So, something happened with my counting, since today is actually July 13th, the 60th day of my trip, but it has been three days since my last entry. I suppose this is to be expected, but I still wonder if I made a few days up or if I just miscounted. Anyway, I'll catch you up on what happened after leaving Warren, PA.

Departing in a gentle mist, I left Meadville en route to Warren, a 70 mile ride, but through some substantial hills. The mist turned to rain, but only brief showers, and returned again to a steady mist until around 12:30. The first thirty miles were considerably more difficult than I anticipated, and hence I took nearly five hours to make the halfway mark of Corry. Along the way, as this is Amish country after all, I saw an occasional horse and buggy, one in particular with a brightly colored umbrella standing in ostentatious contrast to the simple, black wagon.

I put in 112 sweaty miles through traffic-filled Ohio, slid down a ridiculous 15% grade hill in northern Akron, then rode up its brother a few miles later, probably only 10% for a mile or so, to get to West Branch State Park, which charged a ridiculous $20 for a campsite, much higher than any state park previous.

I left Tiffin and almost flew the next 30 miles toward Republic; I think I must have averages 15 mph for almost two hours. This of course resulted in a decided slowdown around the 95 mile mark for the day, but I was getting close to the campground, or so I thought. That is to say I was close, but I kept making wrong turns and for some reason the roads in the area had no names but merely numbers, which is not what the computer told me before I left Tiffin.