Branch Pond

Myths are public dreams , dreams are private myths.

Joseph Campbell

Kelly Stand Rd.

I felt like I been looking for this place my whole life.

-their eyes were watching God.



In all of Vermont I find no other place that allows me the creative freedom and peace of mind as Kelly Stand Road. When Irene stormed New York and Vermont it wiped out KSR and it was closed for a few years. so I left here at 4am to take a drive up and check to see what they had done with the repairs.

I was a little disappointed that the camp sites for the first couple of miles were gone with large boulders placed along the road to keep cars from parking in the woods. also that they let the road up to Branch pond become over grown leaving it much narrower then it used to be.

But that is the small stuff , some how there seems to be more room to park and explore then there was before ,except at Beebe Pond were they was never more then enough room to park one , maybe two cars.

And of course the great bonus are the side roads off of Kelly Stand road such as FS 71 that runs all the ways back to rte 9.  Which may be more beautiful then the main road.  That will be the next trip.

So with camera in hand it was time to play .


Tree pan from Roaring Brook

 Branch Pond

A Season for Vermont

Vermont is a small state that makes an enormous difference.

Fred Rogers

Follow the Light

What good is the lighthouse if you never leave the shore? 

Reflections

The older you get, the more your realize the way you look is a reflection of how you treat yourself. 

Hope Davis. 

Sunset In The City

One belongs to New York instantly , one belongs to it in much as five minutes as in five years.

Tom Wolfe