vermont
#Vermont has become the first state to enact a law requiring fossil fuel companies to pay a share of the damage caused by climate change after the state suffered catastrophic summer flooding and damage from other extreme weather. #ClimateCrisis
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/vermont-1st-state-require-oil-companies-pay-damage-110709150
It was REALLY HOT in #Vermont this week, and really intense(ly everything- beautiful, good, hard, growth-inducing, you name it) to be with my ministry colleagues. This night in Woodstock was like 88 degrees inside but the singing was lovely. Here is a snippet of Linda Hirschhorn's arrangement of "In These Hard Times."
A few pics from the Vermont trip during 4th of July, in Woodstock VT.
Pic 1&2: in celebration of 4th of July, I went on a ride with an American themed tank top, instead of tight cycling jersey. Took a bit aerodynamic penalty.
Pic 3: Rode up Mt Ascutney - one of the most difficult climbs in the US. 3.5 miles long, 2300 feet elevation gain, 12% average grade. My legs were screaming all the way to the top, but I enjoyed it a lot. It was a humid day, and mosquitoes were crazy when I was moving slow. Were they laughing at me? 😅
Pic 4: Quechee covered bridge.
#vermont #vacation #Cycling #july4th
Today's cycling in Vermont:
Quechee - Hartland - Taftsville loop
20 miles on all paved roads. It's hard to find a short ride all on paved roads here in Vermont. Most paved roads are numbered highways.
In the pic: the Taftsville covered bridge.
#Vermont #cycling #VermontCycling #NewEngland #CoveredBridge #Quechee #selfie #RoadCycling
Today's ride in Vermont: Woodstock - Pomfret - Bethel Loop
Woke up at 5:30, headed out by 6:30am
Open road, beautiful mountains, and morning glow. Just me and my bike. Felt awesome.
Cycling is therapeutic hahahaha
Today's ride in Vermont: Quechee - Hartford VT loop
Biggest enemy today is my own sweat. Somehow a lot of sweat got into my eyes and stung my right eye so bad that I literally screamed while I was sprinting hard on relatively flat road along White River. I had to stop twice to wipe out the sweat around my eyes using my bare hands. The problem might also be the excessive sunscreen I put on my forehead, which was probably washed into my eyes.
I have had sweat stinging my eyes before, but never this bad. I don't know what's different today besides the possible sunscreen mixture. Did I push too hard so I was sweating more than ever? Maybe. But my power number was just a little higher. Though my heart rate stayed in Zone 3 for most of the ride.
Fun thing: while I was charting this route last night, I noticed a road called "Jay Hill road" and it loops back to the main road leading back to Quechee. So it must be a road leading up a hill. As a cyclist I have to ride up that hill 😋. That separates cyclists from normal people. Normal people will try to figure out how to get around it when faced with a mountain; but cyclists will climb up the mountain, and try to ride as fast as possible 😋😋😋.
#Cycling #Vermont #cyclists #CyclingLife #QuecheeVermont #HartfordVermont
Boulder in the stream, for my #SilentSunday #cinemagraph
From the river near where I grew up, in #Vermont.