Bridge Over Troubled Water

This water, Gulf Stream, in Pomfret, Vermont, is no longer troubled, but it certainly was back in August 2011, when tropical Storm Irene ravaged the State.

The Appalachian Trail is very accessible in this area, because it crosses several roads as it undulates up and down over the rocky tree-clad hills between Cloudland and the Chateauguay Wilderness - names to conjure with.

The AT is a trail full of surprises, which is not surprising: after all,  - in 2000+ miles who would expect homogeneity?  

The bridge that was torn away has been rebuilt, two years later. How have hikers been crossing the Gulf Stream for the past 24 months?  I wonder!

VYP: Visit Your Park

OK, so the parks are shut down. We don't know for how long, but they will open again!

When they do open, let's come out in force to support them - all 401 of them, not just the big well-known ones.



Live in Grand Junction or Montrose, Colorado? 
 Here's your nearest national park - Colorado National Monument.

Yes, there are 401 national park properties in the USA, at least one in every State. That means there's at least one near almost everyone.

You can find your nearest park at:  http://www.npca.org/exploring-our-parks/parks/   It's not a federal page, it's the National Parks Conservation Association, a non-profit, so this page is not shut down like the federal pages.

Let's support the parks by visiting them en masse as soon as they reopen!

VYP! Visit Your Park!