There are only 3 warm long weekends in a year - Memorial, July 4-th and Labor Day. Get an extra day off and get away from the city every time. This article is about wonders of Sawyer Pond in New Hampshire and fantastic Montreal in French-speaking Quebec. Read all about 2 bikes, 4 nights, $700 and 800 miles.
Crossing a huge body of wilderness often involves a question of returning back to your car. This itinerary suggests such a crossing, if you have one car, one bike and 3 nights to spend in the woods. At no point you are required to carry your tent and your sleeping bag on your back. Instead, you will stay two nights in a campground and one night in the hut, where they have beds and blankets. New Hampshire White Mountains are only 2 hours from Boston (140 miles to Lincoln, NH). They are close enough and large enough to explore several times a year. Here is a bird-eye view of your itinerary:…
I woke up at 6AM in Boston, and quickly completed last preparations. Just before 7AM, I was on my way to New Hampshire. Weather was getting darker and rainier, so I still entertained a possibility of changing the ambitious plans or to scale them down. The only new thing on the highway I noticed was a new speed limit – 70 MPH after the Manchester and Concord were behind me. Interestingly, that new speed limit slowed most driver, because everyone thought that police would start strictly enforcing the new limit without any leeway. At Lincoln, NH, I completed my usual rounds: buy a parking pass ($5), food stop at Price Chopper…
