Work Trip (AFF) - MA and CT - February 2015

I was fortunate, when I worked at the American Forest Foundation (AFF), to travel to New England frequently for my projects. Digging back through my calendar, now 3-years later, I went to Massachusetts and Connecticut in the cold, snowy, winter for a couple of meetings. One meeting was an Estate Planning workshop hosted by our partner there, the New England Forestry Foundation. The other meeting was a Tools for Engaging Landowners Effectively (TELE) meeting at Harvard Forest.

The best thing about these visits is that I got to hang out with my friend Alexandra, my uncle, and my cousins, all who live in the Hartford area. Alex graciously housed me multiple times over the years and this trip, in particular, was wonderful because I was still recovering from surgery.

I am trying to remember why I went to Southington, CT which is south of Hartford. I may have met an old Keep America Beautiful colleague who lived down that way. I am starting to remember lunch at a pizza place ...

Southington, CT

By the looks of these plows, I just missed a pretty big snow thankfully. This no-descript water tower was in the parking lot of the mall where I met my family for dinner.

Manchester, MA

On my way to Sturbridge, MA, which is where I would often stay, I passed this beautiful old mill on  I-84. I stopped and got this great wintery picture. I just read up on the history of this place - Talcottville historic district within Vernon, CT. It was such a cute little historic area. I highly recommend a drive-by.

Talcottville historic district, Vernon, CT

 I saw the most picture-perfect scene on my way to the Harvard Forest just outside the University of MA-Amherst in the small town of Pelham. The white church, white water tower, and white snow were beautiful!

Pelham, MA

Work Trips - Spring 2013 while at KAB

The Spring of 2013 was a busy time. I coordinated a number of Recycle-Bowl award ceremonies - NJ, DE, MA and attended some conferences too. All this travel afforded me the opportunity to get some water tower pics though.

The Delaware Recycle-Bowl winner was the DE School for the Deaf. This was the most fascinating award ceremony I did. I had a sign language interpreter and the whole ceremony was quiet. To clap we waved our hands in the air. It was wonderful. You can see it was quite a rainy day. This water tower was on the school's property.

Rosemont, IL.
My mother nominated me for a recycling award which allowed me to attend a recycling conference outside of Chicago.  What a cool water tower. A rose for Rosemont. I didn't have a car so I hired a cab driver to take me to the tower, wait while I took a picture and then take me back to my hotel. 

Boxborough, MA.
I went to MA twice that winter. Once for a Recycle-Bowl award ceremony being held outside of Boston. And again for the Mass Recycling Conference which was in Boxborough. I tried to tie the 2 trips together but a bad snow storm caused the conference to reschedule. 

Boxborough. MA.
The new one found on the top of a hill next to a bunch of new big box stores.

Schulykill High Ridge Biz Park, PA.
I coordinated an award ceremony in a mining town in PA for our sponsor. It was a fairly easy drive from DC and I got a couple of water tower pics, but you can see the weather wasn't too good. 

MMGO tower on way to Landsford, PA for award ceremony