A Lucky Day for a VT Ride

Here I am, getting ready to go 55+ miles through the hills and mountains of VT.

It was a great ride with a great group. We saw some of the best scenery and hit some of the longest and most arduous hills along the way. The hills in VT are not like the hills of Massachusetts. They are generally much longer and they tend to have very steep endings.

I wound up riding in the local parade through the small town of Vershire. The ATV participants did not like my presence. It was fun dodging them and hearing them skid to a stop inches from my rear wheel trying to scare me.

My maximum downhill speed was 47 mph - and there was one downhill that went on for 4 miles - I think that's the longest downhill I've experienced, at least for quite a while.

It was 7/7/07 - I did not buy a lottery ticket, but I feel lucky to have made it through the ride dry up until the last 2 miles or so when we were hit with a windswept downpour - and it felt good.