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Coming off an intangibly rewarding summer on hydrobikes (and pedalboards) in northern Wisconsin . . .
. . . including a spectacularly successful attack on the invasive Purple Loosestrife population by Cousin Rob, le Chef des Loosestrifeurs, bravo, we are road-tripping once again home to Virginia.
Our winter of 2021-2022 is now officially underway, beginning with . . .
The Art Institute of Chicago, and the Cumberland Falls State Park in Kentucky
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A stop-over in Chicago, and lunch in front of The Bean |
The Art Institute of Chicago, 2 October 2021 |
A visit to the Cumberland Falls State Resort Park,
Kentucky, 4-8 October 2021 |
The walk out to the Eagle Falls for another view of
the Cumberland River Falls, 6 October 2021 |
The Blue Bend Trail on the Cumberland River,
7 October 2021 |
An evening in Wytheville, Virginia, on the long
road home, 8 October 2021
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Home to Virginia, October 2021 |
Autumn walks round Staunton, as the colors begin
to change, 17-19 October 2021 |
Another didactic walk round Staunton VA, and
especially the Wharf District, 21 October 2021
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The Lake Sherando 'cliff trail'
24 October 2021
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Some more local walks, with much improved fall colors
and some horrible vines, 5-10 November 3031 |
The last of the fall colors: the Gospel Hill historic district
13 November 2021
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A little more of Staunton's MBU, another trip to
Sherando Lake, post-mid November 2021 |
The magic of antique hunting -- the Tuckahoe Antique
Mall,
26 November 2021 |
The mysterious sign at Sherando Lake, and other bits
and bobs, 2-9 December 2021 |
A Montgomery Hall three-trail mélange of a hike, and
the Christmas crèche, 12 December 2021 |
A brief visit to Culpeper, Virginia
14-16 December 2021
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Lunch in Middleburg, Virginia
16 December 2021
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A quick peek at Purcellville, Virginia
also 16 December 2021
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A flying visit to Alexandria, Virginia
17-18 December 2021
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The other half of our Montgomery Hall
three-trail mélange of a hike, 24 December 2021 |
Sherando Lake: a Christmas Day picnic lunch
and walk round the lake, 25 December 2021
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The Augusta Springs Wetlands in mid-winter
27 December 2021
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Thanks to the Watchful-Angels-Over-Us that 2021's finally done with.
Grand hopes for 2022. Maybe. |
At last, a snow day in Staunton
3 January 2022
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Another Staunton walk, in the Newtown District
5 January 2022
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A new Uplands Trail at Augusta Springs Wetlands
13 January 2022
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Scenes from another Staunton snow day
16 January 2022
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Civic Duty at City Hall; wintry walks at Gypsy Hill, Augusta Springs, the Yulee Trail, 19-29 January 2022 |
A fire in the neighborhood, and another walk in the
Montgomery Hall Park, 3-8 February 2022 |
The Sherando Ice Sheet and a chilly Cliff Trail
9 February 2022
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Further explorations in our famously badly mistreated
wetland park, 17 February 2022 |
The northern Outer Banks of North Carolina, without the feral horses |
Walks among the Quercus virginiana on North Carolina's Outer Banks, 27 February - 6 March 2022 |
The Nags Head Woods Preserve, Outer Banks
1 March 2022 |
The Jockey's Ridge State Park, with major sand
1 March 2022
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Roanoke Island, NC: Manteo & 'Fort Raleigh'
2 March 2022
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A reading day by the pool, and a visit to historic Corolla downtown
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- 5 March 2022 |
Springtime in the Shenandoah Valley |
Searching for spring flowers at Sherando Lake and the Montgomery Hall jungle, March 2022 |
Early April scenery, with cats: Farmers' Market, Montgomery Hall, Frontier Culture Museum |
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