We are staying smack in the center of town at the oh so Vermont, Green Mountain Inn Nice. I don't know if it gets any more "Vermont" than this place.
I really like this town, and the whole state of Vermont. I have wanted to get back here for a long time, since first driving up Smugglers Notch and thinking what a great ride this would be. So here we are. Heather went off to do some of the things that interest her (photography and shopping) while I headed out to do a 90k countryside loop, not climbing the notch from Stowe, but doing a counterclockwise loop, and descending from the notch into Stowe.
Beautiful ride - rollers, beautiful countryside, rivers, mountains...
The ride seemed really really easy for the first part - I guessed I was mostly descending. I now realize that I also had a tailwind. The only downside to doing the ride in this direction is, after completing 60 easy k, you have a 1700 foot climb into the wind.
Ha! I was feeling tired. But this is the reason that I came here...beautiful roads.
Tomorrow? Do it all again in the other direction with my k-town buds...Fil & John - who just got into town! Yee Haw!
Garmin details here.
