FINAL Plan - It's a GO

DEPARTURE
Bruce and Tom will leave Hendersonville (Saturday, June 15) and pickup DTI (June 15) see BUDGET (revised 6/09) for day plan.  Dave will drive out separately as convenient to meet with Brian and Shay.  All will meet in Ticonderoga NY (Sunday, June 16).

RETURN
Bruce, DTI, and Tom will reverse departure course from Ticonderoga on June 24.  (6/9/19) Dave S last day plans are not determined due to Brian's schedule.

BORDER CROSSING ISSUES
See CANADA page

SAG
Tom's Van to be used for SAG. See DAILY PLAN for SAG schedule and a listing of tools and supplies on-board the SAG.


Bruce has prepare a composite (click here).  Neither Brian or Shay will be asked to SAG. Please refer to the DAILY PLAN (revised 5/31) for daily GPX files and SAG.

MONTREAL
Members of the Montreal Bike Club will meet and ride along with the group in the AM most likely after we cross over on the JC Bridge.

LODGING
I am not anticipating changes to the lodging plan as detailed in the BUDGET. Bruce has booked one room for Bruce/Tom at Hancock MD. (6/9/19) Motel on return from Ticonderoga yet to be booked.

Tom

Montreal Plan

Montreal Bike Club

CGOAB

You all will probably notice the CGOAB entry in the top menu bar.  That is a link to Bruce's Crazy Guy of a Bike journal that he promises to write.  However, until he publishes it, only he and I can access it.  I have been included as an author because I promised to add my usual HTML formatting (rather than the bland default format) and a few photographs.

As Bruce warned, he doesn't have a lot of content yet, but promises a prolific discussion of our experiences to share with the world.  While you wait impatiently for the great unveiling, you can visit Bruce's other contributions to CGAOB by clicking this link and a few of mine by clicking this link.

Lastly, I will steal from Bruce's CGOAB journal for my monthly magazine column.  My editor has been harassing me for taking a break from writing my column. Hopefully, I can add some great experiences and photos from Montreal.

PEDAL FOR CHAMPY

      Often listed among the top bike routes in the US, the roads and trails around Lake Champlain provide a unique adventure. Starting at the southern tip of Lake George, the FOGBEE Tour group has planned a June 2019 Inn-to-Inn SAG supported excursion up the New York side of Lake Champlain to Montreal and back down the Vermont side to Burlington.  Besides Montreal, visits to Fort Ticonderoga, Quebec City, the Vermont Islands, and the Von Trapp Family Lodge in Stowe are included.  With the almost flat routes running along the edge of the lake, there will be many opportunities to spot Champy.  

      The complete plans are laid out at http://champ2019.blogspot.com/ .  If you are interested in joining us, drop me a note at tnbiketom@gmail.com and subscribe to the trip email.

Similar CGOAB Trip

From:Bob and Eve Schofield Sent: December 8, 2018
Subject: By Bike to Quebec

Some interesting reading for anyone contemplating a visit to Montreal:

http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/doc/2018Quebec.

It took me a while to figure out why a woman would make shaving cream one of her first purchases!

Bob

Lake Champlian Scenic Byway

Lake Champlain Byway

Route 2, Route 7, others Champlain Islands, Burlington, Middlebury, Vergennes, VT Phone:

Length: 134 miles

This byway traces the eastern shore of beautiful Lake Champlain, and includes some inland portions near and south of the town of Middlebury. The byway serves up a continuous stream of vistas of mountains, lake, and valleys, of towns and farms. On the Lake Champlain Islands, gorgeous views of the lake can be seen at almost every bend in the road. There are many performing arts venues, local festivals, and historic sites and museums. State parks on the lake are plentiful. InteractiveMap  

Driving directions: This byway runs along the northern length of Lake Champlain, and uses parts of U.S. Route 2 in the north and U.S. Route 7 in Chittenden. The byway splits and leaves Route 7 in Middlebury. Vermont Byway Maps

Samantha Brown's Montreal - Places to Love

From immersive to interactive, Montréal is a city that puts on a show of sheer artistry in practically everything that this city is involved with. From hidden-alleyway bicycle tours to the French-Canadian version of Little Italy to its world famous Cirques Festivals to a distiller making gin out of locally sourced botanicals, Montréal both surprised and inspired Samantha in her travels.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hELTysRVaXimVxMzkHdbZTBxI7eTknZb

Lake Champlain Bikeways

the way it is

The Champlain Bikeway and its network of connecting theme loops (to date). Complete mile-by-mile directions of the 363-mile Champlain Bikeway and 38 shorter connecting theme loops are available by state and province. Select a general area and narrow it down from there, or use the jump bar to go right to a specific route: West Side East Side Quebec New York Theme Loops Vermont Theme Loops

This Month's Highlighted Rails to Trail

Trail of the Month: May 2018

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“It’s just phenomenal how the trail has changed our community... We’re just going to keep embracing this trail any way we can."

—Tricia Follert, Morristown’s community development coordinator

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During the pleasant summer months of northern Vermont, the Lamoille Valley Rail Trail offers an extraordinary experience as it journeys through a verdant river valley tucked among the forested slopes of the Green Mountains. Travelers can revel in this quiet escape while still having big city culture just a couple hours away by car—Montreal to the north and Boston to the south.

https://www.railstotrails.org/trailblog/2018/may/15/vermonts-lamoille-valley-rail-trail/?AddInterest=2446&utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=052118_eNews 

August 2015 Note and Photos from Dave S Daughter

Hi guys!

This is a special edition photo email for the bike fans in the group.  Lee and I did this really cool ride (we completed about 18 miles but it goes much longer) in Burlington, VT which has an incredible rails-to-trails path that hugs the shoreline of Lake Champlain, and then it extends into a causeway right out into the middle of the lake for several miles!  It is so beautiful and it is exclusively for bikes. Interestingly, there is a roughly 200 foot gap in the causeway so that boats can pass, but if you want to keep going you can make the crossing with your bike by a bike ferry($4) and continue on biking onto the island that it connects to. 

Have you ever seen anything like this? Maybe another FOGBEE destination?

Love, Lisa 

http://www.champlainbikeways.org/

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