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07-21-11, 09:48 AM
On a drizzling Saturday morning Mr. DanW and I set off on the Holmes County Trail. We pulled up to a parking lot next to a baseball diamond, and watched as the grounds crew used leaf blowers to try to dry the grass for the game. "Buckeyes love sports" I thought as I set up my bike.
The trail is paved for about 15.5 miles, largely flat, and double wide.
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/282687_2103481479096_1607271639_2050032_1106661_n.jpg
The reason for the double width is that Holmes County is to Ohio what Lancaster County is to Pennsylvania - it's the Amish region. The trail is used by buggies, and we saw several of them during the ride. And local business, Amish or "English", often have a connecting path to allow buggies through. We followed one such short side trip to Wal-mart and noted the special buggy parking shed:
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/281318_2103504439670_1607271639_2050083_5795998_n.jpg
Glad I'm not working for that store. I'd hate to have to retrieve carts from there!
The trail continues through farm country ....
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/284318_2103510839830_1607271639_2050112_2213401_n.jpg
and a couple of small towns. It ends in Killbuck....
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/285193_2103505879706_1607271639_2050091_3080911_n.jpg
.... but the road is low traffic and flat enough you can continue your trip into town. We did, since we were both hungry. The only place open was a pizza shop, which made meatball subs that had Mr. DanW raving.....
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/267933_2103508519772_1607271639_2050100_8063711_n.jpg
... and a mural that reminded me how much Buckeyes love sports.
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/267583_2103507519747_1607271639_2050098_7462087_n.jpg
When we came out, the clouds had parted and we rode back in sunlight. We stopped again at the train station/bike shop/museum in Millersburg:
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/267513_2103510399819_1607271639_2050110_3516233_n.jpg
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/267913_2103510679826_1607271639_2050111_6082493_n.jpg
Mr. DanW trying to avoid being photographed....
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268448_2103511079836_1607271639_2050113_3359277_n.jpg
We finished with 33 miles. And I finished with the desire to come back and ride this trail again.
The trail is paved for about 15.5 miles, largely flat, and double wide.
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/282687_2103481479096_1607271639_2050032_1106661_n.jpg
The reason for the double width is that Holmes County is to Ohio what Lancaster County is to Pennsylvania - it's the Amish region. The trail is used by buggies, and we saw several of them during the ride. And local business, Amish or "English", often have a connecting path to allow buggies through. We followed one such short side trip to Wal-mart and noted the special buggy parking shed:
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/281318_2103504439670_1607271639_2050083_5795998_n.jpg
Glad I'm not working for that store. I'd hate to have to retrieve carts from there!
The trail continues through farm country ....
http://a3.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/284318_2103510839830_1607271639_2050112_2213401_n.jpg
and a couple of small towns. It ends in Killbuck....
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/285193_2103505879706_1607271639_2050091_3080911_n.jpg
.... but the road is low traffic and flat enough you can continue your trip into town. We did, since we were both hungry. The only place open was a pizza shop, which made meatball subs that had Mr. DanW raving.....
http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/267933_2103508519772_1607271639_2050100_8063711_n.jpg
... and a mural that reminded me how much Buckeyes love sports.
http://a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/267583_2103507519747_1607271639_2050098_7462087_n.jpg
When we came out, the clouds had parted and we rode back in sunlight. We stopped again at the train station/bike shop/museum in Millersburg:
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/267513_2103510399819_1607271639_2050110_3516233_n.jpg
http://a1.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/267913_2103510679826_1607271639_2050111_6082493_n.jpg
Mr. DanW trying to avoid being photographed....
http://a5.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/268448_2103511079836_1607271639_2050113_3359277_n.jpg
We finished with 33 miles. And I finished with the desire to come back and ride this trail again.