Thursday, July 22, 2004

Ticonderoga Ferry to Vermont

42 miles


New sore muscles from hill climbing. Vermont immediately feels different from New York: dairy cows, clover fields, large mowing machines, and Subarus. Left early in the morning but already feels hot by 9:30 am.


This morning we took the Ticonderoga Ferry across Lake Champlain. One of the guys on the ferry told us a couple with a tandem and a trailer were on the ferry about seven minutes ago. We assumed they were the Ohio couple with a Bob trailer that we met on our first day. In a little while, we saw them at the top of a hill. As we got closer, Mac said, “they have a Burley trailer, not a Bob!” It was a different couple, but they're also from Ohio (Dayton area) and left home about the same time we did.


Long lunch in Middleburg with our new friends, Stephen & Zella.

Decided to sleep in a hotel. I was checking on prices and a guy in a beat up Subaru with a kayak on top stopped and invited Mac to use his shower and camp in his backyard. We took up his offer and tried his “Vermont Sardines” - little trout he caught from the river behind his house.

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