Plan my Vacation for me!

[Bad JuJu]

Lots of great cycling in New England--Champlain Valley, coastal Maine--or you could take the ferry from Bar Harbor to Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and cycle there. Lovely in the fall!

[Bikingmomof3]

Depending on what kind of biking you do, here are a few choices I personally would like.

Biking the Appalachian Trail-the temps should be cooperative and the fall leaf colours should be out.

Biking Ohio to UP Michigan

Biking Ohio-ferry to Canada

Biking through Amish country of OH and PA

I ma a history buff and would love to bike the underground railroad.

[DebW]

Depending on what kind of biking you do, here are a few choices I personally would like.

Biking the Appalachian Trail-the temps should be cooperative and the fall leaf colours should be out.

I assume you meant biking on roads near the Appalachian Trail. The AT is for foot travel only. I have personally enforced this rule. It can be enforced by federal marshals.

[Bikingmomof3]

I assume you meant biking on roads near the Appalachian Trail. The AT is for foot travel only. I have personally enforced this rule. It can be enforced by federal marshals.

Oh yes, I most definitely meant the bike trails! I have done a very good search for: Road Bike Rides in and around Appalachian Mountains and there are plenty. I have a binder filled with trails and places I want to go.

People serioulsy bring their bikes on the footpaths? Why would anyone do that? I guess I should stop wondering why people do some of the things they do. It boggles the mind.

[DebW]

Oh yes, I most definitely meant the bike trails!

People seriously bring their bikes on the footpaths? Why would anyone do that? I guess I should stop wondering why people do some of the things they do. It boggles the mind.

I haven't heard of anyone intentionally planning a long bike trek on the AT. Sometimes they just wander off the bike trails or dirt roads, though I'm not sure how they miss all the signs that say "Foot Travel Only". But some of our signs say "Motor Vehicles Prohibited" and maybe they then assume that unmotorized vehicles are OK. The bikers I've encountered have been polite and turned around when I asked them to. The nicest was a young man doing some serious MTBing on Mt. Greylock. I met him where his bike/ski trail crossed the AT, and he carried his bike 100 yards down the AT to another trail. I'm convinced that he would have carried the bike even if I had not been there to remind him.

It's really the ATVs we have major problems with, and that cause major damage to the trail.

[Veronica]

If you do NS, be sure to look into the ferry schedule before you plan the trip. Some days it sails from Bar Harbor, some days from Portland.

It is a beautiful place to ride and very friendly people. I used this book to plan the trip Cindy and I did in early July.



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