Starting Point: West
Bethel, ME
Ending Point: Lyndonville,
VT
Via: Gilead, ME,
Shelburne, NH, Gorham, Randolph, Bowman, Starr King, Jefferson, Riverton,
Lancaster, Lunenburg, VT, Miles Pond, North Concord, Concord, East St.
Johnsbury.
Mileage: 74.1
Time: 8:25
Mph: 8.8
Terrain:
extremely hilly
Temperature High:
60
Temperature Low:
45
Lunch: turkey sub
Dinner: corn
chowder – a healthy heap
Weather: rain,
heavy at times, sunny when not raining (which wasn’t often)
Wind: stiff
headwinds
Lodging:
Moonlight in Vermont Bed and Breakfast
Cumulative
Mileage: 147.5
Miles to Go: about
1,696
Projected
Distance: 1,843
Percent
Completed: 8%
The hills in New Hampshire were bad
enough…going over Gorham Heights as they call it was slow going. So slow, in
fact, that it proved faster to walk.
Crossing into Vermont was very deceptive.
The road went right along the river and was flat. This was certainly
encouraging. That was until about 1 mile into the state. It was then, that she
revealed her true contours. Hills aplenty. Hills on hills.
This day was very similar to yesterday in
that the primary thought was getting to the end of the day before dark. One
primary difference, though, was that I got to enjoy the roller coaster hills in
the rain. Not complaining…just making an observation. At the least my destination
was a fine old Vermont house run by Dick and Shirley. They were wonderfully
welcoming and helpful. I admit that this accommodation was a far cry from
camping in a tent in the wilds of West Bethel. This trip, however, is really a
mixture of places.
The breakfast in the morning was
phenomenally delicious and homey. There was another couple and a mom with a
young boy and a college junior staying there and we had fine camaraderie which
had to end all too soon.
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