Pedal for Peace 2008

Well, we’re officially in the NORTH!!  Yesterday, Pete and I crossed the Ohio river into Cincinati, Ohio from Kentucky–we’re above the Mason Dixon line!  Yeeehaw!!

And today has been WONDERFUL!  After 3,200 miles of pedaling, we’ve been welcomed into the Northern region of the country with 80 miles of BIKE PATH!  I’m talking about silky smooth blacktop with nary a car in sight!!!  It’s a great transition from route 27 we had to ride all day yesterday–100 miles of 4 lane, no shoulder, stressful riding.  Pete and I have been saying that today has been the best “day off” all trip–it doesn’t even feel like we’re peadaling.  It’s a ‘no-chain’ (effortless) 16mph!!

Pete recounts last night and this morning

Last night we rolled into a hoshy-poshy suburb of Cincinatti (beutiful city by the way) and asked a cop where we could camp. He was not impressed and basically asked us to leave town. We rode a few miles down the road and asked these Harley biker dudes if they knew of a place to set up a tent. They sent us to the American Legion. There was a HUGE BBQ going on with a full band, food, bar, and a bunch of great Ohioans hangin out. We met the man in charge “Harley” and he gave us permission to set up camp right in the middle of all the festivities. That is exactly what we did. We listened to aweful live music, ate sausages and had a blast. This morning these girls at a bakery gave us tons of free muffins, and cookies to start off our day!!

 

And today has been great!  (Even the $200 [ouch!] I had to drop on a new rear wheel couldn’t damper our spirits!)

We’re off to pedal–enjoy the photos!

Crossin’ the purple bridge into the ‘Natti!

Made it!  Lexington to Cincinati in 1 day!

Nice river view

After leaving Lexington, my bike is so loaded down from goodies that my parentals and Delilah sent me… the trail-mix is relegated to the rear rack!

We’re lovin’ the bike path!

We traded our bikes straight up for these hogs!

Running full-tilt into the cornfield… quite spacious after you make it through the first part!

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