More fun with dirt roads!
Posted: Tue Oct 05, 2004 6:11 pm
After having mixed success exploring Vermont last week, I am having a blast this week by taking advantage of my SUV to explore the dirt roads. There are many of them and if you pick the better ones they offer MUCH better views than most of the highways, which usually cling to the valleys (exception being the gap/notch roads).
My first hint: if you need to get from point A to point B and there is a road between them with "Hill" or "Mountain" in the name, try it. You will usually be pleased. I have been on so many of these the last two days I can't even remember them all.
Again, if you do this, be sure you can deal with a rough dirt road, and be sure you have an atlas and a decent sense of direction.
Here's another dirt road "tip du jour" for folks in the Peacham area. This is best done 1/2 hour from sunset on a clear day (as I just did!)
From Danville, take Bruce Badger Mem Highway north. It curves around clockwise. Turn left on McDowell Rd and follow it to Coles Pond Road. I think there is a cemetery at that corner. Then turn left on Coles Pond and follow it as it gains elevation quickly. When you see Fellows Road, pull over, and then turn around and look down the way you came. You can thank me later. --c
My first hint: if you need to get from point A to point B and there is a road between them with "Hill" or "Mountain" in the name, try it. You will usually be pleased. I have been on so many of these the last two days I can't even remember them all.
Again, if you do this, be sure you can deal with a rough dirt road, and be sure you have an atlas and a decent sense of direction.
Here's another dirt road "tip du jour" for folks in the Peacham area. This is best done 1/2 hour from sunset on a clear day (as I just did!)
From Danville, take Bruce Badger Mem Highway north. It curves around clockwise. Turn left on McDowell Rd and follow it to Coles Pond Road. I think there is a cemetery at that corner. Then turn left on Coles Pond and follow it as it gains elevation quickly. When you see Fellows Road, pull over, and then turn around and look down the way you came. You can thank me later. --c