Defiance, Ohio

We are waiting out an impending thunderstorm in the local library. Good timing as far as thunderstorms go since we were just pulling into town and needing a break as the skies turned purple. We may reach Indiana today, it all depends on the weather, the wind and our legs! Here are some highlights from the last few days:

• Northeast Ohio is quite rolling, and Northwest Ohio is not nearly as flat as Delaware.
• It is very disheartening to learn at the end of a 70 mile day that tonight's campground has no showers
• But, when the lifeguards let you swim for free in the cool, clear rock quarry that shower doesn't seem so important! And it's very easy to wash short hair in the water pump outside your tent
• Lattes are few and far between in the rural midwest.
• Everyone is interested in your story when you pull into the local diner on a bicycle.
• 40 miles into a brisk, stiff, really strong headwind is quite enough for one day.
• The librarian in Defiance lets you bring your bike indoors during a rain storm and then finds her sister-in-law to drive you to the local coffee shop to pass the time.

Mileage total so far: 190 miles