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Day 4 & 5: Van Wert to Ottawa - Ottawa to Findlay, The Home Stretch
We made it home safely! It's taken a day of recovery to get back to the blog — turns out the last two days of the tour were too much fun to interrupt with a laptop! Day 4 started with a proper send-off from Camp Clay,... ...followed by a very nice breakfast at a local country club in Van Wert. After the rain and headwinds of Day 3, we rolled out into a sunny, quiet day — the kind that makes you forget your legs were filing complaints just 24 hours earlier. The Delphos Rotary
Jun 252 min read


Day 3: New Bremen to Van Wert, 49 Miles
Day 3 started with a nourishing breakfast at the Spiritual Center in Maria Stein — a calm, quiet start before 51 miles of Ohio weather decided to test us. With a bit of time to spare before rolling out, our group of 17 cycling enthusiasts did the only sensible thing — toured the Bicycle Museum of America. Three floors of bicycle history, which felt less like a detour and more like a pilgrimage. The original Swiss Military "frame bag" looks a lot like the bike packs that Bob a
Jun 232 min read


Day 2 - Lima to New Bremen, 42 Miles
After yesterday's wind battle, today felt like a gift: 42 miles, no headwind, and a much calmer pace overall. Sometimes the best stories are the ones where everything goes perfectly! Our morning trail began along Lima's Rotary River Walk — a beautifully maintained bike and walking path that follows the river through town. The trail is a nice reminder of just how much Rotary clubs invest in their communities. From there, we rolled south out of Lima into open farmland, with mil
Jun 212 min read
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