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)!]
Photo apparently taken before the "wife-beating" incident? :)
As a full-time RV-ing friend says, "The joy is in the journey". Who cares how long it takes? Take your time and enjoy it.
Posted by: andante | July 13, 2004 at 11:27 AM
Photo apparently taken before the "wife-beating" incident? :)
Well, the photo I took is. The Free Press photo actually was taken just yesterday, so it's post-elbow fiasco.
Posted by: NTodd | July 13, 2004 at 02:22 PM