline, Texas, wasn’t open when I happened by a few years ago, so I just snapped a photo and filed it away so I could check it out later. From the front and the … Continue reading →

I had a handful of productive days meandering around Florida this past week.  It included some nice recycled gas stations, a wildlife-filled paddle on the Hillsborough River, a couple days with relatives, and an afternoon visiting with former high school … Continue reading →

…Gone, I’m afraid.  It’ll be very hard for the venerable place to recover from this blow. A trucker, apparently thinking it was a drive-in, did just that a few days before Christmas last year and embedded his rig in the … Continue reading →

That’s true.  It was a couple years ago and I was meandering east through Arizona, sticking as closely as I could to the cracked pavement of the original path of classic Route 66.  Much of it has been paved over … Continue reading →

Walden Pond is nicely nestled in Concord, Massachusetts, about 20 miles west of Boston.  It’s a kettle pond, left behind by retreating glaciers ten or twelve thousand years ago.  (Don’t ask me how we know that please) It’s not a … Continue reading →

I hadn’t heard the song in months.  It’s on one of those CD’s I keep in the car and play only when I am on a serious road trip.  It’s been a good while since I’ve enjoyed one of those. … Continue reading →

I almost forgot to post a note about the end-of-season paddle this year with my friends at Paddle Killingly, an eastern Connecticut paddling group I belong to. To mark the final paddle of the season we always have a pizza … Continue reading →