The center
Today almost felt like fall. The temperature was in the 60s, leaves are starting to fall from some trees and some corn fields are showing hints of brown. It was perfect biking weather.
As South Floridians, crisp temperature in August is unheard of. The only time the word crisp is used in reference to Florida weather in August is when someone says "don't step on the sand or you'll be burned to a crisp."
We had heard that poptree berries are actually choke cherries, and that they are edible (just don't eat the pits). We stopped under a choke cherry tree for a taste. I was expecting something tart, but it was surprisingly sweet.
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That's when we noticed we weren't eating cherries, we were eating grapes from a vine hanging down from the cherry tree. When we actually tried the choke cherries, they were just as bitter as promised.
After abandoning our attempt to eat cherries, we went in search of the geographic center of Ohio. The center is located in Centerville.
We were escorted into Columbus by Geoff and Marty. 90% of the route was on bike trails, but it was useful to have local guides to negotiate the traffic on the 10% of the route on urban roads.
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5 years ago
I love the Ohio rail trail system, so perhaps on a future trip I'll be near Dayton. I've enjoyed all your comments and would enjoy meeting you someday.
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