The ride out of Battleboro, VT took us back through the quint little town that wasn't even awake yet as we crossed over the bridge and hit the New Hampshire state line, our first of the day. Then we began to climb, and climb and climb some more. We climbed for the next 30 miles up rolling hills, stair step hills and some long but not steep hills. Along the way we came across the Ashuelot Covered bridge. It was still in use, a one lane wooden bridge.

On mile 33 we rolled into our first sag of the day thankful that we were still able to walk. When we left the sag we....you guessed it we climbed some more. Guess the theme for today's ride yet? Can you say "climb legs, climb!"

Shortly after leaving the sag we hit our second state line for the day, the Massachusetts state line. That was at mile 41 and we still had 50 miles to go before riding into Burlington, MA and our hotel. I will admit those were some long miles! At mile 60 we hit our last sag of our tour and cause for celebration, a perfect photo opportunity.

The ride today was 91 miles and which made for a very long day of cycling due to all the hills we climbed. It took me 6 hours and 40 minutes to cycle the 91 miles at an average speed of 13.9. I am very happy with that speed considering all the hills!!!!

Sorry to end this blog without having sighted a snake in the states of New Hampshire or Massachusetts, but that's just how it goes...sometimes you see them and other times they stay clear of the roads we cycle on.