Crossing the Hudson on the Rip Van Winkle

The Belle Vernon Bridge over the Monongahela River

Crossing the Ohio • A lot easier than it was Back In the Day

Coffee stop in Westfield, NY (b/w photo from 1912)

Let’s ride.

Most of the reasons Winnegance is my favorite spot — and probably the best breakfast spot in Maine — are in the owners’ short bio. It’s also one of the only places left that opens at a reasonable hour. And, here anyone can enjoy coffee, omelette, and book on a sunny porch overlooking the Kennebec.

Moving

When your on-call beeper won’t let you sleep, look for a sunrise • A 4-am peek at Route 1 crossing the New Meadows River

Spectator sports, and the conversion of all things in that direction, continue to puzzle me. In high school, we were very serious about our paintball game, which was almost entirely limited to an ever-evolving woods course at my friend’s farm. It never occurred to us in the building or the playing to involve television or bleachers. It was just something you did or didn’t do.