Friday, June 8, 2012


Day 19,  June 8th, Avery OH to Bowling Green OH.  We left Avery early, about 7am, to take advantage of the early morning cooler temperatures.  We turned west and soon were out in the middle of the Ohio farmland.  There was very little change in the scenery and the road was straight as an arrow for the first 10 miles.  This was to be repeated a number of times during the day, long straight stretches of roads throughout the day.  The next town was Clyde and we were routed on the North Coast Inland Trail, a paved rail to trail stretch for 10 miles.  We made great time and met a guy, Jan Pump, on a trike with full size wheels.  He only uses the trike on the trail because it is not very stable on turns. We had lunch at Kate and Al’s in Gibsonburg and also visited a bakery for something sweet.  We covered 44 miles for the morning so we only had about 20 Arba miles left.  The wind increased throughout the day and the next 20 were a slog all the way to Bowling Green.  We didn’t take many pictures today, but Dave did stop on the way out of Gibsonville to photo some of Pokey’s friends, 2 burros.  We arrived about 4pm and found a Days Inn.  We had time to unload the bikes and ride into town to explore a little and found a restaurant.  Dave wanted to stop at one of the tattoo parlors to get a “team” tattoo, but I refused and hurt his feeling.  Both Dave and I are feeling tired tonight and the plan is for another 65 miles tomorrow.  Miles for the day were 70.41.  Tomorrow we will leave the Adventure Cycling route and visit Antwerp, OH.

3 comments:

  1. Loved the interview at Lorain and tell Dave for us that his blog is wonderful, too! I am really enjoying the different prospectives of the events!!! Keep going strong, you both are awesome! Anxious to hear about dear old Antwerp!

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  2. Hey Arb,

    Wish I was with you, looking forward to Minnesota!

    John

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  3. Wish we could come and meet you in Ohio, but Maddie has pink eye and we definitely don't want to pass that along. Enjoy Ohio while you are here!
    Kate

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