From the Adirondacks, we headed across Lake Champlain into Vermont. We went for a bike ride on the Colchester Causeway, north of Burlington. It is an old railway bed that crosses Lake Champlain to Grand Isle.
There is a short gap in the causeway to allow boats to go through. When it was a railway, there was a rotating bridge here.
Now, a bike ferry shuttles bikers back and forth across the gap:
From there, we headed to the Northeast Kingdom, where we did a two-day bike ride:
Covered stair bridge:
The weather started out nice, but, with about 10 miles to go to our destination of Morgan Center, the skies opened up and started to pour. We got soaked, and cold:
It soon cleared up, and we got to go swimming in Lake Seymour. This is a view from the porch of our inn:
There was one restaurant in town, right across the street from the inn, The Pho Farm. We got Beef Pho. It was delicious:
We had nice weather for our ride the next day. We stopped at Lake Willoughby for a swim along the way:
After our ride, we headed to JP’s place in East Burke, for a few days of mountain biking on the Kingdom Trails:
Burke Mountain in the background:
Black Bear was FUN!
My favorite part of the visit was probably JP’s and Stephanie’s dogs, Alta and Minerva. Here I am with Alta:
And, we had a bonfire, of course:
Maple creemee. Mmmmmm:
The Bigs got maple creemee coffee floats:
Biking and playing with dogs wiped me out. Resting up on the way to New Hampshire:
I’m pooped just looking at all the great bike rides and some awesome sites. That maple
Creemee must have been delicious.
A Summer to remember, for sure. And, still much to go.
Can’t imagine how the picture of you…the one with the red helmet…was taken!🤔🩷
Best part is that kid laidback sleeping in the car. Haha