...a trip to Killington to visit J's parents and a 4 hour ride on the back roads of Woodstock, a trip to the Northeast Kingdom then Maine for a graduation, then a smooth flow-y trip on the River Trail in Richmond topped off with a grind up Honey Hollow Road in Jonesville, A NEW BIKE (thanks sweetie!), inaugural ride with George & Aliza on the River Trail one evening, followed by a ripping trip to Catamount the next evening with them, another trip to the Kingdom to camp out at a super secret picturesque "campground" to return to Burlington with a hurt wrist for Jason and a little moaning from my butt muscle, an afternoon spent fiddling with positions on bikes and spit shinning them to brand spankin' new condition, a trip to a new trail system for us, Arcana Trails, --cool, fun trail that NEEDS to be ridden in!-- then an old favorite at Mobbs all with one contact--note to self, do not repeat!--, not so much riding for the past 2 weeks for me, but an interruption in my defeict with a race at Catamount--surprisingly, not a bad finish time--a trip around the woods behind Stonehedge then over to Dorset Park late one evening--bridges need to be constructed back there!-- will do in our free time once Jason gets his hands on a chainsaw(in the works I believe) and/or a machete--yikes, a boy's dreams! Finally a new bike for J last weekend generously offered up by George at Bike29--his own Vassago frame, which he deconstructed and spit shinned while we rode up in the Waterbury trails, apparently gaining the respect of a gaggle of our Canadian counter parts because we were on singlespeed, hardtails climbing this crazy hill! We topped our outing off with some bread, fresh cheese, fruits and veggies from the morning's adventures at the Farmers' Market and returned to Five Hills Bike Shop to collect Jason's new ride! Georgie got him the frame but a reliable friend with "a bike just hanging out in the garage" "lent" him the parts to build up a complete cycle. What a pumped little boy he is...gears for the 24 Hour race in Naples NY this weekend!!!
Now this stream of consciousness is finished, some pics follow this post, and hopefully a more timely posting occurs as I have made some time for myself.
Check out the trailer for the Hardcore 24 at http://www.thehardcore24.com/, which we will be attending Friday, Saturday, Sunday this weekend held in the beautiful Finger Lakes region of Western, New York. All Race Proceeds will be donated to the Otetiana Council of the Boy Scouts of America..always like a good cause but this means I am on pit crew with out a beer or a little "cream" for my coffee! No big deal, gorgeous weather and a amped and well trained bike rider will make up for no beer! More to come after this weekend!
Hope you enjoyed the ride! Cheers!
we said hmm...look at that road, then I said this hill goes on forever... literally 2+ miles some how i got to the top, as you can see it there is still plenty more hill, then down, down down!
a picture of a road sign just to make sure we could Google map-it when we got home then plot it against an elevation grid; then we found our way into the heart of Woodstock riding the hills there!then we were off to the Kingdom for the 1st time this year, season pass in hand, i couldn't wait to hit Webbs on the demo Epic...man, some day I'll have one! then i posed for a picture after climbing the big sluggish grass hill!
we hopped in the car, drove into St. J to pic up my little bro for a brutal drive over to Maine for Katie-Kate's graduation! J took the scenic route from Farmington to Augusta and caught the damn in action as well as his dream cement slab for sale!
now for the best part...my NEW bike!!! Thanks J! fantastic buttery steel frame with my old parts from the GF Rig. a bit heavy right now, but soon we will shed some grams!
A little shake down ride with George and Aliza and Jason along the Richmond River Trail.
Off to the Kingdom again this time the highlight of the trip with Oregon Brook Camping! Up in the hills of Sheffield, VT we found a darling 'campground'! I want to blabber on and on about it but it is a hidden gem! Rent this cabin for $55/night! Key feature: your own outhouse at your 2 acre campsite!
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