Deer Creek SP camping

After torrential downpour. The weather is certainly delivering today. Another flooding gully washer at midnight. Plus cicada carapaces falling on my tent all night.

TransAm Day 13

My day for groceries, gas, cash at the bank and a coffee at Provisions in Lancaster, OH.

Ready to roll on Day 13 as van driver

Mosquitoes, humid night in the tent torrential downpour at 7:30 am during packing and breakfast, it's no wonder people travel in big RVs.

Dinner in Buckeye as lake KOA after a very trying day

How’s this for a municipal building?

Not much time to explore this city but hard to miss this Victorian 2nd Empire confection. It's grandeur makes no sense in this city of boarded up storefronts.

Hunting for bike repair in Zanesville

Not only was the weather torrid, I had developing bike problems. An occasional rattling inside the bike frame became ominously persistent and I knew I had to deal with it. Hurtling downhill at 30+mph when you don't trust the bike is scary. I labored into Zanesville suspecting bottom bracket issues. The new location for three sixty bikes took finding, and nearly 2 hours to correctly diagnose and fix dirt and rust inside my rear wheel hub (thanks to unfamiliar gravel riding on the C&O and GAP) followed by wheel washing, but I'm glad I stopped. I want to ride with confidence in my bike, as the riding itself is so hard.

Hot as blazes (mid-80s)

Two rural Ohio buildings in Chandlerville that appealed to me.