Category: touring
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Day 13: Rain and hills through Amish country
6/25/15: 91 miles, Akron, Ohio, to Mount Vernon, Ohio It was a long sufferfest across the midsection of Ohio, but one of the best — and hardest — rides I’ve had on the trip. From Akron, I followed the Ohio-to-Erie trail along tail end of the Cuyahoga Valley towpath to Massillon, a post-industrial town that reminds […]
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Day 12: Ohio-to-Erie Trail
6/24/15: 60 miles, Middlefield, Ohio, to Akron, Ohio After more than a week off to hang with my folks and attend a wedding, I headed across the Buckeye State on the Ohio-to-Erie Trail. It’s a relatively new route that follows what would’ve been the canal to connect Lake Erie with the Ohio River, but it was never […]
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Day 9: Over the Divide
6/11/15: 83 miles, Cumberland, Md., to Ohiopyle, Pa. After last night, I learned my lesson in not settling for what appears to be an ideal campsite. At first glance, Evitts Creek campground, at mile 180.1 of the C&O Canal, is an attractive spot. Freshly cut grass, no garbage, ample tree cover, a wood-stocked fire pit (yes!), and […]
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Day 8: End of the C&O Canal
6/10/15: 68 miles, Hancock, Md., to Cumberland, Md. Getting out of the Super 8 was slow going. Made a couple pots of coffee and tried to get my shoes and clothes to dry out using the hair dryer after I’d hand washed everything in the sink last night. In the daylight, I could see where Super […]
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Days 1-4
Day 1 6/1/15: 31 miles, Yorktown, Va. to Williamsburg, Va. On Monday, June 1, Tyler and I dipped our rear wheels in the Atlantic at Yorktown Beach in Virginia, after which we immediately had a couple fish sandwiches—blackened swordfish for me, tuna for T—and PBR tall boys to fuel up. It was in the […]