Vermont's rolling green hills brought the
New York - Montreal Trekkers to Burlington, and so to the original Ben & Jerry's ice cream shop, and so to the Vermonster. That's an ice cream sundae made with 30 scoops of ice cream and a certifiably insane amount of toppings, and served in a gallon bucket. The kids "demolished it in about 5 minutes," according to the trip leaders.
We call that a job well done.
They took in downtown Burlington, then set up at their campsite for the night and made dinner -- Asian chicken wraps with peanut sauce, which everyone loved.
They have just a couple days left before they bike into Quebec and head for Montreal!
Our intrepid Trekkers were treated to a gorgeous ride on Friday over rolling
green hillsides along Lake Champlain as they pedaled roughly 35 miles from
Vergennes to Burlington, VT
where they paid a visit to the aptly named Old Spokes
Home, a nonprofit bicycle shop and museum. After a scrumptious dinner of udon
stir fry prepared by Adrian, Gabe, and Carter and a hurried smores session, the
crew bunkered down in their tents as rain poured down. We awoke the following
morning for a short and pleasant ride that featured two short ferry rides
crossing from Vermont through the Champlain islands and back into New York.
Leader Andy hosted the group at his spacious apartment in Plattsburgh on
Saturday, where he whipped up some mango salsa over Caribbean black beans.
Tomorrow the boys will be waking up early for an omelette cook-off to fuel up in
advance their Canadian border crossing - Montreal, here we come!
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