Thursday, June 22, 2017

Brattleboro, VT to Burlington, MA

BOSTON!  Well, close enough; we're in Burlington, MA, and ride to Revere Beach tomorrow morning to complete our seven week journey across this big and beautiful country.  Partly cloudy skies and cool temperatures marked our departure from Vermont.  We hadn't gone far when we crossed the state line into New Hampshire.  From there we paralleled the river for many miles before beginning the major portion of our climbing for the day.  Grades of 12 and 13% were recorded on some long climbs; nothing this group can't handle after riding their bicycles from Los Angeles.  Eventually, we crossed over into Massachusetts.  We evenly divided our day between country roads and the suburbs.  Lots of traffic on some roads and essentially none on others.  Lots of turns kept everyone busy navigating their way into town.

6:20; 93 miles; 5,275' climb; 4,841 Calories.

The British are coming!  The British are coming!  Tony, Harry, Howard, Mike R, Howard, and Chris.

Jack at the state line.






































Abandoned factory on the river.

$5 fine for crossing the bridge at more than a walk speed.

Llamas on the village green in Fitzwilliam.





































Ho hum, another state line.  WAIT!  It's Massachusetts; we're almost there.






































The last SAG stop.  Dan graciously offered to ride in together, but given traffic conditions, I felt we would be safer riding alone.  I should have taken him up on his suggestion as I wound up with a couple of "bonus" miles.

Isn't this redundant?

Someone has too much time on their hands.

The last chocolate milkshake!  No DQ, but a McDonalds just before the hotel.

7 comments:

  1. Congrats. One small ride tomorrow

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  2. Woo hoo hoo! You've done it (again)! Congratulations and well done. It's been lovely "riding along" with you all. Chapeau!

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  3. Say it isn't so! The last chocolate shake??? Surely the ride tomorrow will involve a dairy beverage, if only to commemorate the last segment of this fabulous adventure. And you'll need to fortify for the return trip home. The airlines don't offer much in terms of refreshments.

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  4. Thanks for the virtual cross-country-on-a-diagonal trip! Very enjoyable and no work on my part. :))

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  5. I would like to think so but probably not. Too many other things to do with Deborah are left on my Life List.

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  6. Congrats to everyone. We knew you would make it, Jim!

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