Peaks + Perks....New England (US) picture book

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
Staff member
Is that an ad for Viagra? :eek:

Puts spring in your step and lead in your pencil. :bs

Naw, it's an ad by the American Athletics Association to QUIT wasting dosh at the "Candian Phamcy" ordering "cheap Vigra"....and get into SOME EXERCISE!!
Might put some lead in your step and spring in your pencil
 

asphalt

Tassie...where tyres are flat and nights are long
The Bears , Mother with children is really dangerous I think.:eek:

It is a roundabout for pedestrians .....:whistle:
Oh Yeah..... Nice Pics.
I Like such reports of amazing trips through the States.
 

glitch

Mapping the next ride...
Staff member
Gaps and Notches...and the Covered Bridges of Vermont


Drifting through the Northern half of the Green Mountains (and Appalachian Ridge), there's no shortage of ski-resorts, mountains, gorges, steep valleys, lookouts and a bucketload of twisties.
As well as the highest peak in Vermont, Mt. Mansfield, crowning above the Stowe Mountain Ski Area.
Where there's mountains, there's water....and bridges....and they don't call 'em passes here, but Gaps + Notches.
Here's a map for a prime ride/ drive of the area, Rochester Gap, Middlebury Gap, Lincoln Gap, Roxbury Gap, Appalachian Gap, Smugglers Notch, Moretown Gap....throw in Ben+Jerrys Ice Cream Factory just north of Waterbury and 1 day just won't cover it.
https://goo.gl/maps/T3e3SeSmiuG2

Time to make the little Prius boil its batteries...:woot:



Lake Dunmore....a 30ac Camp Site with cabins, camp kitchen and superb lawns stretching along the foreshore to pitch a tent...all part of Branbury State Park.


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Old hay-barn near Warren


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Texas Falls nr. Hancock, Rt.100



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East Middlebury



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As the sign says!!


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Waitsfield B+B...cute! Great brecky, rotten coffee.
Waitsfield....where the lights are on, but nobody at home.
Walked into 3 stately places with cars out front, lights on, all doors open.....knocked, hollered, yelled, then walked out
as nobody showed up. Could've filled a truck with possessions, furniture and tech gear W-)W-)


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glitch

Mapping the next ride...
Staff member
Gaps, Notches and Bridges pt.2


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Then and now...timber-dowels versus angle-brackets


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Just up the road towards the Appalachian Gap is another one...


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A sixpack of twisties to the top...


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Oops...bloody great views, aye??!!:bs


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On a whim...following the Huntington River on a small gravel road, we trip over the Huntington Gorge, a bewdiful little spot!!



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Another covered bridge near Jeffersonville, the western end of Smugglers Notch.



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Across "The Notch" and past the Stowe Mountain Ski Circus....



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...for the steep and narrow gravel road towards Mt. Mansfield,

https://goo.gl/maps/odSsKhHN2ok





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What a great lunch-spot!!



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glitch

Mapping the next ride...
Staff member
Mt. Mansfield...Tops Of Vermont!!

...and a 3hr return scramble over those boulders and slabs. MAGIC!!:glu:thumbs:



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Don't you believe it!!


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Looking east into the White Mountains of New Hampshire



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Looking north to the Canadian Border :drool::drool:



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...and it's not just us being totally STUMPED by those views!!



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Who?? Me???
Wot?? I LIVE up here!!



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Time to scramble back, it's getting nippy.
A look to the west....


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...before it's slowly back down the mountain, trying to cope with the input-overload, leaving the old chap at the toll-house with tears in his eyes when we sign-out and clip a little toy-koala onto his pen. :thumbs:


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Mt. Mansfield....one of the absolute highlights!!:drool::clap:
 

John_Johnny

Long Timer
Caption these pics.....

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Effin' Canadians!


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I fart in your general direction..... (in a mocking French accent...I assume it's an American squirrel??)
 
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