Jamie Thingelstad

Writer of the Weekly Thing. Blogger. Explorer of tech, the open web, AI, and a good escape room. Maybe a podcast? CTO of SPS Commerce, Board Member of MnTech, Former Board Member Minnestar. Minneapolis is home.

Aug 4, 2025 ∞

We all rented bikes at [Local Motion](Island Line Trail in Burlington and rode the Island Line Trail over the Colchester Causeway. We took the Bike Ferry across “the gap” and finally turned around at Allenholm Farms on South Hero Island and made our way back.

Four people wearing bike helmets pose for a selfie in front of the Local Motion Bike Rentals shop in Burlington Vermont. Man in white helmet and sunglasses takes a selfie on a narrow gravel causeway trail with three cyclists riding behind him and water on both sides. Narrow gravel causeway stretching over Lake Champlain toward a distant tree-lined shore under an overcast sky Cyclists with helmets wheel their bikes down a dock ramp onto the Local Motion bike ferry on Lake Champlain Dozens of bicycles packed onto the deck of the Local Motion Bike Ferry, with a dock ramp and rocky breakwater visible ahead. Allenholm Farm roadside sign with apple logo advertising Maple Cremee beside a red farm stand building marked Since 1870 Accessible pier on Lake Champlain with people fishing and a small boat docked nearby, a tree-covered rocky island visible ahead Bike ferry boat approaching a floating dock on Lake Champlain, with a rocky shoreline and wildflowers in the foreground Three cyclists riding along a narrow gravel causeway flanked by rocks and open water on both sides under a hazy sky.

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