Today was an "all you can eat" smorgasbord of delightful riding. We rolled out of our campground, North Beach City Park Campground, and right onto the Island Line Rail Trail. First bite, North Beach itself.
North Beach, Lake Champlain
A little further down the trail, this lovely trestle across the Winooski River where it meets the lake provided our next taste.
Somewhere along the trail, we encountered a local rider who was very interested in our trikes, and very knowledgeable about the local resources and trail history. He explained that Local Motion, a statewide bicycle advocacy group that's very active in Burlington, not only helped make the trail a reality but was also responsible for the ferry that services a 250' gap in the causeway across the lake to South Hero Island as well as making sure that recent storm damage to the causeway was repaired. The gap allows boats to navigate around the island without being blocked by the causeway. Unfortunately, our tasting was limited to the Burlington side of the causeway as the bike ferry only runs on weekends after Labor Day.
Causeway, Bicycle Ferry Landing and the Gap
After reaching the southernmost end of the trail, we went in search of our next tasting at Leslie's alma mater, UVM (University of Vermont), via the S. Burlington Rec Path.
Paula's note: Why isn't it called UVT? Turns out UVM is Latin for Universitas Viridis Montis, or University of the Green Mountains.
This was both a metaphorical and literal tasting as Leslie wanted to take a trip down memory lane at the UVM Dairy Bar, a student run ice cream production and sales business, located in the UVM student union. Besides, everyone knows that eating ice cream while on a bike ride is a requirement!
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