OHIO UNIVERSITY BOBCAT TOUR 2010!

5-Day / 4-Night Bike Tours

Inns

• Dorset Inn, Dorset
• West Mountain Inn, Arlington

Rates and Dates

• $1125 - Jul 25-29

Itinerary / Distances

• Sun: Arrival Day
• Mon: 44 or 50 mi (71 or 80 km) Intermediate
• Tues: 25 or 32 mi (41 or 52 km) Easier
• Wed: 31 or 42 mi (50 or 68 km) Easier to Intermediate
• Thurs: 17 mi (28 km) Easier

Deposit

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

Bike Rental

$80

Single Travelers

Supplement for guaranteed private room (when available): $220

Supplement for single travelers willing to share a room: $108*

*This fee will be fully refunded if we find someone to share your room. See "Single Travelers" at The Details for more information

What's Included

4 nights of lodging (double occupancy); 4 breakfasts and 4 dinners; detailed maps and itineraries; 2 experienced guides; full van support; cycling at your own pace along routes that we have carefully selected and continually improve; plus assorted epiphanies and serendipities

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.

We strongly recommend you purchase Trip Cancellation Insurance as soon as possible. A detailed comparison of trip cancellation insurance policies and prices is available online and links for these sites are available at the end of the reservation page. We recommend CSA Travel Protection based on their rating by Consumer Reports. We will also send you an application form with your Confirmation.

Terrain

Easier to Intermediate

• Average Daily Mileage: 29 mi (47 km)
• Average Daily Mileage with Options: 35 mi (57 km)

 

5-Day / 4-Night Bike Tours OHIO UNIVERSITY BOBCAT TOUR 2010!

2010 OHIO UNIVERSITY BOBCAT TOUR!

Dorset/Arlington - $1125

On this tour we explore some of Vermont's earliest settlements. Dorset is where in 1776 the Green Mountain Boys congregated to issue their defiance to the "Brits and the Yorkers" and where they likely enjoyed the early hospitality of the Dorset Inn ("Vermont's oldest hostelry"). Soon thereafter, Arlington became the center of revolutionary activity as well as Vermont's de facto seat of government.

Our tour stays at two of Vermont’s finest inns. The first two nights we are guests at the historic Dorset Inn (Vermont’s oldest inn), where we can enjoy a rocking chair view of this beautifully preserved village, take a swim at the nearby spring-fed marble quarry, or maybe just enjoy a quiet evening stroll past the elegant colonial-era homes that make this one of Vermont's most picturesque villages. Then, on the following two nights, we stay at Amie Emmons’ exquisite West Mountain Inn, renowned for its beautiful setting above the Battenkill River, as well as for their superb food, and lovely rooms.

Our biking is peaceful and includes riding along lovely streams and rivers, and through peaceful farming country and small villages. We stop for lunch at general stores, cycle through the spectacular Mettawee Valley, and explore the shores of lovely Lake St. Catherine where we can swim, picnic, or wander along the beach. We ride through South Dorset and into the stately town of Manchester where we pass handsome mansions fronted by miles of marble sidewalks and white picket fences. We visit Hildene, the magnificent former estate of Robert Todd Lincoln, and then ride south along the Battenkill, through the Chiselville Covered Bridge, and into Arlington, Norman Rockwell's home and inspiration for over 14 years.