next time something that comes up let me know cause i'd love to do some dirt riding up there. i ride my street bike up there all the time and it is a beautiful state. ever take the ferry from burlington to port kent ny.? that's a great ride. we come down rt 22 to ticondaroga the take rt 73(?) back into vermont then just use secondary roads to make our way back to mass. it's a good 400 mile day.

 

I used to live right by the port kent ferry in Keeseville. Vermont is a very beautiful state. I would be down for some trail riding up there.

 

Will do. Obviously, we are all hibernating until the spring. They have an off-road ridinginstruction day plannedin May, which I will definitely be attending. I'm a total novice, and parts of the ride I did with them was well beyond my comfort zone (water crossings, single tracks on the sides of mountains, etc). If it wasn't for the guy I was with and two other guys who happened to be riding slow because they were nursing injuries, I would have been completely lost. Icame homewet, cold, and bleeding, but I survived!

 

that's the best way to come home. kinda gives you a sense of accomplishment. except the cold part. that just sucks as far as hibernating goes if the weather guy is right i'll be digging my way out of about a foot of snow tommorrow[:@][:@]

 

by the way who's they? and what is this off-road riding instruction you speak of? are THEY teaching actual riding techniques or is more of how to shiftand brake?

 

Sorry, "they" is the riding club I mentioned earlier (http://www.cccofvt.com/). I'm hoping it will be geared toward off-road riding tecnique more than just the basics of how to shift and brake!

 

are we still going to try and set this ride up?

 

It'd be nice to do but i'm out of options for myself to offer to the group....[]

 

okay so Pa. is out. How about we go back down to Bass River and do the pine barrons agian?

 

We could hit a pay park in the in the PA area for one day and then hit some trails close by for the next day. Here is one in the area. They have group rates and lodging info on the site.http://www.ridelosttrails.com/ . Just an option.