Today turned out to be a good day. I was kind of tired and cranky, and thought that I was going to get rained on today because it was overcast this morning and quite cool out. I also thought today was going to be full of as many hills as yesterday, but the cue sheet was a bit misleading, and tho there were some hills, there were not nearly as many, and they were not nearly as steep as yesterday's were. The weather cooperated, and there was no headwind (that I can now remember), just was a cool, overcast day. It actually felt like autumn cuz it was so unusally cool out. I ended up wearing my jacket throughout the whole ride.
Really not much happened on the bike route today...
we passed by a park, and we stopped at a local shop for ice-cream for lunch. There was also a candy shop/bakery that we stopped at in a small town along the way (I forgot the name of the small town tho). We also rode along a nice bike path once we got into Youngstown, OH. This was only the fourth bike path that we could remember being on throughout this whole trip!
I was quite excited to see the starbucks that was right across the street from our hotel that we are staying at today.
Usually I have to ride anywhere from a few blocks to a few miles to get my daily latte! It was quite a treat to just walk right across the street!
I also was very excited when I saw this sign....
It is the first sign I have seen pointing me to home!!!
It was kind of funny, cuz when Norb, Leigh, Hans and I were at starbucks this evening, we saw a poster board of two baristas who are doing a self-supported bike trip across the country. They went on parts of the same route we took, but they traveled from east to west. Here is a pic of their adventure on display.
We found it ironic that even though we are doing something similar (tho not self-supported), that we are just as intrigued to read about other people who do this. I found it funny too, that the two baristas who are doing this cross-country ride are 19 and 21, and I am 38. Just goes to show you, I will never grow up!!!
This last pic is a photo of a map on our bulletin board, showing us the progress we made thus far on our trip. We are definitely getting close!!!
Tomorrow is to be 97 miles however, the profile shows it will be downhill for a good part of the way, with only a few hills. Tomorrow we cross another state line too, into Pennsylvania! Our destination is Erie!
We are staying at Country Inn and Suites tonight. This place has a cool system where you can take a book to read off of their bookshelf and can return the book to any Country Inn and Suite at your next visit! I am starting to read a book by Helen Keller, an autobiography of her life which was originally published in 1902!
K, that's all I've got for tonight! Hope you are all doing well!!
Meiri.
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