My tour was Bike Vermont & the leaders & tour were very nice. I put the pressure on myself to ride with the group, now that I'm looking back on it. I just thought it would be rude to ride on. Ditto with socializing after dinner - thought it would be rude to retire to the room. Guess my momma trained me too well about being nice to people.

Crankin - Blue has an awesome location - right on the beach - but the hotel needs work. We had no heat in our room, the bed was old, lumpy and saggy and the slipcovers were stained. The sliding doors left gaps so flies were constant companions. I told the front desk about the heat in the morning but when we got back in the evening, nothing was done. It was 46 degrees. They brought us a comforter & a space heater. We left one day early & they didn't charge us for it but I got the impression that nothing would be done. They said the pilot light blew out in the wind (there was no wind) and nobody had heat (not true.) But, Newburyport is so charming that we still had a good time. Such beautiful country!