Different Day – Same Story and Another Century

Different Day – Same Story and Another Century
Monday 17^th June, 2019
Day 38

Location: Marysville to Wooster, OH

Distance: 101 miles.
Temp: 67 - 70 F rain – overcast - rain
Dew point:  - 69 F

    Winds:  calm

Cumulative climbing distance:  3,763 ft

Cumulative descending distance:  3,887 ft

 

Same story as yesterday.  Started at 7:00 AM this morning in the rain.  Not an ideal way to start the day as our clothes were wet the entire day.  The rained stopped after 2 hours and started again for the last hour. 

 

Quite humid with a dew point of 69 F and heavy overcast all day, so no drying of the wet clothes, especially the pants. After biking also 300 miles in 3 days, with wet pants each day, you can guess what happened, more saddle sores.

 

Today completed my 3^rd century ride of the trip and first on back-to-back days.  Very tired but an awarding accomplishment.

 

The terrain has become more hilly than yesterday as can be seen by the cumulative climbing and descending numbers.  We basically ended at the same elevation that we started after cumulatively climbing 3700 ft.

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The rain during the past 3 days exceeded several inches.  Many fields are again partially flooded and the streams are over flooding they banks 

 

 

 

 

 

 Today's route, as was yesterday's, was a zip-zap east and north direction.  We entered Ohio in the southwestern corner and will depart thru the northeastern corner after 4 days of biking.  Today we were north of Columbus for you Ohio State fans.

 

Today a bridge on our route was being rebuild, which resulted in some quick, on-the-spot, rerouting.  But, as always, CrossRoads staff was able to solve the issue.

 

 

 

Typical small town main street with grain mill and feed store.

 

 

 

 

We are in Amish country.  The small town of Funk is a Amish community.

 

 Started to see oil wells today.

 

Wooster city courthouse and offices.

 

Judi's favorite flower -hydrangea (at the hotel).

 

Another pasta dinner.