Tag: Vermont
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Counties in Vermont that I have Visited
There are 14 Counties in Vermont – “The Green Mountain State“ Also be sure to see my United States County Counting Page for the rest of the states. I have visited 14 Counties = 100% of Counties in Vermont Counties visited are colored-in; counties still needing to be visited are blank. Map created using Mob…
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Green Mountain Railroad – White River Flyer
White River Junction to Thetford, Vermont (October 2010) A beautiful early fall day is a perfect time for a ride on the Green Mountain Railroad. They offer three routes for tourist excursions: Burlington to Charlotte (“Champlain Valley Flyer”); Bellows Falls to Chester Depot (“Green Mountain Flyer”) and White River Junction to Thetford (“White River Flyer”).…
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Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge
Between Cornish, New Hampshire and Windsor, Vermont (October 2010) We happened to be in Windsor, Vermont for a long autumn weekend as the leaves began to change color, and decided to visit the historic home of August Saint-Gaudens in nearby Cornish. The most efficient way to do that is by taking the wonderful Cornish-Windsor covered…
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New England, Part 3 (Did I Mention Doughnuts?)
Each road trip I took offered different opportunities for County Counting, whether as a stated goal or as an amusing side project. I examined the situation carefully before departing so I could see how I might augment my lifetime list. I’d done pretty well in New England during previous visits. Nonetheless those earlier trips had…
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New England, Part 1 (Give me a Sign)
I returned recently from another one of my hurried trips, this one to the New England states. All of them. Plus New York for good measure. Those of you who followed Twelve Mile Circle’s Twitter account knew that already. The rest of the 12MC audience may not have noticed anything at all. I wrote a…
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Lowest Landlocked Elevation – US States
The analysis of landlocked national lowpoints amused me so much that I decided to extend the exercise. So I switched to individual states within the United States. Once again I found a perfectly matching Wikipedia page so I didn’t have to recreate my own. Behold: a List of U.S. states and territories by elevation. Only…
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Easiest New England
Twelve Mile Circle has received a steady drip of visitors who seem to want to know the shortest automobile route that could be taken to touch all of the New England states. I don’t see these queries every day. However, they comprise a consistent two or three every month-or-so and they have been landing on…
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Presidential Birthplaces
I’m not sure why I began to think about the birthplaces of every President of the United States. Maybe this might interest people, or so I considered. However I wasn’t fooling myself — I did it for me. Theoretically I could pass through one of these areas someday in the future and I might want…
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Sydney Tentacles
It’s been a long time since I visited Sydney, Australia, as evidenced by the lousy quality photograph I took of the city skyline from the Taronga Zoo. That happened during the pre-digital era, or at least my pre-ownership-of-anything-digital era. Digital cameras probably existed although my cheapness would have prevented me from purchasing something until much…
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King’s College Tract
I came across a tiny, minor footnote as I researched Yankee Doodle Dunce, an account of allegedly independent nations that joined the United States. This story involved Vermont specifically. The situation occurred within the confusing, overlapping New York royal decrees and New Hampshire Grants. The turmoil of the American Revolutionary War further compounded the situation.…