KT NEMBAFest ( still cleaning out my draft folder )

Whatta weekend! Last weekend, June 22-24, was historical. It marked the FIRST EVER Mountain Bike Festival at Kingdom Trails, in East Burke, Vermont. The Northeast Kingdom, as Vermonters have long and affectionately called this corner of their state, is exceptional. Not only for the fantastic mountain farm views of Peacham, or the cheese of Cabot, or the famous Lake Willoughby, but now for the mountain bike scene in East Burke. Many refer to the area as a mountain bike 'mecca', a place that every rider worth his or her knobbies needs to experience at least once, if not many more times..... I got there in good time, about 3.5 hours from Quincy.No speeding,no traffic jams... Just in time to start my volunteer shift, I found my way up to the Mid-Burke Lodge, where I was assigned to work registration, which was opening at 12:00. 41 mph downhill into East Burke Darling Hill Trolls's Stroll Tap 'n Die Sidewinder, River Run Chapel East Branch Cafe in the Pines below the webs Kitchel Burnham Down Dead Moose Alley Beer at the condo sunset Will. Gap windfarm 30 miles Falls on Saturday Dip in the river burger at Lilli's (I think)