The Mary Badass

Shelburne, Saint George, Charlotte, Monkton, Ferrisburg, Panton, Addison, Bridport, and Vergennes Miles: 55 Totals to Date: 148 towns and 915 miles. Today I thought about how difficult it is sometimes to get up out of a comfy chair and start to work, but how once started, the dreaded task is not really all that bad.…

Highgate, Alburg, Isle La Motte, North Hero, Grand Isle, South Hero, Milton, Colchester, Winooski, Burlington and South Burlington. Miles: 72 Totals to Date: 139 towns and cities and 860 miles. Today more than made up for the past two days of rain. Even though at 72 miles it was a bit longer than I like,…

Cities: Saint Albans Towns: Franklin, Sheldon, Fairfield, Bakersfield, Fletcher, Fairfax, Georgia, Saint Albans (yes, it is both a city and town), and Swanton Miles: 68 Totals to Date: 128 towns and cities and 788 miles Two weeks out and over half the towns completed! I ended the night about ten miles from where I started…

Johnson, Waterville, Belvedere, Montgomery, Enosburg, Richford, and Berkshire Miles: 45 Total to Date: 118 towns and cities and 720 miles. Today was the first day I have had to ride completely in the rain. It was the kind of day that I thought would be a nightmare when I was planning this trip. The temperature…

Day 12 Bolton, Richmond, Huntington, Hinesburg, Williston, Essex, Jericho, Underhill, Westford and Cambridge Miles: 48, about one fifth on dirt and the third day in a row with a wicked headwind for most of the ride Total to date: 111 towns and 675 miles. I am finding around fifty miles with my gear to be…

Duxbury, Moretown, Waitsfield, Fayston, Warren, Granville, Hancock, Stockbridge and Pittsfield Miles: 57, all on pavement To date: 627 miles and 101 towns. I hit town 100 while riding on route 100! I would have had trouble planning that if I had tried. Today was the first day I started out in the rain. I was…

Day 10 Middlesex, Worschester, Elmore, Wolcott, Morrisville, Hyde Park, Stowe, and Waterbury Miles: 56, mostly paved with a bit of dirt and a smidgen of bike trail. To date: 570 miles and 92 towns. I have the northeastern quadrant done. I expect the other three quadrants to be fewer miles, so I’m guessing I have…

I’m on my bike going downhill. At least, I think I’m going downhill. The road looks like it’s going downhill, and yet I have to pedal hard. Somehow my perspective of the road is off. My bike and gravity don’t lie. When the wind is blowing in my face, 15 miles per hour seems like…

Miles added: 13 Towns added: East Montpelier Towns to date: 84 I took another nearo day, logging in only one town—East Montpelier—and lots of calories, including a large maple creamee. I did laundry and spent hours on mapping my route while I have the luxury of indoor lighting and a dry table to spread out…

Joe’s Pond, Danville Danville, Cabot, Woodbury, Calais, Marshfield, Plainfield, Barre town, Barre the city, Orange, Washington, Williamstown, Northfield, Berlin and Montpelier Miles: 78 Towns to date: 83 Bobby, unbidden provider of water and electricity in Marshfield I am pooped. 78 miles and 14 more towns (I’ve lost track how much was on dirt and how…