Montgomery, Enosburg,

Richford, Berkshire

At 16.32 miles and 1,069 vertical feet, this was an easy, breezy ride. Montgomery is reportedly home to six covered bridges, and this ride takes you under one and passing by another three.

We parked at the Montgomery green, and immediately headed northeast through the first covered bridge of this ride, the Fuller Bridge. The historic signs say that most of the covered bridges in Montgomery were built by the Jewett Brothers, and the wood was milled at the Jewett family sawmill. They are a lattice type, which is really beautiful.

All of the climbing of this ride comes at the beginning, climbing up and out of Montgomery toward Richford. It is wide open and scenic, looking toward Canada.

As we climbed up South Richford Road, we passed by a farm animal sanctuary with the biggest pig either one of us had ever seen. The farm is called “Off the Plate.”

After climbing up and then coming down, the cool part of this ride is that a lot of it takes place on a rail trail, running alongside Route 118. It was flat, safe and beautiful.

The last part of this ride is actually right on VT Route 118, with brisk traffic, but a very wide shoulder.

It’s probably a bit of a cheat to claim Enosburgh on this ride, but on VT Route 118, we passed by the town line, so we must have touched a corner of it.

We were staying in Montgomery Center for this ride, because it was too far from home for a day trip (plus we combined this with the Jay ride earlier in the day). Thus, the end of the day involved a beer at Bernie’s, and dinner at the Belfry.