I'm an ex Vermonta who moved accross the lake to the Adirondacks. You could put a good trip together over here. Take the Charlotte ferry to Essex NY, head to Elizabethtown, up to Newcomb, Long Lake, Tupper Lake, Saranac Lake, Lake Placid, Ausable Forks, back roads to Peru, up to the Plattsburgh ferry and back through the Champlain Islands. Lots of campgrounds, you'd have to do some work to put it together but the riding is great here and (other than Lake Placid) is less traveled then VT. Just one idea......