Sunday, June 18, 2006

1st Day on the Road: A Surprising Day! Cincinnati to Greenville, OH (80 miles)

I was able to travel 80 miles today, when I had anticipated only being able to do 50 miles the first day. Some of this was due to the nice rolling terrain for the last 30 miles and at times a slight tailwind. There was a lot of wind, and threatening rain the last 40 miles or so, but I just got rained on slightly.

For those of you looking at the itinerary, I had planned on staying in Eaton, but I ended up staying in Greenville, OH which is another 30 miles north (not on the itinerary). I am at a Comfort Inn. You may be interested to know that Annie Oakley was born around Greenville and I took a picture of her statue today. I was able to go for many miles today at about 20-25 miles per hour!! (Again, maybe because of the wind).

How is my PMR doing? At this point, I'm doing really quite well and I'm very surprised. Maybe I'll pay for it in the morning.

Suzanne is typing this for me right now as we talk on the phone, which I appreciate, and she has come up with some other motel possiblities further north for when she joins me for our ride together.

So, for the first day, things have gone suprisingly well. Hope it continues!!

One quick tidbit from the trip: I was going up Gray Road, an extremely hilly road just out of Cincinnati, and had to stop to rest. I took a sip of water and was standing by my bike when an old lady yelled at me off of her porch, "Are you going to be able to make those hills and those turns? It's very, very hilly and curvy, do you know that? Be very careful! Good luck!" I thought that was very sweet of her to say that.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This sounds fantastic and I'll certainly be checking back with this blog to watch the enlightenment progress.

Anonymous said...

My home town is 12 miles west, Union City, so I know Greenville thoroughly. I still go there as often as I can to visit the Maid Rite Sandwich Shop. I started going there when I was 16 and when I go now I sometimes see others of the Ancient People whom I knew when were kids. The Maid Rite sandwich is like nothing else. There are imitations but nobody else has the secret (loose groud beef, steamed, pickle, onion, and mustard). My brother (Indpl), nephew (Chicago) and niece (Indpls) have been know to buy 4 dozen at a time. They're packed 'dry' meaning the buns haven't been steamed, and the pickle, onion, and mustard are left off. I'm going to the Brickyard 400 on Aug 6 and a few Maid Rites will be the highlight of the trip. Leigh and sons are also devotees. yum yum yum

Anonymous said...

Wow, I think Bob rode the extra miles just for the Maid Rite sandwiches!!!! Go Robert!!! But don't forget your heritage and ride for the Michigan Red Hots!!!

By the way, Maid Rite where I come from is an escort service!!! Bet that's what kept Robert going. Not some sandwich!!!

Great day in the saddle!!!! No pun intended?