What's high in the middle and round on both ends?

On Lake Erie

Friday night was a late one. Since we didn't get to the hotel until 7:30, and no food until 8:30, we were up pretty late for bike tour standards.

Biking selfies.

Therefore, we slept in really late Saturday morning. We were all barely out of bed by 9:30, then took our time and ate as much complimentary breakfast as the hotel would allow. Leaving time was about 11:30, but the extra rest was definitely welcomed.

Thankfully we were cruising right along for Saturday's mileage. We had a big tailwind again today, and a perfect temperature of 70 degrees. Sleeping in didn't get us to camp any later than starting earlier has in the past.

The roads were a little rough today, but we had nice views of Lake Erie along the route. We even got to stay in the comfort of a KOA at night. We were in the city of Barcelona. New York, not Spain, unfortunately. It was a 69 mile day.

State #5!

On Sunday morning, Mom rolled out of the campground and turned East, apparently not remembering which way we had been going. So we had a false start and do-over in the morning, but otherwise easy riding with yet another big tailwind.

State #6, cheerleader-style

We hit three states in one day, leaving New York, passing through Pennsylvania for about 40 miles, and then reaching Ohio before we stopped. Sunday gave us one last tailwind day, which landed the family at camp a bit early. In an attempt to keep up with cross-country training, Shelby and I tried to run a measly three miles. After biking 69, the legs just weren't really willing to do anything but spin in a circle.

This morning we woke up to slugs all over our shoes from the campground, which was pretty gross. We biked into Cleveland today. The suburbs of Cleveland stretch on for miles, so today was a lot of urban bicycling. While waiting for a train to pass by this afternoon, we were stopped behind a teenage girl in her sparkling convertible with a license plate surround that spelled out "PRINCESS". Dad promises to get me one when we get home. We'll see if its true.

Kent State Ashtabula Campus visit.

The bike route took us on a really rough piece of road coming towards downtown today, appropriately named "Marginal Road". It started raining on us again today. There was a short burst of rain with some pretty violent thunder that sent us to a park shelter for a few minutes earlier in the afternoon. With about 15 miles left in the day, it really started raining and didn't want to stop. The bad condition of Marginal Road caused for some pretty great puddles. Thankfully we have a roof over our heads tonight, because it's still raining.

The rain today.

We're currently smack in the center of downtown Cleveland at the Cleveland Hostel after a 74 mile day. We were all pleasantly surprised to find this place, which gave us a private room and has shared bathroom and kitchen facilities. Its perfect for what we need, and cheaper than a hotel. Today the winds were not exactly in our favor, and it doesn't look like that will change in the next couple days.

We still have $40 Canadian rolling around and can't find a place to exchange it for American dollars. Silly Canadians.

Money Found: $0.06

Road Kill Report:  More dead otters and raccoons than we care to remember.