Cool stuff!!! My brother lives on Grand Isle (Lake Champlain)... I'm headed up for a family get-together for the 4th of July with my Bombadil and a custom Fargo that I just built for him. He's got a beautiful house high above the lake overlooking the water, but I plan to camp under the stars on his back lawn. He lives next to Grand Isle State Park, which I camped at many years ago during a bike trip around Lake Champlain... nice campground. We plan to circumscribe the island (about 30 miles)... I'm really looking forward to it. Grand Isle is a nice ride. There is the bike/rail trail that runs between Grand Isle and Burlington, except for a break in the trail at a narrow channel crossing where boats can leave the inlet for the open lake. Normally there is a bike ferry operated by local bike advocacy group Local Motion, but due to the high water this year, Local Motion indicated that the causeway and ferry service may be closed for much of the season while repairs are being made. There IS the normal (old) bike route along Highway 2, and this still gets you out to Grand Isle and back.
Once you're out on Grand Isle, there are several options... One of them is to take a nice ferry ride into Plattsburgh and a loop up along the western shoreline literally to the Canadian border at Rouses Point, then cross the lake by bridge back onto the peninsula that leads south back onto North Hero and finally Grand Isle (a 60 mile loop!!!)... Now THAT would be cool... I may have to try that. Peace, BB On Jun 20, 5:54 pm, Lisa <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Zack, > > Here's a link about officially sactioned "primitive" camping in > Vermont: > > http://www.vtstateparks.com/htm/primitive.htm > > If you're interested crossing the Green Mountains, the Northeast > Kingdom Travel and Tourist Assn. offers a network of recommended bike > routes and loops all over that part of the state: > > http://www.travelthekingdom.com/biking.php > > Have a great time! Do take care if you go soon, I'm sure you're aware > that in roads in some areas are in rough shape due to the recent heavy > rains and flooding. > > Lisa > > On Jun 20, 8:39 am, Zack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Hey All - > > > I live in Burlington, VT, and would like to start doing some overnight > > camping trips in VT. I am researching good spots to do the > > overnights, and figured I would ask on here as well. Have any of you > > done any in VT? > > > A lot of what I am finding for state park camping is more like car- > > camping, (with a bunch of campsites clustered together/showers/ > > firewood/firepit, etc. - which is okay, but not really what I am > > looking for.) I would like to camp somewhere that I am by myself, > > maybe have a nice view, and have a chance to get away. I thought it > > would be worth asking on here, as some may have experience. > > > Any help? Appreciate it in advance! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
