{"id":2370,"date":"2025-04-07T17:06:24","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/eagleledge\/?p=2370"},"modified":"2025-04-07T17:06:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T17:06:24","slug":"april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/eagleledge\/?p=2370","title":{"rendered":"April"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/varietyshow.JPG\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/varietyshow.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3899\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Colleen and I went dancing at the Zenbarn on Friday night with our friend Mark and on Saturday he hosted the Worcester Mud Season Variety Show which made it&#8217;s return after a 6 year hiatus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">April 5th 2025 Hands Off Protest in Montpelier, VT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest1.JPG\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest1.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3892\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also Saturday was the Nationwide Protest against the Trump\/Musk Agenda and I headed into Montpelier to be a part of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest2.JPG\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest2.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3893\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I spent 3 hours listening to speeches and music and walking around and reading all the signs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest3.JPG\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest3.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3894\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest4.JPG\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest4.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3895\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest5.JPG\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest5.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3896\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a very large crowd, bigger then the 3rd of July celebrations and very vocal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest6.JPG\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest6.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3897\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest7.JPG\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/protest7.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3898\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It ended with a march that kind of went nowhere as it looped along the bike path and seemed more of a way to disperse the crowd than anything else. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center\">Long Trail Hiking!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/hike2.JPG\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.mochiandcolleen.com\/images\/2025\/APRIL\/hike2.JPG\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3890\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambiana and Tim set out Friday to hike a portion of the Long trail from South of the Appalachian Gap to Rt 2 and we hiked on Sunday towards Camel&#8217;s Hump to meet them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full 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