4-miles at Robinson State Forest.

Consulting Shift. 

What Played in Ed's Head -- 

Music listened to for the time-period October 1st through October 31st, 2024:

Shift at JMH.

4-miles with K2 at NW Park. 

Granville Trail Work for 6-miles.

Bear Hole with K2, covered the 8.2-mile route in 1:50:00. 

A real blast from the past, I ran into the Bandit at Robinson State Park (who was visiting the area from West Virginia).  What are the odds of the two of us meeting at a specific point in time, at a particular place, especially one I really don't visit at all?

Anyhow, it was really great catching up and hiking 4.3-miles together!

Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.

The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023.  You can look it up....

This time, I present my top fifty records I really appreciate and enjoy, released in 1968.

Despite most of these records being non-commercial, I have grown to appreciate these a great deal.

Albums 1968 / Favorite 50...

The Velvet Underground White Light/White Heat
Van Morrison Astral Weeks

Blood, Sweat & Tears Child Is Father to the Man

Neil Young Neil Young

Pearls Before Swine Balaklava

Traffic Traffic

The Soft Machine The Soft Machine

The Jimi Hendrix Experience Electric Ladyland

The Incredible String Band The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter

Grateful Dead Anthem of the Sun

Nico The Marble Index

The Mothers of Invention We're Only in It for the Money

Jefferson Airplane Crown of Creation

Pink Floyd A Saucerful of Secrets

Quicksilver Messenger Service Quicksilver Messenger Service

The Kinks The  Village Green Preservation Society

Ultimate Spinach Behold & See

Blue Cheer Vincebus Eruptum

Big Brother and the Holding Company Cheap Thrills

The Beatles The Beatles

The Jeff Beck Group Truth

Blue Cheer Outsideinside

The United States of America The United States of America

The Pretty Things S.F. Sorrow

The Zombies Odessey and Oracle

Creedence Clearwater Revival Creedence Clearwater Revival

Family Music in a Doll's House

Spirit Spirit

Status Quo Picturesque Matchstickable Messages…

Buffalo Springfield Last Time Around

The Band Music from Big Pink

Iron Butterfly In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Small Faces Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake

Spirit The Family That Plays Together

Country Joe and the Fish Together

Iron Butterfly Heavy

Can Delay

The Seeds Raw and Alive

The Rolling Stones Beggars Banquet

John Fahey The Voice of the Turtle

The Groundhogs Scratching the Surface

Jethro Tull This Was

Steppenwolf Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf The Second

Donovan The Hurdy Gurdy Man

Cream Wheels of Fire

The Doors Waiting for the Sun

The Incredible String Band Wee Tam and the Big Huge

Townes Van Zandt For the Sake of the Song

The Mothers of Invention Cruising with Ruben & the Jets

Consulting Shift & TA.

3.8-miles at Robinson State Park.

Consulting Shift early.

And from the Marathon Archives...

Watery Hill 6-Hour Run

November 6, 1999 - Somewhere in MA or RI

I completed 30-miles during the Watery Hill Six-Hour Race today, with Johnny Bandit.  I called it a day at 5:35:00.

Having been born in 1962, and liking and listening to music from the early sixties onward, I thought it might be fun to attempt a listing of my favorite albums each year since birth.

The initial post for this series of ideas began on December 26th, 2023.  You can look it up....

This time, I present thirty records I really appreciate and enjoy, released in 1968.

Despite most of these records being non-commercial, I have grown to appreciate these a great deal.

Albums 1968 / Next up 30 really likable listens...

John Fahey The Yellow Princess

Simon & Garfunkel Bookends

Small Faces There Are But Four Small Faces

Dr. John Gris-Gris

Pentangle The Pentangle

Procol Harum Shine On Brightly

The Left Banke The Left Banke Too

Captain Beefheart & his Magic Band Strictly Personal

The Beau Brummels Bradley's Barn

Pentangle Sweet Child

Nazz Nazz

Eric Burdon & The Animals The Twain Shall Meet

Blues Magoos Basic Blues Magoos

The Fugs Tenderness Junction

Steve Miller Band Children of the Future

Steve Miller Band Sailor

Vanilla Fudge The Beat Goes On

Vanilla Fudge Renaissance

The Rascals Once Upon a Dream

The Mamas & the Papas The Papas & The Mamas

John Mayall Blues from Laurel Canyon

John Mayall's Bluesbreakers Bare Wires

The Fugs It Crawled into My Hand, Honest

Spooky Tooth It's All About

Sly & the Family Stone Dance to the Music

Sly & the Family Stone Life

The Troggs Love Is All Around

Richard and Mimi Farina Memories

Moby Grape Wow/Grape Jam

Tim Hardin                                         III

Consulting Shift & JMH

5.4-Miles at Bear Hole Reservoir with K2. 

And from the Marathon Archives...

Watery Hill 6-Hour Run

November 4, 2000 - Somewhere in MA or RI

I completed 33-miles during the Watery Hill Six-Hour Race today, with Johnny Bandit.  

I called it a day at 6:00:00.

3.4-Miles in Granville. 

2-Mile Walk in Suffield, including early voting! 

On this day in 1997...

Bash Bish Falls Marathon

November 2, 1997 - South Taconic Trail, MA & NY

The Old Goat, the Gullivers, and a few others rambled out to Bash Bish Falls to participate in a marathon along the South Taconic Trail.  

I managed 26-miles in 6:28:00, with the last few miles being in a driving rain.  

This was my 18th marathon.

9-Miles in Granville. 

4.9-Miles in Granville

And from the Marathon Archives... 

Bridgeport Marathon
October 31, 1993 - Bridgeport, Connecticut

Today I completed the Bridgeport Marathon in ~3:32:00.  This was my second completed marathon, and it was more difficult than the first.

And from the Marathon Archives... 

Mt Washington State Forest Marathon - October 2003

 Riga Plateau, South Taconic & Appalachian Trails, MA, NY & CT

Sometime in October of 2002 - 2003, Tippi completed her first "Marathon" along the Mt Riga Plateau; it would also be my 26th.  We had the "Bandit" along for the adventure. 

Our time was recorded as 5:38:00 over 24.7-miles.  I recall the end of the run taking forever once we descended Frissell and headed back to Mt. Washington State Forest Headquarters, as we might have diverted from the most direct track.

Maybe on top of Alander?

Intersection prior to Brace.

   
I believe this is the top of Brace Mountain.

The Bandit climbing Round Mountain.

The Bandit at the peak of Round Mountain.

The Bandit climbing Mt Frissell.

The Bandit climbing Frissell.

At the Tri-State Marker (NY, MA, CT).

Consulting Shift @ EW.

6.4-Miles in Granville.

3.1-Miles at Bear Hole Reservoir. 

4-Miles Granville State Forest. 

Ireland Trip:

Day 10; Saturday October 26th

• Breakfast at Westport Hotel

• Depart Westport Hotel @ 8:30am for Shannon Airport

• Last minute shopping at duty free store in Shannon Airport

• Aer Lingus Flight EI 135 departs at 1:45pm

• Arrive in Boston Logan Airport at 3:45pm LOCAL TIME

• Take coach bus back to ICC; arrive early evening 

Ireland Trip:

Day 9; Friday October 25th

• Breakfast at Hotel

• Kylemore Abbey

• Kylemore Castle

• Village of Cong; the Quite Man movie

• Connemara; Irelands famous movie town

• Dinner at Hotel

Ireland Trip:

Day 8; Thursday October 24th

FREE DAY

• Hotel Breakfast

• Great Western Greenway

• Burrishoole Abbey

• Rockfleet Castle

• Clare Island Ferry

• Westport House

• Grace O’Malley; Pirate Queen

Ireland Trip:

Day 7; Wednesday October 23rd

• Breakfast at Westport Hotel

• Achill Island • Inhabited 5,000 years ago 

• Largest Island off Irelands coast 

• Megalithic Tombs, ancient forts, historic churches 

• The Deserted Village; 80 houses abandoned in 1845

Ireland Trip:

Day 6; Tuesday October 22nd 

• Breakfast at Skellig

• Depart for Westport, County Mayo 

• Stopping at Village of Adare 

• Arrive at Westport Coastal Hotel

• Dinner at Hotel

• Matt Molloy's; world famous pub by member of Chieftains and Bothy Band

Ireland Trip:

Day 5; Monday October 21st

• Breakfast at Skellig  

• Dingle Distillery Tour around 11:30/12:00pm

• Conor Pass; views of Dingle and Northern side of Peninsula

• Group Photo opportunity 

• Dingle Bay Boat tour; local history and wildlife

• Dinner at Skellig

Ireland Trip:

Day 4; Sunday October 20th

• Breakfast at the Dingle Hotel

• FREE DAY; explore as you wish 

• Tour Guides will make suggestions day of Possible attractions: 

        Dingle Aquarium, 

        Blasket Islands, 

        Dingle Boat Tours, 

        Multiple Local Shops 

OR 

Choose one of 52 Pubs in Dingle

Ireland Trip:

Day 3; Saturday, October 19, 2024

•Dingle Skellig Hotel Breakfast

• 9:00am bus tour of Dingle Peninsula; south towards Slea Head

•Next Americans Parish, the most westerly point in Europe

• Ancient Celtic Settlements along Slea Head

• Visit to the Blasket Centre

• Kilmalkedar Church

•Dinner at the Dingle Skellig Hotel