{"id":3312,"date":"2023-11-01T08:56:45","date_gmt":"2023-11-01T12:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/?p=3312"},"modified":"2023-11-01T08:56:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-01T12:56:45","slug":"white-river-junction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/?p=3312","title":{"rendered":"White River Junction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Megh and I recently celebrated our anniversary (22 years!), and we took the train to White River Junction, Vermont, for an overnight to celebrate.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3313\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3313\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3313\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231028-On-the-train.png\" alt=\"Megh and Quinn\" width=\"700\" height=\"933\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231028-On-the-train.png 700w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231028-On-the-train-225x300.png 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3313\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">On the train to Vermont<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The weather started clear and warm, and we ate dinner outside.<\/p>\n<p>The town holds an annual parade for Halloween called &#8220;Gory Daze.&#8221;\u00a0 It started at 9 pm and featured a few hundred young adults in costumes and small marching band.\u00a0 We didn&#8217;t know about it until we saw the participants gathering in front of the local museum.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a hoot!<\/p>\n<p>The next morning was cold, cloudy, and (eventually) rainy.\u00a0 We walked around a bit to check out the town.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3314\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3314\" style=\"width: 750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3314\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231029-White-River-Junction-VT.png\" alt=\"Connecticut river\" width=\"750\" height=\"563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231029-White-River-Junction-VT.png 750w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231029-White-River-Junction-VT-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.jonesling.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/20231029-White-River-Junction-VT-500x375.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3314\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Connecticut River from White River Junction<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>We started by heading across the river to a breakfast place in New Hampshire, then came back to do a little shopping.\u00a0 About the only thing open on a Sunday morning was the local co-op grocery store.\u00a0 We picked up some maple donuts and oatmeal cookies for the train ride home, and some local syrup for Meghan to give to her coworkers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Megh and I recently celebrated our anniversary (22 years!), and we took the train to White River Junction, Vermont, for an overnight to celebrate. 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