Thursday 5th June. 2025. Granville, bike track, Ohio.

 We got up earlier to day so we could beat the rain and aftervputting our bikes in the Ute off we went. As we went through one town, Johnstown, Paula mentioned  that the town was quite renowned for being racist.  US flags all down their streets.  Then into Alexandria to get onto the bike track. Off we went with cotton wood pollen everywhere. A lovely bike track with farm houses along the way.

We got into Granville where we walked our bikes up the hill into a a Uni town, Denison Uni, a private uni in an old town. The graves in the cemetery were around 1800s. We checked out the town and went down the hill back to the bike track. Love the houses over here. They are so different. Usually 2 story and a basement underneath,  and often around 350k(US) some of the old Victorian style ones would be more. Love the verandahs and porches. We went to the old station house for lunch(so we were riding on a rail trail.)

Back on the track to head back. We stopped to see the bald eagle nest up in the trees and I was able to get a picture of a bird in the nest. We took off again with the mozzies biting us. Back to the Ute and loaded up just as it started to rain. We got home to the delicious smelling pot roast cooking in the crock pot. The kids and grown ups came over and we played Phase 10 and then had dinner. A great day.












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  1. Anne Burrows5 June 2025 at 18:15

    What a fabulous way to spend a day. A little warmer today- currently 12.6! But rain forecast for the week ahead. Still ploughing my way through the photos. Finished day 11 yesterday. I can usually get three days done before my back, eyes and computer wrist give up.

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  2. Karyn 5 June 2025 at 22:02

    Ok! Now I AM jealous! What a very picturesque bike/rail trail. And I do like the extra touches in the streetscapes. A great day. Just ignore the local news.

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  3. abroadabroad6 June 2025 at 07:41

    Beautiful bike trail and so green! Terrible drought here in the west of the state.

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