Sandusky

Charlie and Amber Lange

We had a marvelous stay in Montrose, MI with Helen’s brother Charlie and his wife Amber. It was also a rest day for Jay. He had ridden nine of the previous ten days. While in Montrose we celebrated Amber’s birthday with Bob, another one of Helen’s brothers, and his significant other as well as Charlie and Amber’s son Jeff and two of his children. It was a happy event all around! 

Family gathered around the table

With strong unfavorable winds, Jay opted for a reverse ride from Ann Arbor back to Montrose. This part of the ride is not supported by Jay’s Adventure Cycling maps, but Helen’s nephew Jeff offered a “most excellent” suggestion of roads for Jay’s ride.  Helen drove Jay to the start point near Ann Arbor and he enjoyed strong favorable winds. Family. Just precious!

Country road in Ohio

The following day we drove from Montrose to Ann Arbor where Jay got on his bike and continued his ride. He had a 90 mile ride from Ann Arbor, MI to Maumee Bay State Park in Ohio. The ride was long, hot and took Jay through downtown Toledo. Holy Toledo! At the end of the ride Jay was tired, and for the second time on this cross-country ride suffered from a “butt rash” that required a day off for healing.  

We took advantage of the day off and visited the Toledo Museum of Art. There is no entrance fee and the $7.00 parking fee was waived due to our membership in Atlanta’s High Museum. 

Helen with sculpture of Eve 

What a gem! We toured collections of medieval, Renaissance, European impressionists and modern multi-media visual arts. We could have lingered longer, but Nando was in the car. Fortunately, he was not in the sun due to the covered parking provided by solar panels installed by the museum to reduce its carbon footprint. We tip our hats to the Toledo Museum of Art for its preservation of historic art and its active role in confronting today’s challenge of climate change. 

 On Sunday Jay rode 65-miles from Maumee Bay to a nice KOA campground in Sandusky, OH.  

Tomorrow Jay will ride to Oberlin, OH and then turn southward again towards Columbus, Cincinnati and then enter Kentucky near Lexington where we have planned another family visit with Helen’s brother Benson. 

More photos: (click to enlarge)

Jay with giant chess set at Museum

Audio-Visual art display at Toledo Museum of Art

Our route

Trying to make shade in a  camp site with no trees