Musings on horticultural therapy and the soothing effects of plants and nature
It is coming down in sheets so we need to delay the final leg of our travels. We finally get out of the motel a bit after 9 am and settle down for a great breakfast at Deb’s Place. We linger over our omelets as the rain picks up. Around 10:30 we are on the […]
It’s a beautiful clear day with not a cloud in the sky. I approach today with both excitement and trepidation as 61 miles will be our longest pedal so far with temps in the upper 80s. But I am leaving such thoughts in the background as the waitress at our hotel, Auberge Sutton Brouerie, brings […]
The church bell in St. Albans rings nine and we start our way to Canada on a cloudy and cool morning. This trip is only 38 miles so we should be able to handle it easily. It’s a quiet Sunday with only a few people walking the trail and even fewer cars on the roads […]
Rain, rain take a hike. Erik wants to ride his bike. This was the refrain going through my head this morning as we woke up to varying intensities of precipitation that continued until 10 am, delaying our start. The sky spits at us as we mount our bikes, coasting down to the LVRT. We take […]
After a great breakfast at the Danville Restaurant and Inn (Ted had blueberry pancakes with real maple syrup), we start our 49-mile day by entering the trail next to the old Danville train station. The morning is sunny though unseasonably cold in the 50s. Our tires crackle as we pass through a grove of white […]
Much like Blanche DuBois, Ted and I have very much relied on the kindness of strangers when we find ourselves in a pickle during one of our road trips. That happened again today when we experienced four flat tires between the two of us. I led off the puncture parade two miles into the day […]
For the eighth time in nine years, Ted and I leave our homes to hop on our bikes for the great unknown. This time it is a cris-cross through northern Vermont with a brief visit to Canada. We will be biking nearly 250 miles over five days on the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail (LVRT) and […]
It’s a cold morning at 37 degrees. Not biking weather. But it should warm up to the low 50s by the time we hit the road. After a tough 39 miles on Corridor Aerobique the other day, we decide to alter our trip a bit. We were supposed to bike back the same way, which […]
We start the morning not with breakfast, but with a bike ride as our hotel does not offer this morning meal. Ted discovers a fantastic breakfast place where he has a fish-filled crepe that spans the entire plate and I have a similarly huge omelet. We are fueled and ready for our trip on Corridor […]
The sun is playing with the clouds as we head south on Le P’tit Train du Nord. It’s an easy pedaling day as the trail will tend to be downhill (mostly) and unless we take detours, our mileage should be around 35. We push hard though a forested grotto, which is cool and damp. A […]