August 1 Rest Day in Burton, OH 0 miles
August 1, 2008
The Goodwin Home, built in 1835
Greg at his tent, checking out his mail
Barb with Amish buggy
Old schoolhouse at the Century Farm
One of the century farm homes
Rosie inspects the dryers at the laundromat
Jim checks his bike over
We’ve walked a bit today but mostly today is a laid back rest day— a chance to pick up anything we’ll need for the next 8 days, time to clean up your bike, do laundry, hang out with our 37 best friends, and (what else?) eat ice cream!
Greg and Ed, with Dwayne in the background, at our internet cafe
The Burton Sugar Shack
I woke up about 6:15 and went into town with Diana, Janet, and Rosie to do laundry and have breakfast. Burton is very small so even us lazy rest day folks can walk into town and back to the fairgrounds without complaining about excessive exercise which we avoid at all costs on rest days. The laundromat here is the only one I’ve ever seen staffed by an Amish woman. Its spotless there are tons of washers and dryers, and my clothes felt really clean for the first time in a while. As I’ve mentioned in the past, our needs right now are very simple and the find of a good laundromat makes us very happy. We tossed our laundry into the washers and went next door to Belle’s American Grille for breakfast. Burton is known as “Pancake Town USA” and the pancakes at Belle’s were very good. The town operates the Sugar Shack which is a working sugar house that makes maple syrup each March and is a huge tourist draw for the town. The Burton Log cabin, patterned after the cabin where Abraham Lincoln was born, is used for selling the syrup, maple candy, t-shirts, and other goodies. Its a fun place to visit and you can pick up some syrup to take home.
Greg, Noah, and Chad enjoying a game of cribbage
We brought our laundry back to camp after breakfast and I hung up my cycling gloves to dry. In this more humid weather, my gloves get just disgusting after just a day or 2 so I’m really glad I have 2 pairs so I can trade them off but by the time laundry day comes, they always need a good washing.
The Burton water tower
Later in the day, Diana and I toured through the town and enjoyed the Century Village. We also did a bit of shopping and now we’re just hanging out.
The view from the Century Farm
The older folks enjoy a joke
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