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If you're into travel you should check out this travelblog. It's got lots of information about the industry and destinations, as well as pictures.

Thanks to proprietor Geoffrey Gonzalez for bringing it to our attention (and for plugging our site)!

ntodd

Fame And Fortune Redux

Okay, no fortune, but a few moments of glory. We've been greeted by the proprietors of local businesses (e.g., Foothills Bakery, Fletcher General Store) with, "you're famous!" The checkout person at a store where I bought a couple copies of the Free Press did a double-take, but didn't say anything. Lots of unsolicited comments via e-mail.

So it's been fun and funny to have our faces plastered on the front page of the area's major newspaper. Alas, it's been a whole day and I still haven't parlayed this newfound fame into a gig as a photographer...

ntodd

Fame And Fortune

The Burlington Free Press has an article today about the 251 Club's 50th anniversary, and we're in it!

Stefanie Otterson and Todd Pritsky won't have to worry about running out of towns for a while.

The Fletcher couple started their 251 Club adventure this summer.

"It's primarily been my wife's interest to go do stuff and get me out of the house," said 34-year-old Pritsky. "I'm a misanthrope."

Pritsky wants to spend more time in some of the towns he zips through on Interstate 89 on trips to Massachusetts. Otterson would like to explore Brattleboro and Montpelier. They've already crossed Brighton, Cabot, Canaan and Norton off of their list and have decided to visit other, more remote towns first.

"We live in Fletcher," Otterson said. "Why would we want to start with Fletcher?

"We see Fairfax every day."

The couple already has agreed that visiting Vermont's 251 towns is definitely a multi-year project. Just how many years it will take, Otterson said, really doesn't matter in the end.

"It's the process, not the destination," Otterson said. "It would be nice to someday say we've seen them all, that would be nice.

"But if it takes many years, so be it."

They don't have it online, but apparently they used one of my shots in the dead tree edition--we'll be picking up a copy or two shortly. I await the hordes of offers to become a photojournalist...

ntodd

[Update: indeed they used my shot of the three of us in Canaan (yay, Cairo gets a mention in the paper!) on page 4 of the paper edition--since it wasn't intended to be B&W originally, Cairo sorta gets lost in the grass, but it came out okay. But get this: the Free Press picture I posted above is dead center on Page 1, and is the biggest thing on the page (7 x 5 inches)!]

Query

Does anybody know where we should send our dues to join the "official" 251 Club?

Commenter Tim Mahoney asked about this a little while ago, and here's my less-than-helpful answer:

There is a site that has the appropriate address and dues information, but it appears to be down.

If I recall correctly, you can join the informal club for 7 bucks. I believe William Rockford in Montpelier still collects the money and sends out the newsletters.

This Rutland Herald article from January seems to indicate that Mr. Rockford is the go-to guy, but I haven't confirmed this yet. Anyway, if somebody knows for sure, please provide the information here. We'd like to get the newsletter and join other like-minded people as we tromp around the state.

Thanks in advance,
ntodd