W00t Vacations are awesome.  I am kind of sad that the trip is over and done with, but at the same time it means I get to do a wonderful roundup post like this!

    For those that do not know, I went on a tour of New England to do lots of mountain biking.  Lasting 9 days, we hit Newburg NY, Stowe VT, and Auburn NH.  If your looking for a day by day round up, hit up Robs blog over at Makeshift Solution.  I am going to save myself the effort of writing up a big long overview, and instead I am just going to write up a few simple facts of doing a trip like this.

• You will ALWAYS forget at least 20% of the items that you meant to bring along.

(Rob forgot to bring any warm clothing)

• If you bring a hard-tail to NY you will always wish you had a full suspension.

Peekskill NY is full of rocks.  Lots and Lots of rocks, giant humongous rocks.  Bonus points if you can actually see the trail in this photo...

• Seeing the exit sign for Coxsackie, NY will ALWAYS be funny. 
• Vermont in late June is ALWAYS a good idea.

It was so amazingly beutiful in VT, The camera just couldn't capture all of it, but it tried.

• Horribly inappropriate Asian jokes made at the beginning of the trip will always be backed up by a random Chinese restaurant found two states later.

"Are you ready to Wok and Woll?"

• Kingdom Trails is ALWAYS a good idea!

The cute girl in the office was right, Todys Tour makes for a great opener!

• Double diamonds be damned, Sidewinder is fucking awesome!

Never mind the relaxed look, I'm about to become very happy at the bottom of this trail...

• No matter what state you go to, you will always find nice mountain bikers who will let you tag along and show you a great loop.

   Sam, Rob, Me, Ben

• "Im going to catch you, you little bitch" Screamed at the top of the last run of the day will always make you laugh.  It will make the previous 15 miles disappear, as you just want to get to the bottom to see if he actually did catch him.
• Beware of states that mention death on the licence plate.

We will all miss you George Carlin.

• Do not go tent camping in southern NH.  Instead buy an Ark, and start gathering animals.
• Bring mosquito nets when staying in southern NH.
• Mosquito's in NH are impervious to bug repellant.  If anything, it makes them more hungry.
• It is impossible to buy Pepsi in NH.  Instead they serve you carbonated liquefied shit.  They will then look surprised when you complain about the taste, before finally serving you something that actually resembles cola.
• Due to the never ending rain in NH, the roots on the trail will be VERY slick.

Flats + Slick roots + Cheap tires = Blood