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Zanesville!

April 22, 2012
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(brice writing)

After the rough day yesterday, we made it 66 miles today to Zanesville, OH. The rolling hills continued (though they’re slowly diminishing as we head into the flatlands), but there was no rain so it was much easier to keep our spirits up. We also had gorgeous scenery the whole way – rolling green hills and picturesque farms, so picturesque Susan took a picture:

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Also of note today:

  • I was chased by a dog for the first time. Dogs really do seem to hate bikes as we got barked at all over the place.
  • We ran into some construction that had a helpful detour, except the detour involved an interstate highway. A nice man in a red pickup kindly led us on a more bike/law friendly route.
  • I saw more roadkill possums on the shoulder than anywhere I’ve been (we missed all of them, thankfully).
  • We tried hard to make the olive garden regret their all you can eat breadsticks

    • Tomorrow will be interesting potentially. Here’s a list of things we’re prepared to handle, individually:

  • freezing temperatures
  • 15-25mph head winds
  • precipitation

    • Even two of those we could probably hack, but there’s a chance of all 3 predicted, including snow (!). So we’re going to wait until we wake up tomorrow to decide whether we’ll be riding anywhere at all. Otherwise, we’ll hang here and wait for the better weather predicted for Tuesday. If we do head out, we’ll be riding for Circleville, due south of Columbus, where we’ll stay with Warm Showers hosts.

    That’s all the news from here… we keep meaning to take more pictures but it’s a bit of a production in the cold weather to get the gloves off etc. Excuses excuses!

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    1. Brian's avatar
      Brian permalink
      April 23, 2012 8:21 am

      About the dogs. A couple of my friends just biked up here from Georgia. They had dogs galore and their advice is to scream your head off at them. Be as big and angry as you can. They said it worked well with all but one dog. They also carry some mace just in case.

    2. Claire's avatar
      Claire permalink
      April 23, 2012 1:56 pm

      That’s some beautiful countryside and a nice dramatic-looking sky. Unfortunate that dramatic skies tend to lead to miserable weather.

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