I was finally able to sleep in for the first time this trip at Rogers and Jessie's place, and when I got up Roger made me some breakfast and showed me around the outside of his place, his chickens, his home built hot tub in-progress, and his garden.
Alan (aka Subnet), one of the most popular members on a firearm forum I frequent had earlier offered to let me stay at his place when I posted about my planned bicycling journey there. I was keeping in contact with him the previous day and I figured I would hop on over that way on my "rest day" because it wasn't too far.
Roger told me about some rail trails that would make the journey to Alan's place easier then jumped on his bike and lead me a few miles to where they started. I thanked Roger for everything and started my ride. Other than some rolly hills and elevation gain, the ride was short and not too bad.
I arrived at Alan's place and he seemed impressed that I was out there doing what so many others (myself included before I got laid off) could only wish to do. He gave me a nice cold beer and introduced me to his lively and friendly family. We ended up talking about a lot of varied topics and I realized that we were pretty similar people in how we viewed a lot of the world. Alan treated me to a T-bone steak on the grill that was excellent and before I knew it, it was 11pm and it was time for me to go to sleep, but before I did, he and his friend, another forum member who stopped by, offered me lots of good advise on what roads to not take around Cleveland.
Start:
Painesville, OH
End:
Chesterland, OH
Distance:
23.0 miles
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