Category Archives: Road trip

Anything’ll go with beer…

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Ron Haines

New Hampshire’s answer to Wisconsin’s brats and beer I guess. Locations in Keene and Jaffrey (in photo).

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A two-sheet curling club

Posted on July 27, 2014 by Ron Haines

I know about curling, of course. It’s that funny Olympic sport where grown men slide an object with a handle on it down the ice and other grown men run in front of it with brooms, sweeping like crazy. But … Continue reading →

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War Office

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Ron Haines

Approaching Lebanon, CT, on Route 87 the other day I encountered this sign: OK, I guess maybe in these times if you live in a ­­­­­­­town called Lebanon, you’d want to be prepared. Especially if you’re just down the road … Continue reading →

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Finally, a place for the bills

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Ron Haines

In addition to the standard ‘airmail’ mailbox still seen occasionally in rural areas, this residence along Bebbington Road in Eastford, CT, featured just the right spot for the ‘bills.’

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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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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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