September 22, 2023

Cycled 16 miles

It’s a beautiful day in Vermont. We spent the morning assembling our tandem. At 1:00 we met up with about 8 tandems to do a “shake down” 16 mile ride. It was great fun. At mile 4.5 we stopped, parked our bikes and hiked up a short steep trail to the top of the Ethan Allen Tower

where we had a 360 degree view of the surrounding country side and Lake Champlaign.

At mile 7.5 we stopped at the “Old Spokes Home” bike shop.

What a wonderful spot. I encourage you to read about their history here. https://oldspokeshome.com/shops/history

At mile 10 we biked through the University of Vermont’s campus. What a beautiful place, lots of huge grassy green lawns and very old red stone buildings.

Our last stop was to view “the worlds tallest filing cabinet”.

Later we all walked across the street from our hotel to the docks where we boarded the Spirit of Ethan Allen III for a dinner cruise on Lake Champlaign

where we ended the day with a lovely sunset.