Day 50: Latham NY to Brattleboro Vermont

Today’s Highlights:
The heat and humidity broke today, and we had a very pleasant day to ride compare to last week. Four miles from the start we crossed the mighty Hudson River and continued across New York. After a short ride through Troy we got into the countryside again. We finished our traversal of New York State after thirty five miles and crossed into Vermont in the town of Bennington. By the end of the ride, we had reach eastern boarder of Vermont in Brattleboro.

The highlight of today was the hills. Mountains really. I enjoyed doing some real climbing again rather than just rolling hills. There was one eight mile climb, one three miler, and a bunch of other short, steep ones. The long descents were also fun and fast. The last several miles into Brattleboro were all downhill, so that was a great easy way to finish the seventy eight mile ride. Often, the road followed a river and there were nice views of sparkling mountain water running over rocky stream beds. There was also a nice view of the Harriman Reservoir. At the summit of Hogback Mountain we had a panoramic view across southern Vermont, into New Hamphsire to the east and down to Massachusetts to the south. It was a beautiful expanse of green forested mountains and hills.

The only significant towns we rode through today were Hoosic Falls in NY, and Bennington and Brattleboro in VT. Each had some New England charm and some uniquely Vermont character. And each was quite busy with shoppers at farmers markets and local shops on this Sunday.

Ken, Bud, Emma and I finished the day properly at an ice cream stand. We have two more days of living the good life.

Pictures Of The Day:

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