I didn't know until a few days ago that my route took me within 10 miles of Cedar Point. I had skimmed a couple coast-to-coast cycling blogs before leaving on my trip, but didn't read any covering the Northern Tier route in depth, most were about the TransAmerica trail.
So last night I asked Sam if he had any thoughts on the logistics of getting up there, since apparently one can not ride a bike on the narrow causeways that go to Cedar Point. He checked with a friend in Sandusky to see if I could crash there for the night but he turned out to be busy.
As I pondered this, I checked my phone and had received a reply from a couple living in Sandusky, Melanie and Bob Zoellner, whom I messaged earlier from Couch Surfing. They said they would be happy to host me, so I got me a place to stay!
So back to today, I left Sam's place after a light breakfast and made my way up to Huron, about half way to Sandusky, and stopped into the library so I could update the last couple days on this blog!
After I was done playing on them internets, I headed out to Sandusky. What should have been an easy 10-11 miles turned into something else as I was once again greeted with some strong headwind. Like a lot of this trip, one just has to soldier on, just continue cranking in a lower gear on the drops. Eventually I made it to Sandusky.
I met up with Melanie and Bob and found out they are big couch surfers, using it for all their trips and hosting loads of people. They told me of how earlier they hosted a group of 6 guys who were traveling the country and using hip hop to teach kids poetry. Another group that stayed with them was a traveling family on 2 tandem bikes and 1 normal bike. They were homeschooling their kids and bringing them around the country, they even brought the kid's textbooks with them so they could study. Sounds heavy!
After talking with Melanie, I figured the best thing to do would be just call a cab to get me to Cedar Point and back.
Start: Vermilion, OH
End: Sankdusky, OH
Distance: 24 miles
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