We Put the "R" in Riding

We had an awesome time in Worcester with Pat, Chris and Sam- awesome folks! On Saturday we woke up and helped Sam make cider for the farmer's market (tastes so good right out of an apple!) There's not much too it, but it is definitely some work. Sam went and scoured local trees (which are everywhere) for apples and then you mash them up and press them down all with your hands and a small apple press. (We got our upper body workout for the month!) Then Scott and I took a hike up to Worcester Peak where we had lunch and hung out for a bit. We could see everything including the White Mountains of New Hampshire and the house we were staying at! Although it was only 2.5 miles to the top, it was a gnarly 2.5 miles! Lots of granite rock to get over and lots of straight up! It took us about an hour to get to the top and longer to get down (I like up better). It was so nice to sleep in a bed with a pillow for 2 nights, I must say it was hard to say goodbye on Sunday morning! We left late in the morning at almost 11 after chatting and picture taking :) We started riding with an incredible tail wind and rocked our first 30 miles in less than 2 hours (that's pretty good with 30 pounds on board) We stopped for a quick bite and realized we had about 40 more miles to East Middlebury so back on the road we went still with wind on our backs. When we made a left into Richmond our tail wind left, but Scott and I keep pushing a good pace, amazing what 2 weeks of straight riding and a day off the bike can do! We stopped again in Bristol about 12 miles away from our goal destination for some water and a candy corn sugar rush (my favorite kind) and I realized that I was REALLY sore.

We decided to suck it up though and get all the way to Middlebury and crash in a hotel. Apparently Scott was liking the idea of a real pillow too! So we booked it into Middlebury before dark to find that hotel rooms were $150.00! "It's peak foliage season"

Seriously!?

We road a bit out of town, now in the dark, and found an in our budget motel and crashed for the night after putting in our biggest day of riding to date at 85 miles!

So here we are today in Midlebury again, our Vermont loop completed, taking a day off of movement (streaching and walking excluded). we'll rest it up and head to state #4, New York tomorrow! We think it will be 2 days of riding because we take a ferry accross Lake Champlain and who knows how long it will take. Frome the ferry who knows, we have to get there first!

Thanks for reading :) Lauren