Twas a lovely, rain free but cool overnight in Salem. We ran the furnace a little bit to take the edge off. Happy to have a dual fuel furnace as we can use electricity when plugged in (or running the generator – comfort is not always cost effective). Obviously there was a mandatory objective for…

Today we had to work around the forecast.  By work around, I mean we had to stay out of the rain which nature had planned to be happening most of the day. Today’s morning walk was going to be shorter given the rainy and stormy forecast.  Other motivation was we were going to try a…

Beautiful Day!  Sleep last night was precious.  Morning walk had a purpose.  Despite the slight miscalculation, I headed out to one of the bakeries.  Round trip was just under 6 km.  Picked up some lovely treats like the mandatory baguette, a sticky bun, a croissant or two or three.  It was a nice walk along…

Thank you rain.  We had it pretty heavy last night.  Slept well though. There were flood warnings in the area we were.  Fortunately, there was not sufficient rain to wipe out the ridge we were on and plummet us into the scenic waterfront pond down below. Morning walk was a bit bit boring.  I had…

Whew, do not say that name three times in a row. You have been warned! Decent sleep last night. Rained heavily on and off. At one point I thought Mrs Milddogs was awake and scurrying about trying to do something. But, that was not the case. It was just the cyclical sound of water falling…

We are on the road, again.  Short trip this time with a final destination of Salem, MA. Today we targeted about 4 hours of driving and that brought us to Little River Campground near Waterbury, VT.  We have been here before.  It was perhaps 13 years ago.  Trips to Ben and Jerry’s, Cabot cheese place…