Hello Friends of the Road,

I’m writing on the eve of what is expected to be our first significant snowstorm for the season. For those who have moved south and have forgotten, YES, we do get snow this early and often even earlier. Daylight Savings Time has now ended here, and Thanksgiving is right around the corner. This year sure has flown by. With the colder and darker weather, I’ve been spending more time looking at old maps and history of old roads, and not just the CPR. I hope you’re all doing well.

We recently had the Annual Meeting for the CPRA. It was attended by many of the die hard “roadies” and some locals as well. We try to move the location of the meeting around the State to help those that prefer not to travel far. The presenter provided a passionate outline of the history of the CPR along with some personal experiences as well. I recorded the speech with my digital camera. It does fairly good video, but is limited to 30 minutes at a time. I was so focused on the content I forgot to restart the video when one 30 minute block ended. Sorry John-Eric (and audience). Thankfully I did not miss much and unless you’re watching closely, you may not notice a gap. I have now produced final video files for the business portion of the meeting, along with the presentation section. You can find both videos here:
Featured Presenter: https://youtu.be/BFnaR-QX3g4
Business Meeting: https://youtu.be/QnpczoyNGsk

Very soon, the CPRA board will be meeting to start laying groundwork for the 2023 schedule of outings. We usually have no shortage of ideas, and can agree upon a good variety of outings. I expect this new schedule to be no different. If any of you want to make any suggestions, please let me know and I’ll pass it along to the board.

I have a piece of history to share with you all today. Some of you may have already seen this posted on our Facebook page. We do share content there often so please follow our page if you don’t already. The item I have to share is a list of field officers, captains and part of the lieutenants of the regiment of the Green Mountain Boys, along with a scan of a list written by Ethan Allen himself! He had fairly good handwriting I must say. Mine is not good, so I recognize his as good. Attached are two images.

You will likely hear less from me as the hibernation months go on, but have faith that the work continues by members of the board to continue to preserve the history of the CPRA and perhaps take more steps toward the someday release of a new Markers book! No promises though 🙂

Take care of yourself, and keep history alive!