September 1, 2020
Day 94 - Maumee, OH to Bowling Green, OH
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Our route today took us on the Wabash Cannonball Trail South Fork to Neapolis. On the way, we passed through the Village of Whitehouse. It is one of those great trail towns where the railroad - now the trail - runs right through the heart of town. There is a good bike shop there where Kerry borrowed a tool to adjust the chain and bought some chain lube.
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We rode to the end of the Wabash Cannonball Trail near Neapolis and took quiet country roads to Providence, where we got on the Towpath Trail.
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The Towpath Trail follows an old canal towpath along the Erie and Miami Canal, opened in 1843. A dam was built at Providence to help provide water for the canal which ran right beside the Maumee River.
While we were visiting the dam site, we met some cyclists from Sylvania, Ohio. Two of them, Paul and Julie, are snowbirds in south Florida. They were very interested in finding about about Florida trails. We hope they will call us when they get to Florida this winter.
The Towpath Trail is about nine miles long and runs from Providence to Waterville.
The surface is crushed stone which is well maintained and easy to ride.
The first thing we came to on the trail was the old Lock 44.
Here are some more views along the trail.
There were places where you got nice views of the river from the towpath.
Near terminus of the trail at Waterville was a park with campsites. The bathrooms had vivid murals.
After we got off the trail, we rode the last ten miles to Bowling Green on a busy two lane shoulder-less road. It wasn't much fun, but we made it to our hotel without any problems. It was a good day to receive a warm welcome. The front desk clerk was friendly and helpful, as was her manager, who helped with a gift card we had and made sure we got a wonderful, very large room. Then we met these guys. They wanted to be sure there wasn't anything else we needed and that we were completely happy. It turns out that Todd, the general manager, is the grandson of the original owner/developer of the hotel. We enjoyed talking with him. It was nice to be welcomed so enthusiastically by everyone.
Today's ride: 41 miles (66 km)
Total: 3,107 miles (5,000 km)
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