As I walked around Plainfield (Plainfield has to be one of the best places to live in VT) I kept hearing reports of big snow the next day so i changed my plans. I wasn't going to wait for good weather, but instead ride as far south as I could. I was ready for some epic pedaling.
Plainfield is a great little town in central VT. I just sat in a cemetery with three other people (erik, Heidi, someonelse) on a beautiful sunny morning and ate an apple pie for breakfast. Erik's new place is a quarter mile from the center of town where there is a natural food coop, a couple great restaraunts, book store, library, and a bunch of places that make a nice community setting. But when i was looking for Erik I was headed to Calais, I only found him in Plainfield by chance.
I rolled in to Newport VT yesterday to stay a night with Scott Gilson who I haven't seen since he graduated highschool 18 years ago. So much to catch up on, 18 years is a long time. Scott was a senior when i was a freshman and he made sure i didn't get beat up by the upperclassmen. Which was challenging because i was a wise guy, pushing people's buttons even though i was small (only 90 pounds at the time)...easy target. Scott did a great job....thanks man!
Addie just went to class with her 7" Shun santuko, for the first time, and that means mission tupper lake was a success. And it was quite easy i must say, but for such ease everything had to time out perfect so here's my journey from Rochester.....
It took two rides to reach Rochester NY from state college PA. I had a few tailwinds and not much straight on headwind along the way but I really think its that I'm riding myself into shape. Plus the BOB is especially fast in certain conditions almost like its not even there.
I just tested out my BOB ibex trailer for the first time today. It rides smooth no hands but shimmies my CAAD7 while out of the saddle at high(er) speeds. Started to smooth that out, i should get used to it.....
