Mark, I asked cycleblaze to share my contact info with you. I have a few questions about Albany to Montreal.

very scenic!

Knee icing!

Goals ARE NOT ridiculous!

Fun!

My daughter and son in law had a wedding to go to in Burlington and bribed my wife and I to go along to babysit our 9 month old grandson during the wedding. The bribery: she had gotten a reasonably priced AirBnB - three bedroom house within walking distance of downtown for less that the going rate at the downtown hotels.

In past tripe, I found the motels in South Burlington were much more reasonable.

I had planned a two ferry loop - the Charlotte/Essex ferry was running, we did it in the car on the way up. But that main Burlington to Plattsburgh one was not. But the Bike Ferry was running - had a very nice ride up to South Hero and back.

I had plans this summer to do the 3 ferry loop as well. I had envisioned a casual ride with overnight stays in both Burlington and Plattsburgh. I was similarly derailed by the Burlington-Port Kent ferry not running as well as the insanely expensive hotels in Burlington. I ended up staying one night in St. Albans instead, 15 miles away and $100 cheaper, and spending two glorious days riding around the islands.

I was shocked by the price of lodging in Burlington also. I was planning to route us through Burlington earlier this summer also but dropped it because I couldn’t justify the cost.

I can’t believe how many people on this site have been to Ausable Chasm this year. I lived in Plattsburgh as a kid and Ausable Chasm was a common day trip destination for families. It was one of those places that had employees put bumper stickers on cars in their parking lots (although at the time they used wires to affix them around the chrome bumpers - we’re talking 1960s here). That meant everyone in a 100 mile radius of Ausable had a car advertising the chasm. I hadn’t thought of that place at all since then. Now look at it - a CycleBlaze hotspot. And wouldn’t you know one of my brothers was there this summer too.