Today was our exciting day to bike through Cleveland. We had a late start, but followed the rising heat up towards the rise of the city and overlook. This was by far the biggest city we would have to bike through. We followed streets lined with multi million dollar homes and then, following a detour was brought into more of the heart of Cleveland. There were a lot of people walking around on the streets and hanging out on front porches. The trail took us towards the Browns stadium and passed the Rock n Roll Hall of fame. We had a snack at the marina, ducking out of a passing rain storm. We continued to skirt around Lake Erie and kept an eye on the storm that was building to the west. Mid afternoon we made a quick call as the wave of black lightening overcame us and we hid out in an overhang at a Day Care building. After a 40 minute break watching the lightening and rain ease up, we headed out in the rain to finish the 20 miles toward the state park. We pulled in right at sunset a little after 8:30. We ate a dinner of Fritos, salsa and chef Boyardee, a quick purchase at the last gas station we saw. The German trio was also staying at the state park and so we camped beside them.
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