As it was about noon on a hot day, I thought there would be no better place to take a rest than a local ice cream parlor. So while Ted was stretching his legs and reading a historical plaque, I Googled ice cream and struck pay dirt: A highly rated ice cream parlor just 500 […]

As we exit the hotel at 9:30 in the morning, it is already in the mid 80s. We are going to have a hot ride today. We enter the Alum Creek Trail in Westerville and the water is still very high. That trail ends quickly and after a slight road detour we hop on another […]

After a breakfast of waffles with fruit, we make for an early start. Like our first day, we have over 50 miles to bike and we will pass through Columbus, a major city interlaced with busy highways and interstates.  Leaving South Charleston, we pass the local grain co-op with its series of tall, silver cylindrical […]

Just when you believe that you have been on the best maintained trail you have ever ridden on,  the Ohio to Erie Trail (OTET) surprises you. We enter Roberts Pass from London and its asphalt bed has been seal-coated within the last week or so and we are among the first to ride it. It […]

After an excellent lunch at the Galloway Tavern, we discover that the temperature has warmed up a bit to the upper 80s. I remind Ted that our hotel for the evening has a pool so we will be able to cool ourselves. And the Falls of the prior day is beginning to look pretty good […]

As Ted and I headed for the bar at Galloway Tavern outside Columbus today we were greeted by one of our best friends: John Reiner. Well not John in the flesh but his alter ego Leroy and Loretta of the Lockhorns comic strip that he authors. Ted and I were surprised but pleased at the […]

We got a late start yesterday but that was to be expected given the rain and the distance traversed on the prior day. But we see no issues with that as our peddling day was decreased from 59 to 38 miles. We were able to dry much of our gear and are now ready to […]

After briefly resting in Xenia and looking futilely for a place to have lunch, we leave the town and head back to corn country off the Little Miami and on the Prairie Grass Trail (PGT.) There is a large, abandoned brown concrete silo to our right as we peddle out of town. Soon we are […]

We take a side trip from Cedarville to visit the Cedar Cliff Falls, a local attraction. The park where the falls is located has recently been updated and it is lovely with new walks, picnic tables and viewing platforms. But the local boys don’t really care. It is hot and they want to jump into […]

Norman Rockwell was a master of illustration and representing the American people through his art. And in many of the small towns we have been passing through, I have been reminded of his legacy. The towns are neatly laid out with churches, schools and libraries supported by their local communities as he portrayed it so […]