Left off heading to Wilmington, OH to a Radio Shack store to buy new charging appliances. Bought 1 for the phone / jetpack and one for the edge then put the fear of charge in each. The computer got a refill also.
Tuesday after breakfast I left other sister Lise’s house and headed south. Plan is to drive to John Bryant SP and ride their trails then drive to Caesar Creek SP for the night and ride there today. I drove down US 42 which is a 2 lane highway going in the same direction as I-71. Found the forest. Hot and humid. Ride was 8.53 miles and climbed 315′ thru tight trees. Many gloppy mud holes.
trail saturation.
Ohio State parks don’t allow adult beverages.
left there and continued down US42 to Waynesville and Caesar Creek SP. I paid for a camp spot and the free shower. Hot sleep as temp stayed in 70s. Need cooler nights to catch up on restful sleep. ABout 6:30AM sprinkles wetted the windshield as a precursor of the main stream which it was. Bummer. Skies wanted to deliver more. I bailed on the ride and headed to Indiana for Versailles SP trails.
Mohican: Rode it for the 10th time. GPS data recorded a shorter ride attributable to the dense tree cover blocking satellite acquisition. Technical difficulties were primarily roots and roots. Issue is the trails are mostly ridden in across the slope over roots. It’s the off camber angle crossing them just begged for slide out. I managed to pick my slow lines carefully remaining upright. Took a short break @ 1 hr 8 mins then rode the remaining 1 hr 52 mins straight. Again the wheels were very beneficial. I like this trail.
Text in upper left corner: Muskingum… Namesake of my Alma mater
I stayed 3 nights at sister Lynn’s house in Woodland neighborhood in Mansfield. Just remarkable stately old homes on treed lots. What the economy was like back when the houses were built. No strong enough economic engine to attract buyers for the for sale houses. Mansfield is a rust belt city as it lost Tappan, Westinghouse, National Seating, Fischer Body, and Ohio Brass to name the big ones.
I am hunkered down in Versailles SP listening to rain dripping off the leaves after several down pours. May the trails drain well for a ride tomorrow.
What happens when a 1,000lb 4 hoofed animal w/ over weight rider chews up the wet earth
Craig: I only got the chance to ride Mohican 1 time and the roots were a real challenge compared to the Arizona trails.Unlike you I didn’t stay upright on the whole ride and crashed on a sharp left turn sliding downhill onto a slippery wooden bridge. I thought the best part was the ribbon of trail through the ferns near the fire tower.
Ride safe.