Crossing Lake Champlain into VT

After a short ride through Fort Ticonderoga, we boarded a small ferry for the 7 minute ride across Lake Champlain and into Vermont. Our spirits were high, especially those of Ellen and myself, the trip Vermonters - it felt so great to spy the Green Mtns as we rode down to the Lake. As we approached the VT shoreline on the ferry, a few of us saw a person waiting on the shore who had a remarkable resemblance to our fellow Southern Tier rider Laurie, who lives in NC and was originally scheduled to do this ride with us. What an incredible delight to find that it was indeed Laurie! We had a great time visiting with her for the next 2 days.

The best part of an already really great day was that my daughter Eliza drove down from her home in Burlington to have dinner with us. We got to catch up over a couple of lattes and then she got to meet the gang.