Today’s ride highlights; Lake Erie views, beautiful homes, downtown Cleveland, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; were mitigated by high traffic, narrow roads, poor shoulders, detours, and irritated drivers! Oh well…all days on bike can’t be heaven!
It started out well, Joe, Doug, and I stopped at mile 17 for our second breakfast. Gramdma Joes Icecrematorium, housed in a former funeral parlor, served a delicious breakfast. Back on the road, approaching Cleveland traffic increased and there were numerous stoplights which slowed the pace dramatically. Detour number one resulted in Doug, Kathleen, Bob, and I getting lost. Our detour was good for an additional 8 miles!
In light of the fact that this was my least favorite day of the trip I’ll spare you the details and just bullet some of the items:
• Lake Erie is a big lake
• The detour through Lorain was poorly marked but we found a interesting bike trail
• Detours are really tests of one’s creativity
• Asking a local fireman does not assure one of getting good directions
• My “guy card” was not revoked for asking for directions
• Cleveland’s downtown traffic does not compare to Chicago’s
• Cleveland’s downtown is beautiful
• Reading a cue sheet containing 55 sets of directions, while riding in traffic on poor roads, is not good mentally or physically
• Route 87, east of Cleveland, is not meant for bicycles
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