Goodbye Vermont
Posted by Andrew on May 22nd, 2009 - 2 Comments...
I’m finally leaving Vermont on Friday, May 22 for NJ. I was hoping to leave on Sunday the 17th, but got hung up having my car painted (long story). I’ll spend the next two weeks in NJ/NYC relaxing, packing, re-packing, fiddling with my brakes (front brake is a little too touchy right now), and eating. On June 6th, Amy and I head up to Portland, ME to wander around the Old Port for a night, then on the 7th, I’m off!
Vermont’s been good to me for the last 4.5-ish years. I moved up here in January 2005 during a pretty nasty snowstorm - a fitting welcome to the great white north.
- East Thetford, VT: I was lured out of “town” by a large and really inexpensive apartment. In retrospect, it was a mistake, but I managed to fix it after 8 months. Too far removed from any signs of life. We did have an issue with an escaped cow one afternoon - cow got pissed, head-butted a truck, wandered around my front yard for a while, nothing out of the ordinary. The local Troopers were just a few minutes away from fixing the situation with a shotgun when a tranquilizer gun appeared and the cow was carted away.
- Norwich, VT: 3 bedroom house with several housemates, right in the middle of town. 32 Jones Circle is within shouting distance of the Norwich Inn, which led to plenty of time on the porch with plenty of Whistling Pig. 1 year later…
- WeHa, AKA West Hartford, VT: probably has even fewer residents than East Thetford. No TV, good times spent hanging around Kev’s house with some great folks. Of all places to live, I ended up in a house on the Appalachian Trail, right down the street from Podunk Road. Just 6 months, since I knew I was on my way to…
- Bedford, MA: telecommuting! During the 6 months in MA, I’m sure I was more productive in fewer hours than at my desk in VT. For anyone from RSG: I spent most meetings sitting outside in the backyard with a headset - highly recommended. Another 6 months, then abruptly back to VT…
- The Junc, AKA White River Junction, VT: I’m not a huge fan of condo developments, but Hemlock Ridge wasn’t bad. From my back porch I could wander about a mile through the woods to the Appalachian Trail. I slept on the floor for a few weeks when I got here, so I guess it’s fitting that I’ll spend my last night on the floor before I leave tomorrow.
My kitchen is packed, so I ate half a pizza (other half is breakfast: metabolism++) sitting on the back porch staring at the nearly perfect Christmas tree behind my condo. I knew I wouldn’t stay in Vermont forever, and it’s time to leave for me. Funny that I find myself thinking about things I would have liked to do, or do more of: Ben and Jerry’s, more time in Burlington, Presidential Traverse, more grilling, kayaking, skating on Lake Morey, Hanover->Moosilauke, keg on the back deck, drag some Boston people up here for a weekend, finish the half-complete web projects.
Last picture on the porch in Goose Green, VT
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These crazy people used to party up here, something else we all should have done during the last few years: July 4th party in the lower field!
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