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Beautiful Ohio
After a restful night’s sleep at our Warmshowers hosts David and Mary’s home in Vermilion, Ohio, Matt “volunteered” to go get coffee downstairs. 😍 Time passed and I smelled coffee and bacon. I had to go down and join in! I met the other touring cyclist Morgan Wolf from Fresno and Mary! Over coffee and…
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Beep Beep Butterfly
Morning came quickly after a good night’s rest at Joanna and Mike’s house. Matt and I packed our things and Joanna made us some deliciously strong coffee (just the way we like it) and a fantastic breakfast. Magda and Rosie were writing each other notes during breakfast like classmates. Afterwards, we said our goodbyes and…
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Warmshowers and flowers
Matt and I were up early in Middleport. It was good to revisit the exact location where we met each other for the first time. The sunset on the water was beautiful with the evening fireworks. More positives were the breeze was quite nice overnight, cooling it off. After only 3 hours of uninterrupted sleep,…
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Right on time
Our morning in Connellsville consisted of coffee and donuts! Matt worked on adjusting his seat stem while I worked on breakfast. Feeling like it was going to be a late start, we both began packing up before the morning slipped away from us. Before we left we met a couple Don and Jo from Connellsville…
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Picking wildflowers
Sunday mornings are made for coffee and easing into ones day and that is just what we did, with the exception of getting an earlier than normal start. After delicious coffee and the best snickerdoodle cookies, we packed up camp and rolled away from Town Creek Campground. Soon after the drizzle let up, both Matt…
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Biking on a budget
What a blessing it is to have supportive friends and family. Spending two nights in Greencastle at Matt’s parents allowed us to rest, repack, run errands, tune up bikes and grab other essentials needed for our tour. More importantly, we had great visits with Matt’s awesome parents Tom and Betty, Aunt Lou, Uncle Bill, Aunt…