August 2 Burton to New Waterford, OH 60.4 miles

At camp: Steven, James, Nick, and Douglas

Noah, Greg, Chad, and Katie

Wow, nice easy day today! We are delighted to have a couple of shorter days this week that allow us to kick back a bit and have some time to relax and enjoy this trip.

A giant bull at the fairgrounds... maybe their mascot??

Horsebarn feral cats

Last night after dinner, I had some time to stroll around the fairgrounds and take a few photos to show you some of the sights.

Windmill at the fairgrounds

A cicada dried its wings on Kathleen's tent this morning

We went to bed last night wondering if there would be a thunderstorm and we didn’t have to wonder for very long. By about midnight, we had quite a bit of lightning and the wind started blowing very hard, then the skies opened up. We had quite the storm for about an hour or so– lots of lighting and heavy rain. Then it stopped and things just dripped for the rest of the night. When we got up, the sun was shining and you hardly would have known that we had a storm. Except… that our tents were really sodden except for those smart folks who had put up their tents under the pavillion. But we packed up and hoped that it would end up being a dry day and that we’d have a camp that would allow us to dry things out. We had a camp breakfast and hit the road knowing that our miles were very short today.

Amish buggies and bike riders ahead!

Note stop/turn lights on the back of the buggy

We saw quite a few Amish buggies on the road, trotting along with their lights on the back. The roadsides in this area even have special signs to alert drivers that the buggies are on the road. It makes things nice for us as the drivers are used to looking out for slow moving objects on the roads. Overall, the Ohio drivers continue to be very polite to us and the roads are in good shape, for the most part. One of the first things I saw was a huge mother turkey with a couple of baby turkeys but by the time it registered what I’d seen and I turned around, they had snuck off into the bushes so I missed the shot. Next came Warren, which has a Packard museum and lots of things named after Packard.

The "fast young guys" from left: Nick, Noah, Steven, Ed, Austin, Simon, and Reuben

Greg at breakfast

I reached our lunch stop at Canfield fairly early and found the fast young guys there, along with Dwayne and Patty. I continued on to camp after eating my peanut butter and jelly sandwich because I wanted to get my tent and other things dried out. We’re camped in Terrace Lakes campground tonite up on a hill. Its a bit primative for showers but we have tons of room for camping and there are lots of trees for shade. Keep your fingers crossed that we don’t get rained on again!

 

And now, some photos from camp of our group……..

Jim does some repair work on his sumo squeeky

 

 

 

 

Our ride leader, Sharon, fixing yet another wonderful dinner

Ed and Patty are on the kitchen crew tonite

Diana and Darrell blog at one of our internet cafes

Here's Ed charging his cell phone while contemplating his laundry