Decisions and Thoughts

Saturday, May 15th, I will be going to the Ethan Allen Homestead to see the re-enactments with Daughter and possibly Son.

Sunday, May 23rd, Mom and I will be hiking the Crown Point Road from the Morgan Cemetery (marker 27) in Cavendish to marker 26 or 25 depending on "knee" status. The trail follows a road, so we can probably drive some of it, and leap into the woods at various markers. Mom owns the Crown Point Road Association guidebook, so we can read all about each spot.

Sunday, May 30th, I will be traveling in and near my hometown of Cambridge to see local artists during Vermont's Open Studio Weekend. On the itinerary are Nancy Hayden's Northwind Studio and Gallery on Rte 15 between Jeffersonville and Cambridge, Ralph Tursini's Woodturing and Bowl Works in the Cambridge Business Park on Rte 15 outside Cambridge, Karen Winslow's Art Studio on Bartlett Hill Rd in Cambridge, Eric Tobin's Fine Art on Plot Rd in Johnson, and Matt Seasholtz's Glass Design on E Main St in Hyde Park.

Saturday, June 12th (free VT historic site day) Daughter and I will go see President Calvin Coolidge's birthplace in Plymouth. *www.historicvermont.org/coolidge* Calvin Coolidge was sworn in as President by his father, a local notary public, here in his boyhood home on August 3, 1923, after hearing of President Harding's death. Pretty much the entire village is unchanged since that day, and most of it is owned & maintained by the State of Vermont - some 2 dozen buildings according to their website. It's open late May - mid October, daily, 9:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Don't know yet what I'm doing the weekend of June 5th. Maybe see the Old Stone House in Brownington, or hike to the Brunswick Springs site. More about those later...

Happy trails!