Category Archives: Photos mostly

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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