emmamakescakes: beautiful sunset our first night out, in East Fork State Park
emmamakescakes: Everyone likes butts.
emmamakescakes: Southern Ohio had a lot of beautifully set stone walls without mortar
emmamakescakes: Our planned stop for the night was a private campground that turned out to not be in operation anymore. This is us rehydrating and making a plan B.
emmamakescakes: but Jim from Dayton was driving by with all these doggos!
emmamakescakes: and he invited us to camp with his family. we set up on this wild platform!
emmamakescakes: Oscar was my favorite of the dog clan.
emmamakescakes: corn on the left, tobacco on the right
emmamakescakes: Ohio is not flat.
emmamakescakes: Ohio, why are you like this?
emmamakescakes: wrecked.
emmamakescakes: cabin times at Pike Lake state park, waiting out the hurricane rains
emmamakescakes: headed out into a completely opaque fog, and eventually found the sun burning through
emmamakescakes: Blue blazes for the buckeye trail. Here it is coincident with the North Country trail too ... but both are a roadwalk here.
emmamakescakes: Ohio not flat! Big hills to climb, heading to Tar Hollow state park, which was my favorite part of the whole trip.
emmamakescakes: ok, Ash Cave in Hocking Hills was pretty terrific too.
emmamakescakes: Look at this whole cave situation! It's lovely!
emmamakescakes: O September!
emmamakescakes: September! Resplendent September!
emmamakescakes: historical bridge, relocated onto the Zoar Valley trail for funsies. Last of its kind, the marker said. What kind, I don't remember.
emmamakescakes: Huge storms blew through while we stayed in a cheap hotel in New Philadelphia. The next morning, the evidence was to be found in tons of downed trees on the towpath trail.
emmamakescakes: the Cuyahoga Valley Scenic Railroad lets you hop on board with your bike for just five bucks, all along the towpath! We took it from Akron to Independence.
emmamakescakes: Almost to Cleveland! Happy as can be!
emmamakescakes: Cleveland threw us a street fair for our arrival!
emmamakescakes: Everyone. Everyone loves butts.
emmamakescakes: Barn Quilts