Property Change

 A few days ago I mentioned that the Pitman cottage on Clubhouse Circle had been sold. At the time, I didn't know who purchased it, but now I can tell you that it is Chris and Lisa Hebert, Pam and Joe Hebert's son and daughter-in-law. We are very excited that they will have a place on Joe's Pond. Chris and his brother, Tim, grew up coming to the pond every summer. The pond does have that effect on people. Most who grew up coming here in the summers have a very strong bond with the place. 

Chris is an avid runner and will enjoy being close to the rail/trail. He sent a map of the finished portions of the trail to his mom recently, and Pam shared it with me. It reminded me of how the old rail bed has changed over the years and I smiled at how many times we have "updated" information in our West Danville history book as, ever so slowly, progress was made on the trail. The link is from an on-line magazine for runners, "Fastest Known Time." I explored the site a bit and found that Chris ran the trail from West Danville to St. Johnsbury in 1h 44m 49s this weekend! That's 15.4 miles! Well done, Chris.

Now, just a brief note about our weather. Last night we had rain (.65 in.) and wind. We were prepared with extra water available in case the power went out, but that didn't happen and this morning things had quieted down. We are now getting snow showers, but nothing is sticking. The temperature is up to 41F, raw and cold even though the wind seems to be out of the south. I think the forecast is for a warming trend later this week, so I guess we'll need to wait a bit for real winter to set in. In the mountains at least some of the ski resorts are making snow, hoping for a Thanksgiving Day Weekend opening, I imagine. We could have plenty of natural snow by then . . . !