44 miles :: trip total 292 miles
Jeremiah King Guest House, 272 N Main Street, Cordelia's Room
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Up early, having packed and organized last night, we left and biked 9
miles to breakfast at the Check Please Cafe in Grafton...Our waitress,
Kristin, also packed sandwiches for our lunch later. 
Along the way we have noticed and appreciated how these small
towns still show off their Memorial Day decorations. 
Toward mid day we began the "rollers"... Big uphills and long,
satisfying downhills.
The up and down road pattern continued to Peninsula, a town in and adjacent to Cuyahoga National Park. We wanted to stop a while, remembering our enjoyment here six years ago--interupting our our drive home from the Maritimes of Canada to cycle a bit on the Ohio Erie historic tow path--and enjoy a ride on the historic train.
We
stayed at the comfortable, friendly Jeremiah King Guest House in the historic
district, and walked the couple of blocks into downtown for dinner.
It
was a wonderful day for biking: cool and mostly sunny all day with
stunning cloud formations and temperature topping out at 73 degrees. 
Toward mid day we began the "rollers"... Big uphills and long,
satisfying downhills. Few cicadas here, but Bob spotted a stunning bald
eagle hunting (missed the photo).
We enjoyed a tasty break with the locals at Country
Maid ice cream.
The up and down road pattern continued to Peninsula, a town in and adjacent to Cuyahoga National Park. We wanted to stop a while, remembering our enjoyment here six years ago--interupting our our drive home from the Maritimes of Canada to cycle a bit on the Ohio Erie historic tow path--and enjoy a ride on the historic train.
We knew there we face a long uphill to Hudson. Before enjoying some refreshment at the Winking Lizard restaurant we popped into Century Cycles across the way where Kevin and
Michelle allowed us to put a topping-off recharge into the bike batteries.
Batteries recharged, free of energy-management inhibitions, we
zipped up the hill and were in Hudson 6 miles later. Hudson, a town
that was active in the Underground Railroad movement, resembles a New England
town--built around a green, shady streets, period homes, quaint downtown.
Hosts Mr. Doug and Mrs. Ren.
Route Notes: We did not follow Adventure Cycling's route nor routes recommended by Google Maps and Maps.Me. We wanted to have breakfast at the Check Please Cafe and to visit again the town of Peninsula we had visited briefly a few years ago. Those criteria put us on what we might call the Grafton Road Route. Traffic made most of the first thirty miles not-to-be-recommended for cycle touring. From that point, the pleasant town of Richfield, the ride was delightful--down through Peninsula and up to Hudson. In the end, we were glad for our choices.
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