{"id":11891,"date":"2013-08-30T17:09:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T21:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=11891"},"modified":"2013-08-30T17:12:37","modified_gmt":"2013-08-30T21:12:37","slug":"day-70-thursday-august-29-rochester-to-fairlee-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=11891","title":{"rendered":"Day 70. Thursday, August 29 – Rochester to Fairlee, Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"

No fog, but the clouds were still snuggling with the mountain\"\"<\/a> when we pushed off just after 8:30 this morning. Not sure how we were going to climb any mountain after being wonderfully stuffed with a huge bowl of fresh fruit, \"\"<\/a>french toast, bacon and sausage, etc, etc., but had to go. Though today was the same 60\u00b0 as yesterday, it felt much cooler; the fog replaced with overcast skies. \u00a0\"\"<\/a>Our first 30 miles were a stupendous\"\"<\/a> up and down roll \"\"<\/a>of incredibly picturesque\"\"<\/a> countryside\"\"<\/a> along the White River. \"\"<\/a> We are sure there is much we missed without the sun’s illumination, \"\"<\/a>but the mid-sixties temperature was perfect for biking\"\"<\/a>and we saw plenty, centuries old graveyards\"\"<\/a>even a brick church.\"\"<\/a> There is just something about the churches in Vermont, \"\"<\/a>that we couldn’t get enough of …\"\"<\/a>…. much like the barns in some state long ago. \u00a0Once again, just before lunch we reached the foot of our serious<\/em> climbing. \u00a0We opted for a quick stop at a country store where we had a light lunch with the ants and this creature.\"\"<\/a> There really is no good recipe for climbing mountains, especially when they start with a (thankfully, short) 14% climb. \u00a0Once again the river was beside us,\"\"<\/a> this time carrying us all the way to the top. \u00a0Apparently, it can get quite large and powerful as we went through a very rough patch where the road had been washed out.\"\"<\/a> This 1000 foot climb was only the beginning of \u00a0more sharp rises and falls\"\"<\/a> for the rest of the afternoon. \"\"<\/a> As exhausting as the climbing was,\"\"<\/a> it was so gorgeous,\"\"<\/a> and the drops from these climbs are very rewarding. \u00a0We called it a day at\u00a054 miles.\n\t\t