I hate to say it but this day was kind of a blur, I've been getting into the routine pretty well: wake up at 7-7:30am, eat something for a light breakfast, break down camp, load up the bike, get going around 9am, hit 30 miles or so around lunch time, grab lunch, hang out a bit, continue cycling until I hit my destination anywhere from 5-8pm, grab dinner, set up tent, pass out around 10-11pm, repeat!
I'm not saying its not enjoyable and I've leaving out all the little unique things I see and people I get to talk to daily, but a trip like this definitely starts feeling like Ground Hog day after awhile when you start camping back-to-back (I'm foreshadowing the next couple days here.)
I got to go through Bowling Green and check out the campus of BGSU and I stopped and updated my blog at a local library. The big adventure of the day was trying to figure out where I would "stealth camp" for the night as there were no warmshowers people nearby, nor any *official campsites*.
Right before the town on Defiance, I spied the Independence Dam state park. It didn't have any camping areas but I figured I should be able to find some little corner to throw my tent up in. As I checked the park out, I learned that it was situated along the remnants of the Miami and Erie Canal and the eastern side of the park ended where the towpath kept going, so I took the bike along the towpath and quickly spied an area that I could camp along the Maumee River. I set up my tent and fell asleep to the sounds of late night boaters going by.
Start: Gibsonburg, OH
End: Defiance, OH
Distance: 69.3 miles
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