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Upper NY/VT state question please
I'm planning a casual trip thru the Adirondacks to check out the scenery and
looking at 'what else to see' nearby. If you're familiar with the area north of Plattsburg,NY / St Albans : is it a scenic ride? - worth the extra time to make the loop ? http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.c...r/share/334486 If you take a look at this road map and picture the outlined area north of Plattsburg as the head of a body, is it worth the ride up and down into VT ? Or should we chop off the head ?The North/South Hero areas ... empty island - crowded beaches ? I see that there's a ferry from Burlington to North Kent and that the option we are considering, SO ... should we drive up/down/around Champlain - or ferry ? http://www.ferries.com/cgi-bin/printerpage.pl |
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Upper NY/VT state question please
On 14 Jul 2010 in rec.travel.usa-canada, - Bobb - wrote:
I'm planning a casual trip thru the Adirondacks to check out the scenery and looking at 'what else to see' nearby. If you're familiar with the area north of Plattsburg,NY / St Albans : is it a scenic ride? - worth the extra time to make the loop ? Once you get north of the High Peaks in New York (this would include Plattsburg), there's not much there there. It's kinda flat and not much going on until you reach Montréal. (Make sure you have a passport if you decide to cross into Canada - WHTI and all... http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html) http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.c...r/share/334486 If you take a look at this road map and picture the outlined area north of Plattsburg as the head of a body, is it worth the ride up and down into VT ? Or should we chop off the head ?The North/South Hero areas ... empty island - crowded beaches ? I see that there's a ferry from Burlington to North Kent and that the option we are considering, SO ... should we drive up/down/around Champlain - or ferry ? I suppose it depends on whether you like ferry rides. (My wife, who grew up on the water, will almost always preferably take a ferry, so we take a lot of ferries.) The Vermont side of Lake Champlain is incredibly scenic, and there's quite a bit to do there. In fact, you could stay on US 7 all the way to Stockbridge. -- Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ |
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Upper NY/VT state question please
"Joe Makowiec" wrote in message 3.230... On 14 Jul 2010 in rec.travel.usa-canada, - Bobb - wrote: I'm planning a casual trip thru the Adirondacks to check out the scenery and looking at 'what else to see' nearby. If you're familiar with the area north of Plattsburg,NY / St Albans : is it a scenic ride? - worth the extra time to make the loop ? Once you get north of the High Peaks in New York (this would include Plattsburg), there's not much there there. It's kinda flat and not much going on until you reach Montréal. (Make sure you have a passport if you decide to cross into Canada - WHTI and all... http://travel.state.gov/travel/cbpmc/cbpmc_2223.html) http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.c...r/share/334486 If you take a look at this road map and picture the outlined area north of Plattsburg as the head of a body, is it worth the ride up and down into VT ? Or should we chop off the head ?The North/South Hero areas ... empty island - crowded beaches ? I see that there's a ferry from Burlington to North Kent and that the option we are considering, SO ... should we drive up/down/around Champlain - or ferry ? I suppose it depends on whether you like ferry rides. (My wife, who grew up on the water, will almost always preferably take a ferry, so we take a lot of ferries.) The Vermont side of Lake Champlain is incredibly scenic, and there's quite a bit to do there. In fact, you could stay on US 7 all the way to Stockbridge. -- Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ Thanks Joe, As for the ferry ride - doesn't matter to us. Just trying to determine if the ride up and over and down ( thru point 8 on the map) is worth it. If nothing but asphalt for that part, then we'll do they ferry, BUT if there is nice scenery, or another reason, then that's fine - we'll do 'up and over'. And if so, then do you suggest going down thru Grand Isle, or east - then down the coastline - thru St Albans Bay ? We're in no hurry and just trying to get some advice so that we can 'see all we can '. Thanks. |
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Upper NY/VT state question please
On 15 Jul 2010 in rec.travel.usa-canada, - Bobb - wrote:
As for the ferry ride - doesn't matter to us. Just trying to determine if the ride up and over and down ( thru point 8 on the map) is worth it. If nothing but asphalt for that part, then we'll do they ferry, BUT if there is nice scenery, or another reason, then that's fine - we'll do 'up and over'. And if so, then do you suggest going down thru Grand Isle, or east - then down the coastline - thru St Albans Bay ? We're in no hurry and just trying to get some advice so that we can 'see all we can '. Truth be told, I'm not all that familiar with the far north of Lake Champlain on the Vermont side. I do know the New York side, and from Plattsburg on up, it's mostly flat (I87), unless you want to drop down and take US 9 along the lakeshore. -- Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ |
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Upper NY/VT state question please
Good enough .
Will do Thanks "Joe Makowiec" wrote in message 3.210... On 15 Jul 2010 in rec.travel.usa-canada, - Bobb - wrote: As for the ferry ride - doesn't matter to us. Just trying to determine if the ride up and over and down ( thru point 8 on the map) is worth it. If nothing but asphalt for that part, then we'll do they ferry, BUT if there is nice scenery, or another reason, then that's fine - we'll do 'up and over'. And if so, then do you suggest going down thru Grand Isle, or east - then down the coastline - thru St Albans Bay ? We're in no hurry and just trying to get some advice so that we can 'see all we can '. Truth be told, I'm not all that familiar with the far north of Lake Champlain on the Vermont side. I do know the New York side, and from Plattsburg on up, it's mostly flat (I87), unless you want to drop down and take US 9 along the lakeshore. -- Joe Makowiec http://makowiec.org/ Email: http://makowiec.org/contact/?Joe Usenet Improvement Project: http://twovoyagers.com/improve-usenet.org/ |
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Upper NY/VT state question please
"- Bobb -" wrote in message ... I'm planning a casual trip thru the Adirondacks to check out the scenery and looking at 'what else to see' nearby. If you're familiar with the area north of Plattsburg,NY / St Albans : is it a scenic ride? - worth the extra time to make the loop ? http://rideplanner.harley-davidson.c...r/share/334486 If you take a look at this road map and picture the outlined area north of Plattsburg as the head of a body, is it worth the ride up and down into VT ? Or should we chop off the head ?The North/South Hero areas ... empty island - crowded beaches ? I see that there's a ferry from Burlington to North Kent and that the option we are considering, SO ... should we drive up/down/around Champlain - or ferry ? http://www.ferries.com/cgi-bin/printerpage.pl As long as you will be in that area are you planning to visit Ausable Chasm (Keeseville, NY) ? |
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