Hi everyone! Welcome to double digits - Day 10. Today was a second 90-mile day in a row, this time all in Ohio. We started out in a wet, cloudy weather, without any real rain however. So, pretty much perfect for biking aside from making us all constantly wonder whether we should be putting our rain jackets on or taking them off.
Shortly after leaving Akron, we got to bike through our very first national park! Very exciting, but for now just a small appetizer of the national parks we’ll be seeing later on the ride.
There’s nothing like riding on trails
Muddy but pretty
We found a friend
After the park, the rest of the ride went through small Ohio towns and the very characteristic Midwestern flatness.
Van crew!
It’s not cultural appropriation if it’s in a Mexican restaurant
Veronica - the food donations master
Our original plan for the end of the day was to jump into the lake Erie right before heading to the stayover. The reasoning being that some of the I4K alumni/friends promised to donate $90 per each team member jumping into the lake. Unfortunately, the lake turned out to be very dirty in that particular location and unsafe to jump in :(The jump was rescheduled to Chicago but the team got to take a commemorative picture with the lake.
Lake Erie!!
It was a very late day and we only got to the stayover after 8 PM. So, the rest of the day was spent with simple pleasures like showers, dinner, and the blessed sleep.
Curious toilet arrangement in our stayover
-Valerie