Day 86
August 10th
Monday
Miles 55
Bethel, Vermont to North Haverhill, New Hampshire
Today's ride took us through Royalton, and then South Royalton, a charming village that is home to the Vermont School of Law. We stopped at the food coop to buy fruit and snacks for the day's ride. It is nice to find these special grocery stores, the owner said we would see them more often as we traveled east. When leaving South Royalton we passed a large organic farm and two picturesque horse farms among the green hills and tall trees.
On the descent from Thetford Hill we had a blowout on the rear tandem tire. Scary, scary moments until Ronnie safely brought it to a stop. Thankfully it was towards the bottom where the hill was not as steep, we were only going around 20 miles per hour, and the bicycle stayed straight. We had an extra tire and tube so it did not take Ronnie long to get us back on the road. A local cyclist stopped to be sure we were okay and had everything needed for repairs.
After traveling through Stafford and Thetford we entered state #10 as we rode across the Connecticut River into New Hampshire. We immediately turned onto River Road lined with a canopy of trees providing shade and a cool breeze. The next town was Orford, there we rode past seven of the original homes built when the village was established. Many of the homes and farms we are seeing in New Hampshire date back to the 1700's. There seem to be more brick and stone homes in New Hampshire and many of the homes are magnificent in size and style. The barns are a little different but just as stunning and one we saw today was round. We saw additional horse farms with wood fences on green rolling hills - most for English jumping. We continue to see the American flag being flown by many homeowners and businesses.
We followed the Connecticut River most of the afternoon then had the opportunity to camp by it with a splendid view of Vermont mountains on the other side. The camp ground, River Meadows is one of the nicest and cleanest we have camped at. The camp hosts greeted us and offered to let us set up under the pavilion because there was a slight chance for rain. The pavilion was next to a pond with a water feature that was relaxing to listen to. We had a nice table with comfortable chairs-something we rarely had this trip and, best of all our own washroom. This would be a beautiful place to spend the summer!
Home to the Vermont School of Law
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