The Reality

A few factors threw a monkey wrench into my plan. The hotels in Burlington are outrageously expensive, like Manhattan expensive. The main ferry across Lake Champlain was not running, a Covid victim I guess. The bicycle ferry north of Burlington runs only on weekends after Labor Day. One Lake Champlain ferry was running. The ferry north of Plattsburgh NY to Grand Isle, VT.

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Scott AndersonI 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.
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Bob DistelbergI 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.
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John PescatoreTo Scott AndersonMy 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.
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