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.
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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ReplyDeleteWish I was with you, looking forward to Minnesota!
John
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!
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