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<\/a><\/p>\nIt\u2019s always amazing packing up in the morning . . . everything has it\u2019s place and eventually Connie shoulders it all as we roll down the road . . .<\/p>\n
. . . Paradox Lake reminded me a lot of the glass like lakes we passed in the morning as we biked out of St. Mary\u2019s back near Glacier National Park.<\/p>\n . . . not sure what Gokey\u2019s sells<\/p>\n . . . but not sure I would want to buy it from this guy.<\/p>\n We had a HUGE downhill out of the Adirondacks today dropping from 1,900ft down to Ticonderoga, lake level at 200ft. Here was our last descent out of the mountains . . .<\/p>\n . . . the big draw of Ticonderoga is the Fort. I rode in with my US Park Service \u2018Golden Eagle\u2019 pass expecting to get waved through. The attendant informed me the Fort was run by a a \u2018private non-profit\u2019 and even though it was ‘America’s Fort\u2019 it would cost me $23.00 to get in to tour. I voted the American way with my pocketbook and left.<\/p>\n . . . near the ferry was a \u2018Welcome to New York\u2019 sign. There wasn\u2019t one when\u00a0 we entered New York from Ontario.<\/p>\n . . . Connie and my third, and last ferry, ride on this trip . . .<\/p>\n . . . the old girl appreciated the ride rather than swimming across.<\/p>\n Ed, from New Jersey, and I were the only passenger’s on the ride over to Vermont. Allison, the ferry owner, collected our $2.00 bike\/passenger fee. Ed spent the last week camping with his family. They left for home with the gear and he is biking back to New Jersey. Nice!!! Have a great ride home Ed!!!<\/p>\n . . . another state border crossing for Connie and me!!!<\/p>\n . . . first sign I saw when I entered the state, And a good one!!!<\/p>\n Vermont has their own bikeway system, like New York, and we will be pedaling on it for the next several days.<\/p>\n . . . oh, and there is LOTS of fruit available in Vermont too . . .<\/p>\n . . . where you can pick your own!!!!<\/p>\n . . . saw more and more of this at the higher elevations. IT’S TOO EARLY IN THE YEAR. Where did the summer go????<\/p>\n . . . we may have left the Adirondack behind, but we have the White and Green mountains ahead of us!!! GULP!!!!<\/p>\n . . . looking back over my shoulder was one last look at the Adirondacks . . .<\/p>\n . . . oh, there is a feel of \u2018New England\u2019 in the air . . .<\/p>\n . . . nice wire sculpture along the way in someone’s front yard . . .<\/p>\n . . . the higher the steeple . . . the closer to God?????<\/p>\n . . . as we rode up to Middlebury we could see what laid ahead for us . . .<\/p>\n We are staying at the Unitarian Universal Church in Middlebury . . . where we have taken over the back yard. It is a \u2018green\u2019 church and you can see the pellet tower that feeds a boiler used to heat the sanctuary with during the colder seasons!!!<\/p>\n . . . lots of peoples laundry didn\u2019t dry last night . . . so yesterdays, and todays, took up three lines . . .<\/p>\n Laura is the office manager of the church and a\u00a0 bicycle advocated who commutes to work. She made sure we felt at home and was hoping to have dinner with us but has a bicycle advocacy meeting tonight!!!!<\/p>\n Bernie and Rod have dinner duty tonight . . . and it smells like rotisserie chicken!!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Really quiet in Paradox State Park last night AND dark!!!! I think we were the only visitors left after the weekend!!! It\u2019s always amazing packing up in the morning . . . everything has it\u2019s place and eventually Connie shoulders it all as we roll down the road . . . . . . Paradox … Continue reading Day 79, Middlebury, VT<\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n