Across America North - day 48 - Albany, NY --> Brattleboro, VT
We crossed into Vermont today. New York was a nice place to ride.
We haven't had this much climbing since we were out west. Vermont ain't flat, as the t-
shirt says. The uphills were frequently steeper than 8% and there were extended sections
of 10% and more. Climbing today was 5810 feet by my computer's reckoning. In local terms,
today's climbing was four times up Lookout Mountain.
The descent into Brattleboro was about 13 miles long and I hit 48 mph a few times but
slowed down in the crosswind. I'm sure that my tolerance of highs speed is declining with
age but it was a geat bombing run even with the crosswind and winding road.
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