Greetings from the Buckeye State

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[The wonderful shelter in Monroeville - so sad to say goodbye]

[Ladies, he's single!]

[A parting shot of Indiana]

[Ohio here we come]

[Guido is trying to sneak some of Big Boy's burger]

We crossed into Ohio today and into urban sprawl. We no longer were required to ride 25 miles between clusters of houses that were called towns. It seemed as though today we were never more than 5 miles from a gas station complete with food, water, and restrooms. We also seemed to by in the land of nice city parks. We stopped for breaks at several of them along the way. We spent a great deal of the time biking along the Maumee River. While it was very scenic and easy riding, the water of this river made the Mississippi seem clean enough to drink. The towns we passed through were very quaint. There was a definite shift in the architecture of the city halls and also some of the old farm houses. We also rode by several farms and country estates that had some interesting man-made lakes that we are pretty sure act like pools. The weather was hot and we had a cross wind most of the day, but we arrived in Bowling Green, Ohio, after a 92 mile ride. We rode through the college of Bowling Green enroute to our motel (there weren't any cheap campgrounds or free city parks here). After dinner at Big Boy while some severe storms passed nearby, we returned to our room for a few episodes of America's Funniest Home Videos before turning in. Tomorrow we ride for Cleveland, which rocks according to Drew Carrey.