Wednesday afternoon (after our hike in the Prescott Granite Dells), I finished packing and then Patty drove me to the Arizona Shuttle terminal. I caught the 7:00 p.m. shuttle as planned and slept for most of the ride to the Phoenix Airport. I had some soup and a Blue Moon in the United Club and did a little work online before catching the 11:25.p.m. flight to Chicago. At O'Hare airport in Chicago, there is construction going on in the United Concourses (including some of the United Clubs), so I had a longer walk than expected getting to one of the clubs that had already been renovated - it is quite nice. I had yogurt, granola and fruit for breakfast and some more online work before catching the 6:15 a.m. flight to Burlington. I got my rental car and coffee, and drove to Johnson State where I worked in my office before and after lunch, preparing for class on Friday.
Then I drove back to Smugglers Notch Inn in Jeffersonville and went out for walk before dinner. When I was there three weeks before, I had driven by the construction site where they were removing and replacing the bridge that connects the Cambridge Greenway with the Rail Trail. So I set out to explore the construction site. The bridge goes over the Brewster River just before it connects with the Lamoille River. The path I took came in from the south, following the Brewster River where it goes under Vermont Route 15 and the new bridge will be parallel to and about 50 feet north of Route 15.
Because of the construction, I could not go any further, so I returned and detoured through the space where they have the weekly Jeffersonville Farmers Market and live music during the summer.
As I looped back by Cambridge Elementary School, I saw that the school had been built in 1920. And since it was Thursday, there were kids out playing soccer - I have many fond memories of the years I organized summer soccer in Westford.
As the sun was setting, the evening sky was colorful.
On the section of Vermont Route 108 which is Main Street, the town has planters on both sides of the street, and they are all well tended with lots of colorful annual flowers. There are at least 15 on each side of the street and they are about 100 feet apart - it makes the street very picturesque.
Then it was back to the hotel for the night and adjusting to the three hour time zone change from Arizona to Vermont. Friday morning, my early walk took me to and through Jeffersonville cemetery, opened in 1919.
With all the recent controversy needlessly stoked by our President, I noticed the many grave markers with flags for the veterans. None of the graves showed dates of death during any war, but rather that they had served in one of America's many wars and then went on to be good citizens for many years after their military service. It was easy to see that for my generation and those before me, military service was a common experience - unlike today with our all volunteer force where only a very small number of Americans bear the brunt of our ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other hotspots around the world.
Class went well on Friday - all the technology worked so the connection between the classrooms in Johnson and Lyndon allowed us to have six hours of productive class time. Friday evening, I walked to the start of the Cambridge Greenway trail which follows the Lamoille River north to the junction with the Brewster River. The trail goes under both Vermont Routes 15 and 108.
The Route 108 bridge is newer and was built with the Greenway in mind so the passage under the bridge is much nicer than the passage under the Route 15 bridge above - in that case, the bridge was built and the trail was developed several years after bridge construction.
About a hundred yards before reaching the construction site for the new bridge over the Brewster River, there is a nice bench to sit under the trees and watch the rivers flow by.
I went beyond the barrier to see the bridge construction form this direction. I was told that the bridge was supposed to be completed by the end of October, so I will have to check it out when I am back for class again at the end of October.
The trail also passes by Vermont Canoe and Kayak company's facility - I love their sign about tips.
Then I drove back to Smugglers Notch Inn in Jeffersonville and went out for walk before dinner. When I was there three weeks before, I had driven by the construction site where they were removing and replacing the bridge that connects the Cambridge Greenway with the Rail Trail. So I set out to explore the construction site. The bridge goes over the Brewster River just before it connects with the Lamoille River. The path I took came in from the south, following the Brewster River where it goes under Vermont Route 15 and the new bridge will be parallel to and about 50 feet north of Route 15.
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| That pile of rocks blocks the Cambridge Greenway trail. |
Because of the construction, I could not go any further, so I returned and detoured through the space where they have the weekly Jeffersonville Farmers Market and live music during the summer.
As I looped back by Cambridge Elementary School, I saw that the school had been built in 1920. And since it was Thursday, there were kids out playing soccer - I have many fond memories of the years I organized summer soccer in Westford.
As the sun was setting, the evening sky was colorful.
On the section of Vermont Route 108 which is Main Street, the town has planters on both sides of the street, and they are all well tended with lots of colorful annual flowers. There are at least 15 on each side of the street and they are about 100 feet apart - it makes the street very picturesque.
Then it was back to the hotel for the night and adjusting to the three hour time zone change from Arizona to Vermont. Friday morning, my early walk took me to and through Jeffersonville cemetery, opened in 1919.
With all the recent controversy needlessly stoked by our President, I noticed the many grave markers with flags for the veterans. None of the graves showed dates of death during any war, but rather that they had served in one of America's many wars and then went on to be good citizens for many years after their military service. It was easy to see that for my generation and those before me, military service was a common experience - unlike today with our all volunteer force where only a very small number of Americans bear the brunt of our ongoing wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and other hotspots around the world.
Class went well on Friday - all the technology worked so the connection between the classrooms in Johnson and Lyndon allowed us to have six hours of productive class time. Friday evening, I walked to the start of the Cambridge Greenway trail which follows the Lamoille River north to the junction with the Brewster River. The trail goes under both Vermont Routes 15 and 108.
The Route 108 bridge is newer and was built with the Greenway in mind so the passage under the bridge is much nicer than the passage under the Route 15 bridge above - in that case, the bridge was built and the trail was developed several years after bridge construction.
About a hundred yards before reaching the construction site for the new bridge over the Brewster River, there is a nice bench to sit under the trees and watch the rivers flow by.
I went beyond the barrier to see the bridge construction form this direction. I was told that the bridge was supposed to be completed by the end of October, so I will have to check it out when I am back for class again at the end of October.
The trail also passes by Vermont Canoe and Kayak company's facility - I love their sign about tips.
Friday evening and Saturday morning were spent working on classes, and then class went well from 9:30 to 1:30. Then I drove into Burlington and visited Jonathan at Waterfront Diving Center, and paid the remainder of the cost for our trip to Roatan in November. I caught the 5:00 p.m. flight to Chicago and got upgraded to First Class on the 8:00 p.m. flight from Chicago to Phoenix. Patty had checked out of our September rental in Prescott Saturday morning and was back in Phoenix, and met me at the airport at 10:00 p.m. Another trip and class were successfully completed in time to prepare for Megan's visiting from Alaska.
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