~ Seriously Curdled ~: VT. Adaptive Charity Ride

9th Annual

Vermont Adaptive Charity Ride presented by Long Trail Brewing

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The Vermont Adaptive Charity Ride formed in 2010 and was formerly known as the Long Trail Century Ride which was created through a partnership between Vermont Adaptive, Long Trail Brewery, Vermont Adaptive Ski and Sports, Killington Resort, the Lookout Tavern, and many other local businesses in the Killington region.

The goal of this annual charity event is to enjoy the beauty of Vermont through cycling while at the same time raising funds for a nonprofit organization committed to providing sports and recreational equipment to people with disabilities, and what a blessing that is.

And we are so Happy to be here today representing the Cabot Farmers who are always receptive in helping others, especially those who are challenged with disabilities .

So lets saddle up and ride !!!

Uh, Never mind, you guys saddle up and ride, Kim~mi and I will help out with the fuel.

After last years shortened event due to heavy rain I was a little concerned about the weather since we have been hit with a lot of rainy days this year as well, but as I was leaving the ranch it looked pretty promising.

As I got near Bridgewater some bikers started showing up along the roadway.

So I arrived, found my way on in and located our assigned spot

We had a nice spot right between the food tent, gift tent and the beer stand.

Nice being able to park behind our site which makes it much better.

So Kim~mi and I got right to it and got the basics ready to go.

Since this was an Athletic based event the Whey Powder drew a lot of attention.

Questions about quality, availability, benefits, and price which was great.

Of course we could not help but honor our hard working farm families .

As luck would have it we were right next to "Red Kite Candy"

Mainly a Taffy and Caramel type goodies.

Which is very good !!

Kim~mi spotted this guy with a Cabot Logo on the back of his shirt so I went over and asked him about it and he was very happy and said that Cabot sponsored his Burlington Rugby Team.

So we brought him over to the tent & presented him some Cracker Cuts to match his attire .

Once things got going we had a steady stream of patrons at the table or hanging out in front of it all day.

It was nice having Kim there for the day we had a great time & stayed busy .

Later on the wind gusts picked up in frequency and speed, luckily we had ample anchorage for the tent but table decorations and information got blown around several times

But it was still a beautiful day, dry, warm and sunny and the wind kept the bugs away.

We were right next to the food tent which was handy for visibility, and food of course.

We could stare directly across the site and stare at the

Teton "Live The Dream" Trailer, and we were Living the dream so it was appropriate.

The Crowd stayed pretty active all day and we had a nice gathering of participants in front of our tent all day which was very inspirational for us to look at and realize what some people have to endure while we take our situation for granted, and how worthwhile this event is to be a part of.

So Kim and I had a great day, a photography vendor was on site and presented us with a Cabot Placard that they created and I really liked it and I cannot believe I forgot to get the name of the company :-(

The successful bidder for the gift bag came by and proudly displayed it to us, he has a gathering at his home later on so he said I am now well prepared for our refreshments.