Our ride from Chester, VT to Claremont, NH was fairly uneventful. Here is the map for the last two days. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/16145867
Shortly after the ride started, we had our toughest climb of the day. No problem. Here we are just before starting down after the climb.
Down we go.
At the bottom of the mountain was the town of Springfield, a typical New England mill town. The mills are all gone, but the buildings remain, as does the beautiful river that powered them. The governing bodies of these towns have had varying success repurposing the buildings.
Lots of rocks in New England Rivers
This was a gear shaping company; now a medical complex.
Crossing the Connecticut River into New Hampshire.
We arrived in Claremont around noon, got showered and took a walk around town.
Sugar River in Claremont
Church across street from our motel. Corner stone says, "1796"
Our rest day was anything but. Rent a car, travel 90 minutes east to get a new tire for the bike, travel 150 minutes back to Manchester Center to see Hildene House (more later), travel 75 minutes back to Claremont, go to bike shop for new rear light, go to laundromat, replace front tire on bike. I am beat.
Hildene house is the summer residence of of Robert Todd Lincoln, Abraham Lincoln's only surviving child. He became a captain of industry in the Guilded Age, managing the Pullman Company, the largest manufacturing company in the world at that time. If you are ever in the area, I would strongly recommend a look. Most of the contents of the house are original.
The formal gardens were meant to represent a stained glass window when they were in full bloom.
Web site. http://www.hildene.org/
Wonderful views from the grounds.
Tomorrow we ride 50 miles to Tilden, NH. In a day or two we will see the Atlantic and Maine.
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