Crossing State Lines

We finally crossed out of New Hampshire this morning only to be greeted by a 6 mile 13% grade pass after already pedaling about 40 miles in the rain. Not easy, in fact quite hard, but certainly worth the ride - it was incredible. Rochester, Vermont is a small town located in a valley surrounded by gorgeous tree covered mountains. We will only be in Vermont for one evening but I can already tell I will be needing to make a trip back to this state.

The last two days were spent in Lebanon, NH where we worked at two build sites. Lebanon is quite close to Hanover where Dartmouth is located. Dartmouth, Hanover, and Lebanon are all very cool places, but after 3 days there it was nice to get back on the bike. Tuesday we worked on a site putting in a mail box and prepping the foundation for the frame. The other build site (there were two) we spent on the roof hanging plywood which is to be shingled sometime in the next week. Both sites were interesting in their own different ways and I've come to learn that I feel surprisingly comfortable on a roof. We were also served many excellent meals by church members in Lebanon which is always fantastic; tonight will be a little different, I'm cooking spaghetti. This is also the first town without cell phone service which I find interesting, I thought Verizon and Sprint had visited every town in America.

We're only here for one night and then on to upstate New York tomorrow. The trip will really start to pickup in the coming days which is exciting, sitting on the saddle of a bike and seeing America in the process has been amazing.