We got very sad news this morning. We learned that our good friend and neighbor Francis Churchill had a massive stroke whie he was running this morning.. and is not goign to survice.
Francis has been such a great friend to us and everyone in our town, he brught us fresh muffins several times after sam died. He’s always there to help neighbors.. cut down fallen trees, land trust stuff. Francis worked at UVM as the environmental health guy and both Gabe and I interacted with him at UVM over the years. He is actually the guy who built the trail that we all run on. many days a week. .. that trail is where he had his last run.
We cant believe this has happened. ,. we will always think of him.. He’ll always be on that trail for me.
Killing frost last night.. it sad to see the plants go.. but its permission to prep for the winter
Diane and Ihave a busy day ahead starting our change odf season work aroudn the house. We dcided to take a quick hike to get us in the mood.. but ended up choosing to go further We parked on honey hollow, and crossed preston brook easily with the low water.. we then climbed up the catamount trail in the woods, then headed over to the honey hollow link . rather than takign that turn down the road, we headed up a spur of the huney hollow crossover up to its end, then bushwhacked along the creek until we could cross. we came down the top of honey hollow. about 7 miles total ad super beautiful !
back to the house, we got into chores includign our never ending battle against mice
Great hike today with Kaia, my freind from the xenbox project and her Vermont friends Nick and Misbah and their cute dog. We met at Red Hen bakery,
Love Red hen .. brings back great memories of Smorefest and the worlds biggest s’more which we helped with .. we provided fire poofing>>
beware the dangers of eating their flaky croissants while wearign your glasses around your neck !
We then drove to sugerbush ski area. Our goal was to climb to the top. we took the most direct route. which was straight up !>. a tough climb, but worth it for the view !.
