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“Roads to Die For”! I kept repeating that over and over. We were staying south of Burlington, Vermont in Ferrisburg along Lake Champlain. Around here the roads are mostly flat allowing me to get rides in without being away too long from the family. While riding I wished my friends were with me to enjoy these great roads. When riding, I wasn’t riding for speed. I was too busy enjoying the roads to let them go by too fast. Taking photos, noticing what was around me, taking it all in!

See July 6, 2014 Ride

See July 8, 2014 Ride

This area offers awesome roads that stretch out and lure me in. While riding, I see mountain and lake views, farm houses and barns, covered bridges, tree lined roads that sweep around a wide bend begging me to keep going. Most times I wanted to keep going to see where the next road would take me. Many of the roads I rode on were part of the Champlain Bikeway—a series of connected peaceful country roads that I could access just 2 miles from where I stayed.

We stayed on a small peninsula on Lake Champlain with a dock facing west offering great sunsets every night it seemed. Next to the dock is a large rock where the kids and I jumped off all day. Some days we stayed on that doc all day, other days we visited three different swimming holes or downtown Burlington. I jumped in that water from morning until it got too dark to see the water…when I wasn’t biking or jumping into a swimming hole.

I can’t wait to go back.