Our First Amtrak Adventure
Every once in a while; quite a lot actually, an idea for a crazy adventure will get trapped in my head. Unfortunately not all of them are realized. This one came to fruition, but with some modifications that proved to put the ad in adventure. Who knew what would lie ahead, until we hit the tracks? The original idea was to climb aboard Amtrak's Vermonter in St. Albans with our bicycles, light camping gear and get off in Brattleboro. We were going to ride a couple miles south, to Fort Dummer State Park in Guilford, and camp in a leanto. This would have checked off one more Vermont State Park and a few more towns in the Vermont 251 Club . Camping Memorial Day weekend is a tradition for us. Of all the Parks that we had left to check off; Fort Dummer was the only one available. Plans were set to check Fort Dummer and surrounding towns off our lists. Read this blog entry for all the fun we had. The convenience of it all put the bike / camping trip o...