Today’s Highlights:
We left Richmond this morning at 6:30 and rode our last three miles in Indiana before crossing the boarder into Ohio. The ride to Marysville was 106 miles, and it was a very long day since we had to confront a headwind all the way. I was on the road for nine hours, with 7-1/2 hours of cycling time. Except for the wind, the weather was perfect. Cool morning and comfortably warm afternoon. The humidity had dropped after last night’s storm moved through, so that was nice too. And, there were plenty of high cumulus clouds to lessen the sun on us and provide a pretty sky.
The terrain was not as flat as our Indiana route. There were plenty of nice rolling hills, but nothing long or steep. It was nice to have some variation again. We crossed several rivers today. They were a little swollen over their banks. The river bottoms were more rocky and not as muddy as those I had been seeing recently. The water was also flowing faster. One river flowed through a horse pasture, creating a really pretty scene. Our route was on rural roads, passing by farms all day. We cycled through some Amish areas too, and I saw one of their farms where a girl was riding a bike. That was nice to see. We cycled through several towns. They were not as vibrant as those we saw yesterday on the historic Route 40, but still interesting.
Marysville is a very large town. We first entered it in an older historic section, but eventually reached a busy 3-lane thoroughfare with strip malls and all the familiar fast-food and big-box stores before reaching the hotel.
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