The Cheshire Rail Trail goes from Keene, NH to Bellows Falls, VT but it looks faint and elusive the further you get from Keene. I'm checking out someone’s Street View, wondering if the family can/would try it, then I pan the camera down to see who’s riding it. ";^)
Shot in 2020, I wonder if the trail has had much work since?
Noticed something slightly off about the bird feeder this morning. Followed a faintly visible “bent grass" path into the woods, through a muddier section and right over a low point in our notably lame wire fence (to keep dog/chickens in) to find some faint, fresh tracks.
It's been years since a bear has visited and this seems half hearted, maybe because we only have a little bit in the feeder at any point? It didn't have any interest in garbage cans or the nearby chicken coop.
I'd posted bridge photos from our family rail trail the other day, but just ran across a photo explaining its history. Wright’s covered railroad bridge from 1906 is the last that used the double-web lattice trusses. Some nice photos included a stereograph of the Newbury cut. #train#bridge#NH#history
Family bike ride yesterday along the Sugar River rail trail that goes from Newport to Claremont, NH. Winding along the river we saw quite a few fly fishing folks in their hip waders angling for the best spots. Also quite a few sturdy bridge crossings, many of them covered. This rail trail allows motorized recreational vehicles which results in a more chewed up surface: loose sand, gravel, and washboard bumps makes for slow going and more pedaling.
Tried some “back road” exploring on the new gravel bike. The good news is there wasn’t much mud. The bad news is there’s a long section of class IV road they've been using for logging access. Still, once that was passed I popped over the mountain onto some miraculous roads (turns out for air traffic and cell equipment access).
#TFG must be devastated, there were only a few of his protesters outside the courthouse today, & they weren't brawling.
Lawrence O'Donnell on X:
"The revolution will not be televised. Because they didn’t show up. Couple million Trump voters live within an hour of courthouse. Maybe 50 showed up.
How quiet & peaceful is it near the Trump trial today? So peaceful babies are sleeping in the shade of a courthouse. Literally."
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How quiet & peaceful is it near the Trump trial today?
That's wonderful, the US is not a failed country as #tfg keeps saying
BUT, #NH Governor #Sununu insisted on April 14 2024 (yesterday) that he is for Trump "No Matter What" because 51% of America supports Trump. THIS IS HIS LIE
Dem voters can make Biden/Harris get 60% or 65% of the vote, in Nov 5 2024
MAGA folks will HAVE TO SEE US.
@maga says they are saving the U.S. but they will have to see US as the majority
"New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) said he supports former President Trump despite believing he “contributed” to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol."
Longer gravel bike ride today. Nothing too muddy. I'm guessing the unrelenting wind the past few days has dehydrated the roads. Came across a new (to me) graveyard.
Hey folks, looking for info (not venting) about crisis lines.
I am aware of community concerns about how calling the 988 crisis line can lead to involuntary detention, involuntary treatment, and/or police calls.
Are there any US-based or international but available to the US crisis lines that are not problematic + well regarded by mental health professionals & clients?
I appreciate insights for or against various services, with references.
@ShaulaEvans I have never had to use it, but NH had a mental health crisis line you can call instead of calling the police.
It’s (833) 710-6477
They’re send a “mobile crisis unit”.
I know that Los Angeles County used to have one that was really great, my friend used to use it when her son who has schizoaffective disorder would get violent.
She used to call the police, but the police would actually get mad when they came to her house and they didn’t find drugs. The last time she called them they yelled at her because there was no meth there, she was so confused she never claimed there was meth. I guess they assumed a 40-year-old man having a tantrum must mean drugs.