St. Johnsbury, VT
June 25, 2021
Yesterday was a travel day for us as we headed toward St Johnsbury, VT for our next ride. We had a relaxing morning and left Lake Carmi State Park about noon.
We arrived in Littleton, NH, where we would spend the night, with plenty of day left we did some shopping and went to the local pub/restaurant for dinner. Good food, great service and decent prices.
The Lamoille Valley Rail Trail runs along what was once known as the covered bridge line and was a leaf peeper train for scenic tourism.
We rode the eastern section of the rail trail. It was 12.5 miles on an uphill grade to Danville. We took an hour and 30 minutes ride up the trail and under an hour on our return. It was a fun fast ride down and a much earned rest.
We traveled in and out of dense forest on the rail bed which at times was a few hundred feet above the forest floor.
The wild flowers along the trail were beautiful and we saw people picking bouquets. Where the woods were most dense ferns covered the sides of the trail.
We are excited to have finished our Vermont 100 today, that makes 47 down and one to go. We are spending the night in Newport, Maine and hope to ride the Downeast Sunrise Rail Trail tomorrow.
Very cool tunnels and the ride through the forest … AMAZING!!