FIELD NOTES · FROM THE CREEK

Notes from the Pan

Trip reports, family adventures, the lessons hiding in the dirt. Fresh from the field whenever I get back.

Every trip teaches me something the research couldn't. Sometimes the lesson is in the rocks. Sometimes it's in the road. Sometimes it's in the kid's hand in yours while you both watch the sun set on a Vermont ridge. This is where those stories live. Filed under "Field Notes" because that's what they are — honest reports from the creek, with dirt under the fingernails and the truck still warm.

August 24, 2026 · MULTI-DAY FAMILY TRIP · 13 MIN READ

Three Sources, One Bucket Each

A weekend in Vermont where the family tagged along, the creeks were magic, and the lesson was hiding in the differences in the dirt.

VT Vermont Gold Belt (Rutland, Plymouth, Echo Lake)

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