Ripley to Warsaw NY

Steve, Jim, Billy

East Aurora, red brick and bike lane

route is now BIG uphills and BIG downhills ... I enjoy the variety ... at my lunch stop, met three real nice guys doing a bike (motorcycle) tour of this area for a week ... they are firefighters from Cambridge MA ...

Geneva to Ripley NY

Hello PA

roadside fruits and veggies

 grapes

 Flavia, ME to WA

The Empire State

rode in three different states today ... in PA, the heights of land overlooking Lake Erie are carpeted with grapevines ... some vineyards are open for wine tastings ... one farm told me they sell grapes to Welch's ... fun meeting Flavia ... she went to Bowdoin ...

Cleveland to Geneva OH

 home of the Browns

BKL

18V flew a couple of trips to BKL this year for cardiac patients ... interesting that I now biked to the same spot ...

Huron to Cleveland OH

Lake Erie

steady rain most of the morning ... 20mph headwind blowing off the lake ... perfect temperature for biking ... not so good conditions for taking pictures ... route followed the lake shore all the way to Cleveland ...

Bowling Green to Huron OH

 Ohio sunrise

Snack time

half of today's ride was in the rain ... delightful ... what a welcomed relief from the heat ... at least once a day someone approaches me and starts a conversation ... it begins with the usual questions ... from where, to where, how long, how far ... then they express their own desire to someday embark on a similar adventure ... I feel privileged and fortunate to be doing my journey now ...

Paulding to Bowling Green OH

 Maumee River

Aaron at Cycle Werks

spent most of the day riding along the Maumee River ... there is a great bike shop in Bowling Green ... spread the word ... needed a few tubes ... had a couple of flats this week ...

Huntington to Paulding OH

 dry

 more wind farms

Cavaliers country

progressing eastward from the Mississippi River, the landscape transitions ... less land ... more people ... and there is a shift in the collective spirit and attitude of the population ... not good or bad ... but something different that you can feel ...

Monticello to Huntington IN

more corn ...

Wabash River

although agriculture predominates here, there begins to be a mix of light manufacturing and service industries ... the area is more populated ...towns are closer together ...

Kankakee to Monticello IN

 for train lovers

Crossroads of America

seeing many large-scale wind farms in Indiana too ... and of course more corn and soybeans ... still very hot and dry ...

Ottawa to Kankakee IL

 wind farm

storm brewing

there are many wind farms in this area ... hundreds of turbines ... it rained again this afternoon ...thunder showers ... kind of spotty ... I wonder how much it has affected the crops ...