New England Classic

We start the day with a screaming downhill out of the lodge straight down Mt. Killington. You can reach 50mph there if you try. Unfortuately, there’s a stop sign at the bottom on a very busy road, so you have to stop. No sliding through.

Speaking personally, the first part of the day, up the first rest stop is arguably the prettiest part of the trip. Idylic pastoral scenery right out of a picture postcard, courtesy of the Vermont tourist board. Plus, they recently repaved the road, so it was actually easy to navigate. (Vermont has terrible roads, and some pretty vicious drivers as well.)

The route follows the river and eventually crosses the Connecticut River back into New Hampshire where we head for some more significant hills. These hills, though, are of a different style than those in the White or Green Mountains. In those, roads tend to go up, then they come down. In the Monadnocks, the roads are not as steep, but they can go for miles. Miles and miles and miles.

From Keene, to where we end at Franklin Pierce College, there are endless very high grades. But now were at the college where they have one of the better cafeterias of the week. Tonight will be presentations, and saying good bye in preparation for the final day back to Woburn tomorrow.

People should start arriving on Woburn (at Chomerics, 77 Dragon Ct) somewhere around noon.