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The long awaited Tour de Brew – Part VI is finally here! It’s the wrap-up edition, and I’ll try to keep it short and sweet! Monday morning was warm again, but not super hot, with a misty rain that left the roads wet. Matt and I were up for one final ride before leaving, so [...]

While waiting for our Thai takeout in Burlington box mall hell on Saturday night, we took a visit to a book shop. In the book shop, we found a copy of the book Backroad Bicycling In Vermont which we flipped through. Despite some very odd advice (never make a left turn???) the book contained some [...]

My last post talked about our awesome ride up the Appalachian Gap on Saturday. You can read that here, and earlier posts here. Post Appalachian Gap, we headed to the ‘big city’ for a tour of the Magic Hat Brewery in Burlington. Right away, we noticed that the place was jammed. We could barely find [...]

Yes, updates are few and far between. My apologies. For those keeping track, I’m still working on documenting our trip to Vermont for “Tour de Brew 2011.” Check out the rest of the story here. I left off talking about our hike up Mt. Mansfield, and our encounter with momma moose and her baby. I [...]

After our morning spend riding Smuggler’s Notch (See Part I), we took a bit of a break before heading out for a hike up Mt. Mansfield. Mt. Mansfield is the highest point in Vermont, reaching an elevation of 4393 feet.  We decided to take the “Long Trail” from Smuggler’s Notch with a goal of reaching [...]