A New and Different Intrepid Adventure

Sam has been on a mission to ride his bike up all the nearby Gaps this summer. He did the Appalachian Gap first, in early August with Carroll, then I joined them for the Lincoln Gap a week later. Sam and I tried to do Middlebury Gap at the end of August, but the road was closed due to flooding. We tackled it again last Sunday, and this time Robin joined us, so it was a family affair.
We did make it to the top


and hiked up around the Snow bowl

and even biked down the other side to see the flood damage at Texas Falls, which was awe-inspiring

We also enjoyed hopping around the rocks at the falls


But of course, the real highlight of the trip was stopping at the Ripton General Store, where they have "penny candy" that actually costs a penny!

We biked a total of 27.8 miles, which Sam calculated meant the we pedalled uphill 13.9 miles, some of which I can testify was STEEP. The cool autumn air was nice for going up, but we FROZE on the way down!