September 8 - day 75 Thursday

September 8 - day 75 ThursdayStart - Alder Bend Road Near Ellenburg, NY
End - Burlington, VT
Miles - 33 (Larry 17.37, Marcee 15.84)
Start time - 940am
End time - 125pm
Miles driven not ridden about 7

Today was a short day and we got a late start but it was a good day.  We entered our 10th state Vermont - only 2 to go.  As we have been doing for several days now we using GoogleMaps to create our own backroads route from Ellenburg to Port Kent just south of Plattsburgh.  It worked well.  It kept us off of 190 Military Highway, which has wide shoulders but lots of traffic plus truck traffic.  We had plans to catch the Port Kent ferry and we did but we just made the 125pm ferry by minutes.  It was pretty cool because we did not know how far we had to go to get to the ferry and I pedaled as fast as I could.   Coming down the hill along Lakeside drive and seeing Lake Champlain was cool.

The ferry ride was about 1 hour long.  When we got to Burlington we stopped in for some biking information at the Ski Rack and at the Non-profit group called Local Motion.   There help with maps and talking through possible routes through Vermont was helpful.  Thank you!

That evening we drove to Moretown, VT to visit my college roommate Scott Mead along with his wife Jenn and their two daughters.  It was great to catch up after about 9 or 10 years.  We were treated to pizza and stayed overnight.  Thank you Scott and Jenn.  Ciara thank you for your donation to Water for Life!

Valcour ferry.