I made my way up to the bike bridge.
Eventually I was as far as I wanted to go and went south. On the way back there are some nice spots to stop and look at Burlington harbor.
A lot of you liked my "bike" picture last time so I took it again in a couple of different places. Here is one of them.
Nice, right? As I said it was a glorious ride.
Saturday I got up early and T and I ran 11 miles. Neither of us would call it a particularly great run. Today we ran 5 and that went much better though still not terribly fast. It was humid even early! When I got back I changed and then headed out for a bike ride. I took the loop that I haven't taken in awhile. First I looked up the Green Mountain Stage Race (a 4 day bike race) on the Internet as a lot of it was the course they were going to be riding. They had barely started and had 60 miles to go over two mountain passes so I thought I had plenty of time not to be in their way. They call the part I was on Baby Gap. They did have to adjust the usual routes due to all the road damage so I wasn't sure if they would be on this road or not until I looked it up.
I found this on the side of the road from Stage 2 (today
was Stage 3) and couldn't resist picking it up. Of course I
wasn't pretending it was mine.
I could see more road damage here as I could on the 11 mile run. There were a lot of roads closed - but still nothing like the rest of the state. We are supposed to get more heavy rain tonight but let's hope that doesn't happen.
When I came to this part of the road by the river I had to
get off and walk!
Here is the peaceful river now. Let's hope it
stays that way.
When I got home from my ride as I was coming up the driveway it started to thunder.
The sky was rather ominous looking but nothing much happened.
Have a happy Labor Day!
10 comments:
The damage that's been caused by just a bit of water has been quite incredible. And yes, I meant the 'just a bit' tongue in cheek. It always amazes me just how powerful it is. I hope you get your roads and paths back into biking and running shape ASAP.
Your pictures are wonderful as always. My schedule was a little off yours...bike Thurs, swim fri, and then I ran 11 on Saturday, too. Tomorrow I'm back on the bike with my brother, which should make for a great morning. :)
Glad you're making the most of our last gasp of summer freedom. Next up...Columbus Day weekend! :)
You always make your runs and rides so interesting and I think that's why you enjoy it so much. The damage is quite scary. Respect the forces of nature is what I think when I see that. Have a great week!
This *was* a glorious ride. You certainly live in a very beautiful part of the world. Can't wait to see your pics when the trees change colors. Ah, the fall in New England.
Have a great Labor Day!
What great bike rides. You weren't temped to put on the bib and pretend you rode it too :)
It's so beautiful up there, can't get enough of looking at your photos every time.
Nice sunset! That black sky looks very familiar to me - we get that a lot in the UK!
you have such beautiful scenery for your runs and rides. i'm envious!
Oh, how I wish I could stop and look at the Burlington harbor....
Nice runs:) Hoping the rain avoids you!!!!!
Great scenery as always! There are never enough glorious days of summer to get all of the runs and rides in that we want - ever notice that? Have a great week!
more beautiful photos! its sad to see how much damage was caused by irene :(
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