We have fewer than 1,000 miles to go! The routine is now beyond comfortable; it's a lifestyle. Nothing unusual has happened since Sarah posted yesterday. We were interviewed for the Defiance newspaper. We got really annoyed by the number of trucks on the road. We found a state park for camping last night, where we made dinner and raccoon-proofed the campsite by suspending the panniers from a post with bungees, so the rascally creatures did not wake us up in the night (see photo). We all argued in the tent because we were squished. It went like this:
Cate: I have no room!
Sarah: [silence]
Me: [sitting up, writing in my diary] I am against the netting like I always am!
Sarah: [silence]
Cate: Yeah, but you're sitting up! I couldn't even sit up like that!
Sarah: [silence]
Me: I am in the exact same place I am every single other night.
Sarah: [silence]
Cate: Yeah but....
Then we all fell asleep. Problem solved.
We overslept, but still woke up with a beautiful sunrise over the Maumee River because we are so far west in the time zone. We ate too many pancakes and made a mess of the picnic table. We left late, lunched early, and loitered at the bike shop in Bowling Green. I talked on the phone sitting on a sidewalk. We petted a puppy and put on lots of sunscreen. We cheered when a tail wind picked up. Then we saw a library and thought air conditioning and some down time sounded very appealing. Like I said, a typical day!
Tomorrow night (Friday) we will arrive in Cleveland and are staying in a hotel downtown. If anyone has a restaurant recommendation let us know! It has to be a place that will accept us in very casual clothes.
Thanks for reading!
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I may have already been asleep when this so-called "conversation" took place. Or maybe I didn't say anything because I am squished EVERY SINGLE NIGHT! Nothing like being in the middle. I am always in the middle.
Nice tent. Beats the bugs?
Okay so maybe you need a bigger tent, no wait that won't work in Ohio. Of course we have a bigger tent here but by the time you get here you won't need it.
Keep pedaling! See you swoon ...I mean soon.
Jim Mary Pete and Mel
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