Greetings Egyptian Foot Gods,
Hello ya'll, from lovely Vermont!
Today's ride from Glens Falls was a dandy one! only 45 miles in total into the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont! Our morning was wonderful because we stopped at Sam's Diner in Glens Falls for breakfast. Yum, the service good, the people good, the omelets better. It was great fuel for our ride today, thanks!
Once we made it into Vermont, we stopped at the first farm we saw that had cheese. Well, here it is folks, what you have all been waiting for. Vermont cheese is good, but it is clearly and unmistakably second to the better state of Wisconsin! WOOP!
Then, the next farm down the road had a sign for pies, and of course we love pies. We rolled up and didn't know where the pies were being held captive. We decided to go into the door that said RAW MILK and hope for the best. Before the door, however, we were chased out of the yard of the house by 2 geese! Like scary honking geese... Sorry, back to the door... We entered and there was a fridge with no one around. There was great looking milk and pie in the fridge up for grabs, but we had no money and we are no thieves so we let the pies be...
Upon walking out of the RAW MILK door, the geese had made the 60 yard trek down to meet us and once again set chase. They honked, got closer, spread their wings and taught us to fly... Fly right outta that farm for not buying any milk or pies! Great watch geese, I'd buy one if you don't want a dog...
The rest of the day was easy. I lied. It was easy all except for one climb. It was a 3 mile climb, but most of the climbing came at the end with a good pull of about 500 ft. in a very short section. Matt thought the climb to be around 14% and that is after saying he was never more thankful for gears one and one.
We got to our destination, a bike shop in Manchester Center Vermont called Battenkill Sports Bike Shop where the owners are letting us stay in their abode. Once here, the guy working at the bike shop showed us an awesome website where you can see the grade of climbs and how much you climbed in a distance via something like google maps. He then proceeded to show us that the hill we climbed earlier today maxed out at the top around 18%! Point that should be taken here, that is a very hard climb.... VERY... Also, Matt just has no idea what he is talking about, perhaps he is blind.
Robin and Amy, the owners of the bike shop are touring cyclists themselves. They work 11 months out of the year, then for a month they go tour somewhere. They have toured Australia, Cambodia, Vietnam, America, India, and I am sure many other places. What I took from them was this. Work hard, play harder. They are being generous and letting us stay, however they are currently on a 50 mile bike ride somewhere and won't be back for another hour. We are just hanging out on their back porch checking out things and typing the blog for all yall peeps and homies out there!
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Entering Vermont?
Green Mountains to the right
Chevy commercial
Yea we jumped that
These pictures do the mountains no justice
Highest point in Vermont Mt. Equinox
Its glorious
The sky is on FIRE
I hope when you go cliff jumping, you check for underwater cliff faces and big rocks first. Sisters worry about little brothers and the hang members
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