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by Elizabeth Bassett
Summer Adventures
June 17, 2010, page 11.....
Mt. Philo State Park
Coming soon: a public celebration to thank Charles and Gwen Allmon,
- Submitted: Tuesday, June 15th [more ...] |
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A Bouquet of Ideas for Spring
by Elizabeth Bassett, March 25, 2010, page 8.....
Wildflowers
We can expect to find early wildflowers any day now, especially if spring continues dry and warm.
- Submitted: Tuesday, March 23rd [more ...] |
Investments in the Out Doors
February 25, 2010 page 12.....
by Elizabeth Bassett
In a late-February ritual, taxpayers run red pencils over items in the town budget.
- Submitted: Tuesday, February 23rd [more ...] |
Blues Be Gone!
by Elizabeth Bassett
1/28/2010, pages 9-11.....
If there’s no such thing as bad weather, just the wrong clothing, how’s this: there’s no such thing as a bad winter, just the wrong outlook.
- Submitted: Tuesday, January 26th [more ...] |
Out-Doors, 2009 in Review, By Elizabeth Bassett
A scroll back through the 2009 archives of columns at thecharlottenews.org uncovered a January review of footgear for slippery winter outings. Consider it less expensive than a serious fall.
- Submitted: Tuesday, December 15th [more ...] |
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Which nudged me toward my annual cornucopia of holiday-giving ideas, focused on gifts that are not necessarily things.
- Submitted: Tuesday, November 17th [more ...] |
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The outdoors is my muse. With the re-publication of Nature Walks in Northwest Vermont and the Champlain Valley, I’ve been looking at the natural world with fresh eyes.
- Submitted: Tuesday, October 13th [more ...] |
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Our Lake, Champlain, is surely a giant and spectacularly varied. But Green River Reservoir is a gem.
- Submitted: Tuesday, September 15th [more ...] |
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You might want to make a list of errands, as I did, for the northeastern corner of Chittenden County. I needed to visit Green Mountain Foam in Underhill Flats and that’s quite a haul from Charlotte. While I waited for magic to happen to a Moroccan footsto
- Submitted: Tuesday, September 1st [more ...] |
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Last week I got lost in the woods. Yes, Out-Doors columnist, Nature Girl, and author of Nature Walks in Northern Vermont and the Champlain Valley, got misplaced.
- Submitted: Friday, July 17th [more ...] |
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Here’s a list of great ways to get outdoors in the coming weeks and months.
- Submitted: Wednesday, June 17th [more ...] |
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Neither too hot nor too cold, May blesses us with wildflowers, jumping fish and, if the breeze blows, not even a black fly. Birds court and sing with the dawn. Looking for excuses to get outdoors?
- Submitted: Sunday, May 24th [more ...] |
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Today, you can rake the flowerbed in a t-shirt. Tomorrow, dress for snow. It’s April in Vermont. Don’t put away hats and mittens yet, but do get Out-Doors!
- Submitted: Wednesday, April 15th [more ...] |
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How do bikers know it’s time to start pedaling in spring?
“It’s a combination of temperature, sunshine, wind and antsyness,’’ says Chris Ekman, who has been known to commute to work in Burlington from his home in Charlotte.
- Submitted: Wednesday, March 18th [more ...] |
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Skating Ice. Drop everything and grab the skates. Early 2009 has not been good for pond or lake skating—too much snow and wind at the wrong moments.
- Submitted: Wednesday, February 18th [more ...] |
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Worried about money? Global warming? Holiday stresss? Time to get outdoors.
- Submitted: Thursday, December 18th [more ...] |
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On a high ridge between Bolton and Moscow, while doing work on the Catamount Trail, we confronted a huge tree trunk splayed across the trail.
- Submitted: Thursday, November 20th [more ...] |
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Leave the bug spray behind. Pack a wooly hat and mittens. Autumn hiking can be the best of the year.
- Submitted: Wednesday, October 15th [more ...] |
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Beloved Hikes
So I asked around, “What is your favorite fall hike?”
- Submitted: Thursday, September 18th [more ...] |
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Between raindrops, biking has saved my summer of 2008. While I don’t recommend riding in a downpour, drizzle on a hot and humid day can make an otherwise sticky ride comfortable. Lots of special events for bikers stretch through August and September. Some
- Submitted: Sunday, August 31st [more ...] |
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I recently explored someplace new, not very far from home.
- Submitted: Wednesday, July 16th [more ...] |
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Out-Doors On the Web
“Do you remember the name of that bike path (skating rink, garden, pastry shop) in Montreal you wrote about a few years back?”
- Submitted: Saturday, May 17th [more ...] |
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Out-Doors April 2006
Until a stroke felled her at age 86, Nannie walked several miles each
day- briskly!
- Submitted: Friday, May 16th [more ...] |
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Out-Doors Winter Tool Kit
Overheard in Charlotte as rain pelted the windshield and spilled across green fields: "This is no January Thaw. This is a disaster."
- Submitted: Friday, May 16th [more ...] |
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What to make of snow on the first day of spring? Or Mother’s Day? It happens. The most predictable aspect of this season is unpredictability. What’s a body to do?
- Submitted: Wednesday, April 16th [more ...] |
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Don't Be a Prisoner of Winter!
- Submitted: Saturday, January 12th [more ...] |
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Out-Doors
by Elizabeth Bassett
June Bouquet
- Submitted: Tuesday, June 19th [more ...] |
Thanks for Supporting Green Up Day!
The first weekend in May was one of those near-perfect spring treats, and it brought many Charlotters out to join the state-wide Green Up Day effort.
- Submitted: Tuesday, May 22nd [more ...] |
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