GEBA 2010

Our Great Bicycle Adventure this year was a 260 mile
ride from Cleveland to Springfield.
We followed the Ohio to Erie Trail, a combination of rail-trails
and roads connecting them together.
Probably 60 percent of our trip was on trails.

Bob and Lorena hosted us the night before our adventure began.
Thanks Bob, thanks Lorena.

Our trip began at the terminus of the Ohio & Erie Towpath.

A blue herron taking off.

A muskrat.
As soon as we got this picture he disappeared.

A hiccup in our plans.

Fortunately the backtrack only added a few miles.

A look back at where we'd been.
This is the Sippo Valley Trail.

An Amish farmer using horse drawn equipment.

An Amish horse and buggy.
We never encountered any going the same direction as us.
If we had I'm not sure who would've been faster.

This is the beginning of the Mohican Valley Trail.

Another milepost for the collection.

The Kokosing Trail at Howard, Ohio.

Somebody we met along the way.

Julie on a train display at Gambier, Ohio.

Taking a break above Westerville.

All in all a great trip.

Cades Cove

Our house is only about half an hour to the park entrance.

Inside the park is Cades Cove, a meadow in the middle of the mountains.
A one-way one lane road loops around it. On Wednesday and Saturday mornings
the park services closes the road to all motor traffic.
It's a great place to ride the bike.

A bit foggy this morning.

A typical view of the road.

The road up to the cove winds along a mountain stream.
In the spring the water is really really cold.

Critters in East Tennessee

We have lots of critters in east Tennessee

This little guy was on our back porch.

Our horses. Actually they live in the pasture behind us.
They love apples and carrots.

A pileated woodpecker we spotted in Cades Cove.

Stump? No, it's a bear cub. I wonder where mama bear is.

Graduation

Our Emily this spring.

We knew she was smart. Now she has proof.

It was a beautiful sunny day.

Emily and her roommate, Andrea.

Things we learned in Tennessee

While searching for a new home in eastern Tennessee we learned a few interesting things. We once lived in Louisville Kentucky and learned the correct pronunciation is "Loo-a-vul". We're buying a house in Louisville Tennessee and locally it's pronounced "Lewis-ville". Nearby is Maryville. The locals pronounce it "Mer-a-vul". Siever County? It's pronounced "Si-veer" County. Gosh, we're gonna' sound like Yankees for a while.