Dear Colorado College alumni,

The Colorado College Alumni Office is pleased to announce another alumni travel opportunity — a unique cycling adventure in Vermont, August 8 - 12, 2005. My name is Dorothy Pacheco Nichols '87and I am the President of the Alumni Association Board. Together, with my husband, Brad, a Vermont native, I will be leading this four-day trip in the Shelburne and Lake Camplain area. Both of us have several years of experience leading bike tours in Vermont.

Besides connecting with the college and building relationships with fellow alumni, you'll have the chance to ride your bike along the roads of Vermont, pedaling across covered bridges, catching glimpses of working rural farm life and eating amazing food since we will be staying at quaint Vermont Inns. There is limited availability for this trip so sign up today!

CC Biking Tour in Vermont
August 8-12, 2005

5-Day / 4-Night Bike Tour

Inns: Heart of the Village Inn, Shelburne
Strong House Inn, Vergennes

Dates: Aug 8-12, 2005

Itinerary / Distances:
Mon: Arrival Day
Tues: 26 or 32 mi (42 or 52 km)
Wed: 35 mi (57 km)
Thurs: 29 or 56 mi (47 or 91 km)
Fri: 26 mi (42 km)

Rates: Summer: $880

Deposit: $300 per person. Final payment due 60 days prior to your tour (personal check, Visa or MasterCard).

Bike Rental: $80

Cancellation Policy:
If you cancel…
(a) at least 61 days prior to your tour, we will return 100% of your tour payments;
(b) 31-60 days from the date of your tour, we will return all of your tour payments except your deposit;
(c) 0-30 days from the date of your tour, there will be no refund of any tour payment.

Should Bike Vermont have to cancel your tour we will refund all your tour payments immediately as full settlement.

We strongly recommend you purchase Trip Cancellation Insurance and will send you an application form with your Confirmation.

Terrain: Easier to Intermediate

Average Daily Mileage: 29 mi (47 km)

Average Daily Mileage with Options: 37 mi (60 km)

Pedal through rich farm country, green pastures, and peaceful landscapes of apple orchards, corn fields, and grazing cows. Time-travel to such historic villages as Charlotte, Vergennes, and Shelburne. Ride along the shores of sparkling Lake Champlain (the sixth largest natural lake in the U.S.) and take your bike on an optional ferry ride to historic Essex, New York. Cross the Pulp Mill Covered Bridge and explore the handsome college town of Middlebury, home of some of Vermont’s best collections of crafts, antiques, and local art. In short, experience the essence of Vermont on this superb midweek tour.

We spend our first two nights at the Heart of the Village Inn, a “casually elegant” Victorian inn that has been serving the people of Shelburne since it was built in 1886. Innkeeper Pat Button delights us with supremely comfortable rooms tastefully decorated with period furniture, and her excellent food highlights locally grown produce. Shelburne is well known for its marvelous museum, and the village itself has great antique stores, lovely turn-of-the-century buildings, and within a few hundred yards of the inn, a delightful country store.

Wednesday and Thursday nights we stay at the Strong House Inn in Vergennes. Here we enjoy excellent meals as the guests of Mary and Hugh Bargiel in their lovingly restored historic inn with its expansive lawn and walking paths. Vergennes is an interesting 19th-century town enhanced by the Otter Creek, a lovely meandering river that flows through the town, past one of America’s earliest shipyards, and culminates in an impressive 38-foot waterfall.

This tour offers fantastic country scenery, superb lakeside riding, and mountain vistas. It includes country stores, antiques, Vermont crafts, two lovely historic inns, and visits to some of our most picturesque and interesting towns and villages. It’s a truly eclectic and delightful Vermont experience.

To register for this tour, click here.