Day 30 Montpelier to Bellevue

It is a temptation to call it an eventless day. Over dinner we discussed, whether we start to become satiated with impressions and maybe less open in our contact with the people we meet. In California, Nevada and in general on the first part of our trip we were full of excitement and attacked everybody with our plans of crossing the US. Now we have become a little more selective, maybe even reserved, and also less excited about riding the just 6-700 miles towards our goal. We remind ourselves, though, that such distance could be a tour in its own right and we agree to enjoy and take care.

US is still a land of contrasts. We had our lunch in Perrysburg a suburb of Toledo and suddenly we see well dressed city people wearing Ray-Bans, shirts and dresses. If you compare with “Mongo Tavern” where we had our lunch yesterday, you would not think you are in the same country or the same state. Yester a couple who had celebrated her birthday with a canoe tour on the river and a couple of workers for lunchbreak were with a plain cheeseburger for 5.95 $ versus ladies sipping their Chardonnay while ordering a spinach salad with walnuts and cranberries today. You might be able to find the same in DK within 60 miles distance but here the two worlds just appear to be very separate and almost unknown to either group.

Bellevue

We are not fortunate with the wind these days. We could just reduce our ambitions a little. We tend to dial in on a goal of approximately 100 miles no matter what, and we therefore get in late. Bellevue could therefore be the world capital for lime fruit or curvy cucumbers without us ever finding out. We only have time for a shower, a dinner and a little bit of writing. We came to Bellevue on a path called “North Shore Inland Bike Trail” and will see if we can continue east on it tomorrow.