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beautiful sunset our first night out, in East Fork State Park
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Everyone likes butts.
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Southern Ohio had a lot of beautifully set stone walls without mortar
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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.
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but Jim from Dayton was driving by with all these doggos!
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and he invited us to camp with his family. we set up on this wild platform!
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Oscar was my favorite of the dog clan.
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corn on the left, tobacco on the right
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Ohio is not flat.
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Ohio, why are you like this?
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wrecked.
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cabin times at Pike Lake state park, waiting out the hurricane rains
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headed out into a completely opaque fog, and eventually found the sun burning through
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Blue blazes for the buckeye trail. Here it is coincident with the North Country trail too ... but both are a roadwalk here.
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Ohio not flat! Big hills to climb, heading to Tar Hollow state park, which was my favorite part of the whole trip.
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ok, Ash Cave in Hocking Hills was pretty terrific too.
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Look at this whole cave situation! It's lovely!
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O September!
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September! Resplendent September!
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historical bridge, relocated onto the Zoar Valley trail for funsies. Last of its kind, the marker said. What kind, I don't remember.
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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.
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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.
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Almost to Cleveland! Happy as can be!
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Cleveland threw us a street fair for our arrival!
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Everyone. Everyone loves butts.
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Barn Quilts