Hola everyone!

We’ve reached our northern and western boundary, have turned the corner and are headed for home. I awoke this morning to dry pavement, and the rain started as we walked over to the local coffee shop. A couple riders didn’t want to head out into the showers and decided to opt for a ride from the volunteers, but the remainder suited up and plowed on. Rest stop 1 was at the Warren Store, a quaint general store that had a great patio that overlooks the adjacent river, and despite a little rain and a bit of road grime, smiles were the accessory of the day. The route brought them south along Route 100, which meanders alongside a river for many miles before heading out across rolling farmland. Rest stop 2 was at Pittsfield General Store, a wonderful country store with a great porch, a lunch counter featuring local meats, cheeses and produce, and purveyors of craft beer, fine wine, maple sugar products and souvenirs. From there, it was a short jaunt to the access road for Killington Ski area, where our hotel is located- If you immediately think “Hill” when you hear ski area, you’re dead-on. It’s a bit of a slog for the last 6 miles, but a screaming downhill that runs out into the flats is what’s on tap for their morning. As of this writing, many are assembled in the bar enjoying a beverage and  charcuterie’ before dinner is served- a BBQ feast with summer salads- the scent of which is wafting in through the open windows.

OK, enough teasing, it’s time for dinner!

Keep the wind at your back and the downhills in front of you,
GearMan