Day 32 Streetsboro to Franklin

It has become more hilly. Total Ascent today was around 1500 m on 150 km (94 miles). It is not like the mountains where we climbed for hours but rather we have short very steep hills followed by equally steep downhill. With the headwind, however, the hills complemented by the many trees (and when there are many trees they are sometimes called a forest) makes a day varied and suddenly we are at our destination

Barn stars

We have seem many houses with barnstars since Wyoming and South Dakota but we see more and more in Ohio and here in Pennsylvania.

The barn star is similar to a horseshoe over a door, a kind of good luck charm for the house, The barn star density should be highest in Pennsylvania, which we entered today. We have not seen a Pennsylvania sign yet, but when we exited Ohio in the little town of Orangeville, population 190 according to the elderly gentleman who scraped his lottery coupon in the country store, there was a very appetizing sign welcoming bicyclists and other travelers entering Ohio from Pennsylvania.

Franklin

Franklin is situated at the Allegheny River before it runs into the Ohio River in Pittsburg. We had time to walk downtown while waiting for our dinner in “Trails and Ales”.

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The Map and the final stages

There is a route to Manhattan which is 399 miles now. It will pass Basking Ridge, where Arla Foods Ingredients has its office. The weather forecast looks wet for tomorrow but if we can make a little less than 100 miles per day Tuesday to Friday, it looks realistic to reach Manhattan on Saturday.