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Silver Maple
I had to go to the bank today, so while I was out I did a lap around my usual lunchtime walk. The silver maple in front of the Holiday Inn was in full bloom: Silver Maple (Acer saccharinum) It’s not a...
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Three Day’s Worth
The past three days have featured some glorious weather. I was out in it (for at least a little while) on all three days, but didn’t manage to post anything here until now. So let’s back up and see...
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Cardboard Canoe Construction Continues
Yesterday Beth and I took a a short hike to visit our geocaches. Hers had been reported as somewhat vandalized, and I wanted to drop a travel bug in mine. The vandalism to hers was not severe....
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A Hike, a Garden, and the Cardboard Boats
It has been a pretty good weekend for me. Yesterday the Pathfinders went out to the Laconia church to present our “Plagues of Egypt” newscast. We left the Concord church at 10:30 (meant to leave at...
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Almost Finished
We had some bad news on the cardboard canoe front. The boat had collapsed under its own weight. In my opinion, the real canoe was taken out of the cardboard one a little too soon. When the drywall tape...
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Almoster
On Sunday I titled my post “Almost Finished” because we had almost finished our cardboard boats. Well, they are almoster finished now. Tonight we painted them. There are still a lot of gaps between the...
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Full Report Coming Soon
As expected, I am totally exhausted from the Camporee this weekend. David took some video of the first voyage of the “Redux” (our cardboard canoe), but my Internet connection here at the house is...
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Maiden Voyage of the “Redux”
Here’s a video of the maiden voyage of “Redux,” our cardboard canoe. This run was 58 seconds, which was good enough for third place in the event. More to come!
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The Full Account
After the weekend’s adventures, I was one tired guy today. A single night’s sleep was not sufficient to revive me, and I found myself dragging after lunch. I gave up, went home a bit early, and took a...
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The Competition
Here are the other eight boats in the cardboard boat regatta last weekend. We’ll start with these two. Brunswick Beacons (white) and Woodstock Whitetails (yellow) The yellow boat here is the one that...
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