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Vermont - Foliage season - Be Careful

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    Vermont - Foliage season - Be Careful

    The leaf peepers are here, be careful on the roads in Vermont. I got out of my development and was about 1/2 mile from my house. Cruising along in traffic at about 30, going past a side road and this woman pulls right out in front of me to make a left turn. I got on the brakes and was able to just miss catching her in the quarter panel. Luckily the car behind me cut to the right and didn't slam into me. The woman just kept driving like nothing happened...

    The leaves are also in the road in some of the passes - be careful out there...

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    Vermont - Foliage season - Be Careful

    Amen to that warning...

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    It's time to start carrrying Gernades up here.

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    Quote Originally Posted by TIMMYDUCK View Post
    It's time to start carrrying Gernades up here.
    I usually just don't leave the house unless I have to.

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    Vermont - Foliage season - Be Careful

    I was just in the Stowe / Hyde Park area this weekend. There was A LOT of people out and about. I was in my cage though I really need to get a trailer. UGH

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    Vermont - Foliage season - Be Careful

    The old people are worse than the wet leaves, IMO.

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    Yeah, once you see the wet leaves they don't generally try to run you over!

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    The trick is to stick to the smaller roads that the leaf peepers don't know about. Example: instead of taking Rt 14 south from Barre, take Rt 110 (nicer road anyway). And stay away from Smuggler's Notch. Better yet, stay away from the entire Stowe area.

    --mark

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    Vermont - Foliage season - Be Careful

    what's that Mark? Stay out of VT altogether?

    Also this weekend is the start of Bow season, so that'll bring a healthy dose of flatlanders, that add in the leaf peepers.

    Probably won't be riding much anymore this year

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    Vermont - Foliage season - Be Careful

    +1 guys...please be careful out there

    or...how about getting out in the dirt?

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    Quote Originally Posted by markbvt View Post
    The trick is to stick to the smaller roads that the leaf peepers don't know about. Example: instead of taking Rt 14 south from Barre, take Rt 110 (nicer road anyway). And stay away from Smuggler's Notch. Better yet, stay away from the entire Stowe area.

    --mark

    Eh? Passing those H2s while they try to manuever around those boulders can be good fun. Even better if you can do it while on one wheel.

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    Vermont - Foliage season - Be Careful

    Heading South into Stowe on 108 .

    Mass plated Excursion was so worried about me on his ass on the Busa,

    He scraped the right side of his ride at razors rock, laughing my leathers off, he srcreams out the windows that it is my fault as I pass him on the down side.

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    Vermont - Foliage season - Be Careful

    Quote Originally Posted by TIMMYDUCK View Post
    Heading South into Stowe on 108 .

    Mass plated Excursion was so worried about me on his ass on the Busa,

    He scraped the right side of his ride at razors rock, laughing my leathers off, he srcreams out the windows that it is my fault as I pass him on the down side.

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    Vermont - Foliage season - Be Careful

    Quote Originally Posted by TIMMYDUCK View Post
    Heading South into Stowe on 108 .

    Mass plated Excursion was so worried about me on his ass on the Busa,

    He scraped the right side of his ride at razors rock, laughing my leathers off, he srcreams out the windows that it is my fault as I pass him on the down side.

    I don't know why but that is really funny

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