2021 Biking -- Week 2

 This week the great biking adventure of 2021 continued.  It was really, really nice in the beginning of the week.  It hit 70 degrees on Tuesday!

Monday, 3/29/21, found us on a new spot on the Ohio & Erie Canal Towpath Trail.  We had a short ride because we got stuck in a little traffic jam on Route 30 and had to change our plans so we could get at least an hour in before dark.  Here's where we started -- it's by one of our favorite simple magnet fishing spots.

I realized that he wore his ratty garage sweatshirt because he broke the zipper pull on his Christmas bike jacket.  Dang it.  It's going to be hard for me to repair.  It will require a lot of patience.

We rode a smidge under four miles from Wooster Street in Navarre to the Craig Pittman Park in Navarre.  This was taken near the Craig Pittman Park.

Here's a map of the Ohio & Erie Path which we hope to finish in 2021.  The areas we have completed are marked in red and dated along the path.  Luckily I have taken photos on each part of the trip so that I can find the date if I forgot to log it.  Owen likes to show his virtual teacher our bike path progress.

I'm a little nervous about the top portion of the map.  I think it goes along major roads in Cleveland.  We may need to skip that one due to safety issues.

On Tuesday, 3/30, we completed the section from Clinton then north to Vanderhoof Road.  The plan was to go to Wolf Creek, but there was a huge hill right before Vanderhoof Road and we decided to turn around.  Now we know where to start next time.  This was an 8 mile ride.  8 of 28.5 complete for 2021.

It was 70 degrees!  I could feel the sun and see a little tan on my arms after our ride.

The Great Bike Adventure of 2021

 This week we started our great bike adventure of 2021.  Our goal for this year is to complete the Ohio & Erie Towpath Trail.  We complete different sections on each adventure.  Our first day out we rode only four miles and did some magnet fishing.  This is on one of our local parts of the trail that we ride or walk often.  It's a four mile trip.  This part of the path starts at the John Glen park in Massillon.  

It's a two mile ride to the magnet fishing spot.  We only found two lures and three bobbers.  He still loved it.  

Of course there is our selfie!

Then on the weekend we went on another part of the trail.  We started out between Massillon and Canal Fulton and rode to Clinton.  This is a 12.6 mile trip (round trip.)

He's motivated to ride his bike more because he thinks his "prospecional" bike outfit that he got for Christmas is cool.  It has the padded pants.  He says his butt doesn't hurt anymore.  

We stopped at this spot and counted 49 turtles on these logs.  There were turtles EVERYWHERE!

He did great on his bike, but he was really tired afterwards.  He was really hungry when we got home.  That's okay.