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03-31-22, 08:32 PM
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A river of Calla Lilies.
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04-05-22, 06:27 PM
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Fishing lines tangled in overhead wires at Lake Johnson in NC. Busy place, evidently.
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04-05-22, 10:36 PM
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Some years ago I discovered something similar when stopped on a bridge spanning the Snoqualmie River; it's been there every time I've passed by, going on four years now:
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04-05-22, 10:45 PM
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Only cloud in the sky...
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04-06-22, 08:48 AM
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04-07-22, 06:19 AM
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I love that picture. I used to ride past a richly festooned overhead power line just like that along a backwater of Lake Champlain in Addison, Vermont. It always struck me as a perfect image of failure and loss--something that's permanently and irrevocably gone, even though it's still right there in front of you--almost, but not quite within reach.
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04-07-22, 07:00 AM
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I love that picture. I used to ride past a richly festooned overhead power line just like that along a backwater of Lake Champlain in Addison, Vermont. It always struck me as a perfect image of failure and loss--something that's permanently and irrevocably gone, even though it's still right there in front of you--almost, but not quite within reach.
I probably saw your power line while leading trips for Vermont Bicycle Touring back in the '80s.
04-07-22, 11:50 AM
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Bike Vermont was the slightly-cheaper competitor to VBT, I believe. Bike Vermont abbreviated itself as BVT, which was uncoincidentally somewhat similar to Vermont Bicycle Tour's abbreviation, which was VBT. I wonder how many tour customers thought they were signing up with one, but actually ended up with the other?
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04-07-22, 03:21 PM
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Ha! I used to lead tours for Bike Vermont, from 2004 to about 2015. That's how I happened to ride by the place I mentioned so often. If you approach the Lake Champlain Bridge from the West Addison side, and take the left just before the bridge, you come to the power line about a mile or two down the road, also on your left.
Bike Vermont was the slightly-cheaper competitor to VBT, I believe. Bike Vermont abbreviated itself as BVT, which was uncoincidentally somewhat similar to Vermont Bicycle Tour's abbreviation, which was VBT. I wonder how many tour customers thought they were signing up with one, but actually ended up with the other?
Bike Vermont was the slightly-cheaper competitor to VBT, I believe. Bike Vermont abbreviated itself as BVT, which was uncoincidentally somewhat similar to Vermont Bicycle Tour's abbreviation, which was VBT. I wonder how many tour customers thought they were signing up with one, but actually ended up with the other?
04-07-22, 03:37 PM
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You used to see a bumper sticker then, "Moonlight in Vermont or Starve." I myself have always adhered to the traditional Vermont tactic of living somewhat on income, but mostly on lack of expense. Especially in the days of my youth.
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04-07-22, 04:50 PM
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Tote a bike and see stuff? Reindeer yoga.
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04-08-22, 06:45 AM
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04-08-22, 06:47 AM
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04-12-22, 07:01 PM
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Sinkhole in Cary NC. Photo taken with the camera held above the Cyclone fence across the (new) edge of the parking lot bitten into by the collapse.
04-15-22, 02:43 PM
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04-16-22, 06:43 PM
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April 16, Portland, Oregon. He probably should have been carrying chains or traction tires.
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