Perfect weather for cycling again. I wonder when my luck is going to run out.

A couple of the towns I passed through were kind of interesting. Geneva-on-the-Lake had a very vintage touristy look to it. One lady operating a small shop said she has been working there summers for 42 years.

Another town on the lake, Ashabula has a more industrial feel to it, though there is a definite resort aspect, as well.

Nothing else very interesting on the road today, so I’ll recount my pondering about Issue 1, which comes up on the Ohio Ballot on Monday. Without doing any research other than reading the signs people have put in their yards, it was easy tell that this is one of those currently divisive issues that are social-economic in nature. More often than not the signs for issue 1 supporters seemed to be in the yards of homes in better neighborhoods. Often when riding down a road that had lakefront homes on one side, those homes had pro Issue 1 signs and frequently right across the road would be anti Issue 1 signs. This wasn’t always the case, but I think it was a clear trend. However those nicer type of homes in Cleveland itself usually had signs asking the passer by to vote against issue 1.

After doing some basic research, it turns out that Issue 1 raises the percentage of votes needed to amend the Ohio constitution from a clear majority to 60%. Why this is important is that a number of states are amending their constitutions to protect abortion after the overturn of Roe v Wade. Most of these amendments are passing with less than 60% of the vote. Now you should be able to figure out why there is so much controversy over this bill.

I stopped for an ice cream in the early afternoon. A fellow started chatting with me, saying a few years ago he did a bike packing trip to Chicago and his wife went on to Denver. Eventually this fellow offered to let me stay at his cottage, but it would have shortened todays progress by about 20 miles, which is about 2 hours of time on the road. Instead I’m staying at a campground on the outskirts of Erie, Pennsylvania. Not the greatest campground as it’s crowded with RVs, but can’t complain about the 15$ price of admission.

68 miles today on top of 2924 equals 2992. I’m now averaging 62 miles over the 48 days I’ve traveled. This is far more than I originally expected I would do each day.