Seen on school sign in austinburg: life is not about weathering the storm, it is about learning to dance in the rain. Nice day here - not so much due to Womantours, but due to Traci's suggestions. Karina dared to go off route with me, and we had coffee, wine, lovely rest/snack at winery, a covered bridge, a country road, and river-wading complete with tadpole catch! I'm scrambling to catch up my blogs.. so will do more this evening. Going to share my ohio wi...

This was kind of a strange day. Debbie's yacht club in rocky river had arranged a picnic for us. Nice, right? Well- it ended up feeling like i'd been conscripted into this big production. First, we all had to meet at the 40 mile point - but it was unclear what time that was supposed to be or where exactly in this giant park we were assembling. I think i was there with karina, ellen, and judie for almost an hour. We found the other people eventually on the...

Mary saw a great lake (Erie) for the first time in her life! Not a thrilling day otherwise. We rode on a rail to trail, and were accompanied by a track-fixing parade of honking big truck/train things which played havoc with the crossing signals. Farms, trees, some cows, not a lot to speak of. Our lodging here in Huron is wedged between train tracks and a freeway. We are only a mile from the lake but you wouldnt know it! Pretty grim. I used my phone to locate a...

A day of canals! I hadn't really put together my knowledge of the Erie canal and the location of said lake! We started the day in defiance. Karina, mary and I left early (7:30!!!) and went into town for good coffee and tourism. We saw the lock that I missed yesterday- and revisited the fort and confluence of the rivers. After that it was back on-route (only half-hour late!) along the Maumee river on Hwy 424, which is apparently a favorite for motorcyclists. We...

A foggy morning!!! I pulled out my luggage and found my red blinky light. My sunglasses (and eye-rock guards) got so wet I had to remove them after a while. I started the day feeling sick of putting on sunscreen and scarfing down coffee and breakfast, but started to enjoy the foggy ride after a mile or so through lovely neighborhood in Huntington. Nice ride with karina and a real full-service gas station market- we were TREND SETTERS by stopping. The 40 mile ...