Backroads
by Philip Greenspun; created 1993-1996
Vermont has a lot of backroads. Most of them aren't on maps, unless you count the moby Delorme book. This is where you'll encounter the authentic farmers, the deserted cemeteries, and the decidedly odd.
Department of "Just like my house" ...
You've got to have cows if anyone is to believe that you went to Vermont...
Big winners in the Philip Greenspun School of Art Criticism (0 points for a picture with no dog, 7 points for a Golden Retriever, 10 points for each Samoyed).
Hanover, New Hampshire, home of
Dartmouth College ("a small college but there are those who love it" -- Daniel
Webster arguing before the Supreme Court to preserve Dartmouth's independence
from the state) is situated beautifully along the Connecticut River. In fact, if
you are looking for a place to stay, the Hanover Inn is a very nice hotel with a
good restaurant. It is less thoroughly touristed than Woodstock, Vermont (15
miles west), and there is more to do in the evening.
Wait for a cloudy day. Pictures taken deep in the woods on sunny days are invariably ugly.
The pictures above were taken in quasi-direct sunlight. They show the woods, I guess, but don't have much mystery to them. Certainly I won't be spending $100 on an Ilfochrome and $200 for a frame so that I can have one of these on my wall. Look below, though, for some sugar maples near Peacham, Vermont. There were clouds high overhead, I stopped the Canon EOS 70-200/2.8 lens way down and exposed for maybe 1/4 second (Fuji Sensia).
This free service is made possible by the generosity of Boston Photo, which scanned the images presented here, and Hewlett-Packard, whose FlashPix technology will let you optimally view and print these images (and whose servers power this 20 hit/second Web site). Text and photos copyright 1993-1996 Philip Greenspun