March 11 2012

On the road in Vermont

I passed by this old truck today on the road in Vermont

Paul Shoul

Welcome. I am a staff photographer and writer for Gonomad.com, and a freelancer for publications around our world. All images are copyrighted and not for commercial use. For image sales please visit my web site, http://www.paulshoulphotography.com

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Oita, Japan: A Stunning Hot Spring Haven
Oita, Japan offers visitors access to onsens—or hot springs. These mineral-rich, naturally-heated baths offer a... Read more »
Published: March 5, 2021 - 11:18 am
Aruba: Work and Play During the Pandemic
Aruba during the pandemic. This southern Caribbean island is perfectly set up to let digital... Read more »
Published: March 4, 2021 - 11:09 am
Revenge Travel: Predictions for Where We Go Next
Revenge Travel is the pent-up demand that the traveling community feels after a year of... Read more »
Published: March 3, 2021 - 5:15 pm
Not Your Grandfather’s Peace Corps
This March, the Peace Corps will be celebrating sixty years of sending people abroad for... Read more »
Published: March 2, 2021 - 11:03 am
Getting Good Sleep When You’re Traveling
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Published: March 1, 2021 - 4:27 pm
Ghana’s Volta Region: Cats, Bats and Rats for Dinner
The author moves to Ho, in Volta in eastern Ghana, and learns about the dining... Read more »
Published: March 1, 2021 - 11:11 am
Remarkable Walled Cities You’ll Never Forget
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Published: February 28, 2021 - 11:20 am
Artistic Places Around the World: Oslo and Munch
Artistic Places. A new book by Susie Hodge collects stories from 25 different places around... Read more »
Published: February 27, 2021 - 11:00 am

ReadUpOnIt

Marching Through It
It’s a super chilly early March day out there, the kind of day when you’d... Read more »
Published: March 7, 2021 - 7:38 pm
Vaccination Brings a Sense of Relief as We Finish a Covid Year
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Published: February 28, 2021 - 6:22 pm
Saturday Musings Over the Years
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Published: February 20, 2021 - 5:18 pm
Rangeley Inn Maine: Not The Same This Year
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Published: February 15, 2021 - 1:58 pm
Skiing with Sofie at Sugarloaf and Saddleback
Skiing next week: Sofie my granddaughter and I will drive 5 hours north to Maine... Read more »
Published: February 4, 2021 - 4:01 pm
Extraordinary Megaprojects Worldwide in 2021
Around the world, huge megaprojects bigger than anything before are continuing to move ahead.... Read more »
Published: February 3, 2021 - 6:35 pm
Electric Vehicle Charging While Going 60
I read a story in the WSJ about an interesting twist on a popular topic,... Read more »
Published: January 23, 2021 - 8:21 pm
Trying to Make the Molding Fit in My Old House
My kitchen remodeling project hits snags when we once again realize that the house walls... Read more »
Published: January 17, 2021 - 10:26 pm

Pilot Girl

Huddle atop Spruce Mountain fire tower for true excitement
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Published: February 7, 2021 - 11:49 pm
North Adams: Scenic road trip on the Mohawk Trail
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Published: February 1, 2021 - 3:44 pm
A past time favorite at Pineridge Ski Area
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Published: January 23, 2021 - 5:39 pm
West Dover, Vermont: Double the snow, half the crowds
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Published: January 23, 2021 - 3:12 pm
A New Years hike to the ever-enchanting Mohonk Mountain House
Happy New Year, everyone! The bright yellow orb made every effort to jolt me up. ... Read more »
Published: January 12, 2021 - 8:13 pm
Unapologetic Gawker on Birthday Patrol in Lewes, Delaware
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Published: December 5, 2020 - 1:07 pm
Flat-out good time on the Wallkill Valley Rail Trail
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Published: June 28, 2020 - 3:27 pm
Earth Day efforts in my backyard
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Published: April 25, 2020 - 2:23 pm

Round World Photo

Gonomad Top Ten Stories of 2020 Winner!
I’m super happy to have one of my stories selected in top ten stories of... Read more »
Published: January 1, 2021 - 3:56 pm
The Quiet Carry Eddy, CJRB Maileah, and Kershaw Chive. Best Fifth Pocket EDC Travel Knives
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Published: December 15, 2020 - 4:48 pm
Local Life Under Lockdown/ The Massachusetts Review
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Published: November 24, 2020 - 1:08 pm
Stay Wicked Fah Apaht
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Published: June 22, 2020 - 5:18 pm
Free Tapas! Castilla y Leon, Spain
Free tapas with every drink is still the norm at some restaurants in Castilla y... Read more »
Published: January 23, 2020 - 1:56 pm
Son Moll Sentits beach in Cala Rajada, Mallorca.
The view from Hotel Son Moll Sentits in Cala Rajada, Mallorca.…... Read more »
Published: January 22, 2020 - 9:09 pm
Churros.
Churros in Castilla Y Leon, Spain. Simple, beautiful, incredibly delicious.…... Read more »
Published: January 15, 2020 - 4:10 pm
Hot air ballooning over Segovia, Spain.
Hot air ballooning over Segovia Spain with @siempreenlasnubes . Totally cool. Tradition demands a glass of champagne... Read more »
Published: January 11, 2020 - 9:02 pm

Comments for Miles to Go

Comment on Awe Walks in Fall by Esha Samajpati
In reply to <a href="https://blogs.gonomad.com/milestogo/2020/10/awe-walks-in-fall.html#comment-2545">Gayle Fisher</a>. Haha. That does sound like too little but then... Read more »
Published: November 11, 2020 - 10:45 pm
Comment on Awe Walks in Fall by Gayle Fisher
A couple of mini marshmallows? Oh Esha, you have my permission to float them all... Read more »
Published: November 11, 2020 - 8:49 pm
Comment on Fall Fun in Blue Jay Orchards by Esha Samajpati
In reply to <a href="https://blogs.gonomad.com/milestogo/2020/09/fall-fun-in-blue-jay-orchards.html#comment-2523">Gayle Fisher</a>. Thank you Gayle! <3... Read more »
Published: October 21, 2020 - 7:26 pm
Comment on Stillness by Esha Samajpati
In reply to <a href="https://blogs.gonomad.com/milestogo/2020/08/stillness.html#comment-2532">Max Hartshorne</a>. Thank you Max!... Read more »
Published: October 21, 2020 - 7:26 pm
Comment on Stillness by Max Hartshorne
nice job with the blog!... Read more »
Published: October 20, 2020 - 11:52 pm
Comment on Fall Fun in Blue Jay Orchards by Gayle Fisher
Kids do express awe more than adults, they could teach adults a lesson. Love your... Read more »
Published: October 20, 2020 - 3:18 pm
Comment on A Stroll Through Waveny Park by Cindy
I had no idea such a lovely place with that interesting history was so close... Read more »
Published: August 17, 2020 - 5:34 pm
Comment on Paying Attention by Shikshit
Wow! Good to read this article. Nicely presented.There is definitely no doubt about the fact... Read more »
Published: June 25, 2020 - 11:27 am

Travel Tales from India and Abroad

6 Things 2020 Taught Me!
It has been that kind of a year that we are going to remember for... Read more »
Published: December 31, 2020 - 10:59 am
Offbeat Tourist Places in Bhuj- Ramkund Stepwell
Ramkund is a well preserved stepwell or ‘baori’ in Bhuj, Gujarat that is a little... Read more »
Published: December 8, 2020 - 8:01 pm
Postcards from Hanoi, Vietnam
I visited Vietnam in the October of 2019 on a blogging trip with IndiGo when... Read more »
Published: August 19, 2020 - 8:34 pm
Mridula is a Solo Traveler’s Guardian Angel!
Karina and I met near Mt. Lavinia Railway Station because we both took a wrong... Read more »
Published: July 30, 2020 - 11:20 am
When my Sister Wore a Saree in Paris (Written by Alka)
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Published: July 9, 2020 - 4:14 pm

Travel News Notes

A New Cycling Journey Across Australia
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Published: October 16, 2020 - 2:33 pm
Blackbeard’s Latest $10M Treasure Waits to Be Found
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Published: October 15, 2020 - 2:53 pm
Preclearance: Go Through Customs While in Brussels Departing for the US
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Published: September 29, 2020 - 3:58 pm
Houston, We’ve Solved a Problem: Air Service Restored
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Published: September 2, 2020 - 2:52 pm
With Love from Massachusetts in 2020!
The Spirit of Massachusetts has a new billboard campaign that states, "With Love From" fifteen... Read more »
Published: June 30, 2020 - 3:12 pm
Cruise Ships at Sea, Trying to Find a Berth
Cruise ships around the world are having a hard time finding friendly ports in which... Read more »
Published: April 1, 2020 - 2:52 pm
Isle of Man: Famous for the TT Races and Railroads
Isle of Man is an island off the coast of Liverpool, but it’s not part... Read more »
Published: January 16, 2020 - 2:10 pm
French Bee Serves Up New Service to Paris from Newark
French Bee, France’s leading low-cost long-haul airline, is pleased to announce its new route between... Read more »
Published: November 25, 2019 - 8:44 pm

Running in Circles

Scattering Love
It has been four months, three weeks, and two days since our kids lost their... Read more »
Published: April 14, 2019 - 11:57 pm
Going Home
I just returned home from two weeks in the Dominican Republic, a country that helped... Read more »
Published: February 10, 2019 - 4:33 pm
Grief
I have been trying to muster up the ability to write a blog for quite... Read more »
Published: January 1, 2019 - 11:24 am
Gearing Up for Summer With Teens
I love summer. It is my favorite season, which likely comes as no surprise to... Read more »
Published: June 5, 2018 - 2:38 am
In The Trenches
Parenting is HARD. This is not a cliché. This is not a whining mommy blog... Read more »
Published: May 16, 2018 - 1:05 pm
Last Night in Cuba
It’s our last night in Cuba as I write this, and I really don’t know... Read more »
Published: April 23, 2018 - 2:57 pm
Saying Goodbye With Love and Hats
This weekend we laid my grandfather Nathaniel Harrison Hartshorne to rest. Our family gathered together... Read more »
Published: April 10, 2018 - 1:43 pm
The Ultimate Responsibility
Man, my kids have been giving me a run for my money lately. It's really... Read more »
Published: March 13, 2018 - 7:03 am

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