{"id":12003,"date":"2013-04-05T10:29:15","date_gmt":"2013-04-05T14:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/2013\/04\/tour-of-the-battenkill-is-back-april-1314-so-why-the-plow.html"},"modified":"2016-10-14T11:05:54","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T11:05:54","slug":"tour-of-the-battenkill-is-back-april-1314-so-why-the-plow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/2013\/04\/tour-of-the-battenkill-is-back-april-1314-so-why-the-plow\/","title":{"rendered":"Tour Of The Battenkill Is Back April 13,14! (So why the plow?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.saratoga.com\/battenkill-valley\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2013\/04\/733763_601703063193228_941975114_n.jpg\" alt=\"733763_601703063193228_941975114_n.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"306\" \/><\/p>\n<div>Yes, America&#8217;s largest bike race is back upon us April 13 and 14 in Cambridge, with over 3,000 amateur racers from 40 States and 15 countries participating&#8230;and yes, there will be a giant Expo starting Friday from 10am in the heart of Cambridge with all sorts of vendors&#8230;but what, you are asking, does any of this have to do with the plow pictured above?\u00a0 This is to call your attention to McCartee&#8217;s Barn, one of the many easy-to-miss treasures you&#8217;ll find while you&#8217;re out exploring the Battenkill Valley during the races.\u00a0 McCartee&#8217;s Barn, located next to the Salem Central School, is a wonder to behold; chock full of local artworks, antiques, garden ephemera, jewelry, cookware, etc., etc., etc. So by all means begin your Battenkill weekend with the race, but don&#8217;t miss the opportunity to &#8220;plow through&#8221; the barn and the many other local wonders you&#8217;ll find while you&#8217;re out cruising around (and take home a better memento than just a race t-shirt)!<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Yes, America&#8217;s largest bike race is back upon us April 13 and 14 in Cambridge, with over 3,000 amateur racers from 40 States and 15 countries participating&#8230;and yes, there will be a giant Expo starting Friday from 10am in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":15361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\r\n<title>Tour Of The Battenkill Is Back April 13,14! 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