Today we rode about 36 miles around Lake Champlain in Vermont. We started the day a little slow. We left the campground past 8 even though we woke up at 6. But we quickly made up for it and then some with fast riding. By the time we stopped for lunch we had completed 2/3 of our daily mileage before 11. A new record! We stopped a little while for lunch, where we ate crackers, meats, cheeses, and fruit. Then we powered through our last 12 miles to our campsite in Burlington, Vermont. We arrived early and had plenty of time for a nice swim and a game of frisbee-jackpot at North Beach Park. We dropped off all of our heavy gear at the campsite and then rode back into Burlington to explore the town. We walked along the shops of Church Street and went to Ben and Jerry’s for delicious ice cream cones. While riding over a bump, one trekker’s tire popped suddenly and sliced open. We plan to fix it tomorrow morning. We watched the sunset over the water, then went back to our campsite and went to bed.
– Trekker Abie