Today’s Highlights:
Today we cycled 104 miles from Marysville to Wooster. It was another very long day. Although it felt easier than yesterday, it took me even longer and I was on the road for 9-1/2 hours. The extra time was partly due to a few delays. The first one was because a section of road was freshly tarred and we had to find an alternate route. The next two delays were due to flooded roads. The first flood was around mile 65, and only required a slight route change with a nice steep hill climb. The second flood was at mile 89. Ken and I were together for that adventure. We simply walked barefoot through six inches of water and thought we were done. However, a short distance later the road was flooded up to 15 inches deep, and we waded again through that section. Again we thought we were done, only to be surprised around the next corner where the road was flooded for about 100 yards and it looked very deep. So, we found an alternate route on our own, bypassing the flooded area for about two miles. It was all a lot of fun, actually. The water was nice and cold, and very refreshing to walk through.
Once again, we had perfect weather. All this flooding is due to eighteen consecutive days of rain before we arrived in Ohio. We brought the good weather with us. We also had nice roads today, with very few rough sections. It was hilly the entire ride, with some nice rolling hills, but also some very steep hills up to 13 or 14 percent grade. Since Ken and I only had a two-mile detour, we were on steep hills right up to mile 102. Everyone else took a longer detour on US 30, and at least saved themselves from steep hills for the last twenty miles. I enjoyed the terrain and the challenge. It was just tiring, of course.
Along the way, I saw a crop duster plane make several passes. It was hard to get a picture, but fun to watch. Emma and I were concerned about being sprayed, but fortunately the action was far enough away from us. I also saw some nice horses today, and several llama, some sheep, and longhorn cattle. There were some stretches were I was simply cycling through the wooded areas or plain countryside, with little photo opportunities, but other areas where I stopped quite often. You see a lot of things riding one hundred miles on a bike, and it’s very hard to remember them all. There were many nice farms along the way that I was happy to stop and record. The Ohio countryside is very lush and green, and very pleasant to cycle through.
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