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To Montreal, with Google as a guide

Submitted by admin on Sun, 12/13/2015 - 19:12

On the map, our planned bicycle trip could be measured in inches: a straight shot up the Hudson River’s narrow blue line, a jaunt along Lake Champlain, a short border crossing into Canada, and voilà – we’d be on international turf. On the ground, however, our more than 370-mile journey from New York City to Montreal took more twists and turns than the map implied.

The good news, I discovered, is that trips like this aren't about fitness – or my father-in-law Dave O’Leary, a former contestant on the epic CBS TV show the Amazing Race, would have left me behind like road kill. They're about persistence and flexibility. And a lot can be said for travelling light.

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