August 26 - We spent the night in Bellevue and woke to a very sunny morning.
A church sprouting from an Ohio corn field.
Tom and Joanie outside their house in Elyria. Tom found us on a street corner trying to decide which way to go. He not only gave us a bike-friendly route to take to Cleveland but invited us home for lunch - another angel of the road. He rode across the country when he was 22 and looks forward to doing it again someday.
August 27 - Our first view of Lake Erie from the Ohio shore. This very old cemetery is in Lakewood.
Now we are officially in Cleveland, "The Forest City". There really are a lot of trees in the neighborhoods that we've passed.
Coming into the "City"
Cleveland's version of Eugene's ducks and Portland's cows. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is down by the lake behind Doug.
For any Cleveland Brown fans.
The Great Lakes Science Center with the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame behind it.
This Pulaski guy is everywhere!
Looking back at downtown.
A real diner in east Cleveland. We were the talk of the place as we left. We rode through some very poor parts of the city and found out later that Cleveland is the 3rd poorest city with over 250,000 population in the US. We were not surprised after seeing it up close.
4th U.S. President James Madison's house in Mentor.
We had 49 straight miles of town and traffic lights from the time we left the motel this morning. That is a LOT of stopping and starting.
Our first Revolutionary War statue.
Our campsite at Geneva State Park.
Checking out the sunset
August 28 - Woke early enough (5:30) to see the moon reach full eclipse (accidently-didn't know it was going to happen). Dick and Melanie were in the campsite across the way from us and invited us over for morning coffee after Dick inquired about our journey.
He is a conservation archeaologist and does reproductions of traditional native items like this soapstone beavertail pipe.
They had just been to a flintknapper's gathering where he acquired this huge obsidian blade from an Oregonian.
Flat #9 occurred just as we reached our breakfast spot in Geneva-by-theLake so Doug changed it while we were waiting for breakfast to be cooked. The rear tire again.
A beautiful morning for a ride.
We have elected to take this route which is closer to the lake than Hwy 20 and has a bit less traffic.
One of the coal-fired electric plants that those trains in Wyoming feed.
Alas our quite pleasant stay in Ohio comes to an end ...
but Pennsylvania will be just as interesting and historical!
First all brick silo we've seen.
Now you know why there are only 49 miles of Pennsylvania on Highway 20. Made it to Erie and passed the 3,000 mile mark on our way there.
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