Pedicab Man

Day 9 Plattsburgh to Crown Point New York - 65 miles and 4180 feet of climbing!!

We're writing this on day 12 due no available internet and being to bushed to write up the day's report. This part of New York has some upscale areas particularly around Lake George and some dumps, which is unlike Vermont with it's consistent upscale hippie look and feel. Port Henry, NY is a good example with it's charming 1890's buildings which have vegetated into apparent slums. Port Henry should annex into Vermont and get in on the tourist trade. Having said that it would be fair to point out there are a few places in VT that I'm sure would look better with a few feet of snow to cover the junk. All and all, Vermont does a great job saying, "spend your money here".

We got an early start out of Plattsburgh and had a few flat miles before hitting the hills. As you can see from the number of feet climbed - there were a lot of hills with plenty of crash and burn grades. Ron and Jim agree it was their hardest day climbing since Missouri last summer. Jim started to fall apart a couple times but fueled up and kept on riding and ended up feeling good at the end of the day. Patty gave in and walked up two of the hills; Derna and Ron sailed up them all.

Crown Point was a nice lift after seeing sad Port Henry - the bridge traffic must bring in some extra money. Of course, those last miles to the B&B (Sugar Hill Manor), would have been nicer without those cars racing to get down broken down Rte 9N and onto the bridge to Vermont. The B&B was antique filled, large rooms, with afternoon tea and hearty breakfast - highly recommended.

Sarah met us at the B&B. After today's ride, it was nice knowing some of our stuff would be traveling with her in the car for a few days.

Note: Picture taken going over Ausable Canyon NY - we ignored the bridge closed sign to stay on route.