The skies were overcast this morning when we began our ride and the temperatures were cool. When we finished our ride around 2:00, it was quite warm.We had 6100 feet of elevation gain including several long climbs. One was a 7 mile climb just east of Bennington and the other was over Hogback Mountain. The benefit of the climbs was a very nice downhill ride into Brattleboro. 
We entered Vermont about 30 miles into the 80 mile ride. The scenery included old New England homes and scenic views of mountains, valleys and rivers. We rode all the way across the southern part of Vermont to within several miles of New Hampshire.
Janie's two sisters and brother and their spouses met us again in Brattleboro after our ride. We enjoyed a barbecue dinner with them on the deck of the restaurant which overlooked the Vermont countryside. They are headed back to Lancaster County tomorrow.
Our last big day of riding is tomorrow before finishing with a short ride on Friday morning. Tomorrow we have ninety plus miles with very warm temps and thundershowers likely. Of course, we'd like to skirt those storms again tomorrow.
Only 2 more days??? While your view may differ on this, I'm not ready for your ride and blog to come to an end and will probably go through withdrawal in the evenings. You have done a great job giving us glimpses of what you were seeing, and seemed to hang in there with quite cheerful attitudes. I'm really looking forward to hearing more about the ride when you get back to Lancaster! - Mike
ReplyDeleteI find it amazing that you're almost finished with your ride...I did follow your blog and every time you got to a new state I'd think "What, already?!!" It was fun reading about your days of pedaling. I vote we dedicate the entire next small group meeting to hearing more! Kathy
ReplyDeleteReading your daily postings and seeing the daily pics has been a bright spot in my day! I'll miss vicariously biking cross the country! Thanks for sharing your journey with us!
ReplyDelete