Start: Dillon State Park CAMPGROUND, OH 10 am

End: Seneca Lake Park, OH 4 pm

Total miles: 52

Today was rough. I started on terrifyingly busy roads with large trucks and a 2 ft shoulder and long steep hills. Then I was on smaller, rougher roads with steeper hills. It was also pretty dreary, with on and off drizzle.

And I had to walk up some of those hills. There weee some that were just too steep for my nerves. No problem turning the gears. I just couldn’t shake the feeling that the front wheel was going to lose contact. It is actually harder to push the bike up those hills. I’m pretty sure that some are steeper than 10% grade. They all had warnings on the maps.

So I guess I broke another personal barrier.

Which is good because I have 30% more climbing to get over tomorrow

At least it’s incredibly beautiful. I got to spend some time up on ridges with incredible views of autumn leaves turning on the hills all around. Even though it’s still Ohio for a few more miles, I could t stop singing

Country roads, Take me home…

And I finally got to put up my hammock!