7/31/05 Maumee to Wellington, OH (Findley State Park) 106 miles.
We watched the Toledo Mud Hens beat the Durham Bulls 2-0 last night & then we were treated to a flat-bed truck full of fireworks. Quite an impressive display on a crowded city street. Back at Mark's & Jean's we had a nightcap & I put my nightcap on & headed for bed.
This morning I got on the road again The camping mat & road food are going to be such a letdown. I said my goodbyes to Jean & Mark & Mark's cousin Chuck & his wife Celeste, & rode east.
I rode through Fremont, OH, birthplace of Rutheford B. Hayes, the 1st president to visit California (I stumbled on Fremont, but I learned the latter fact from a folk song). Some really beautiful old homes there.
Wellington's claim to fame is that the painter of "The Spirit of 76" lived here for a while.
Just chock full of history today.
Unfortunately, I seemed to have used up all the flat in OH. The landscape is just starting to roll & tomorrow I fully expect some climbing as I head to the Appalachians. I tried to cut some miles off today by sticking to the major highways, but I passed 3000 miles today – only 600 or so to go.