Backroads of Stratton, Vt October is Ann's favorite month of the year. The cool autumn weather and vibrant colors always inspire Ann and I to do a road trip. This is typically the time of year that we take our chances at finding a wilderness campsite in the Green Mountain National Forest. Since joining the 251 Club we have found it enjoyable to combine our 2 favorite things; camping and road trips. We try to find a State Park or wilderness campsite in the area, and use that as our base camp. Stratton, Vt. was not in the center of our area of interest, but Grout Pond was a place we had visited, but never camped. It was a time we did. Grout Pond Our dog Tucker and I camped alone two weeks prior in Victory, Vt. Preparing Brutas, my FJ Cruiser for car camping is a bit of a task. Knowing I was going camping again, I decided to leave the platform and most of the gear on board. I removed our air mattress because it was too big. We had to underinflate it in order for it to fit in the bac...

I have never written a full blog about my Christian experiences since being a Christian. I am both aprehensive and excited to share this testimony. We have had a busy summer like everyone else our age. To top it off, it has been an unusually damp summer. Successive flooding kept me busy at work, and the desire to camp got dampend by the diluge we experienced at Ascutney State Park in July.   https://madpadventures.blogspot.com/2023/08/mt-ascutney-251-club-adventures.html   Ann and 3 of her lady friends planned for some beach therapy in Maine, leaving me and the pooch to fend for ourselves. No problem. I seized the moment to take a few days off, and do some wilderness camping for myself                                                                                  ...