Sunday

We decided to go to Maple Grove Church of the Brethren near Ashland, Ohio for their 10:30 service which was about 25 miles away so we didn't leave until 7:45 this morning. We got there at 10:00 and the service was over at 11:30 but we didn't get left until shortly after 12:00.
The gently rolling hills from yesterday became much more pronounced. At one point on our way to lunch in Smithville we climbed a hill where I got down to about 3 mph standing up in my lowest gear but I didn't get off the bike. I think I'm ready for the Hilly Hundred ride in southern Indiana.
The lunch at Smithville wasn't until about 4:00 PM. There just wasn't any place to eat. Even this place was about 4 miles out of the way. It was a very nice buffet but our most expensive meal so far. The picture below is from in front of the restaurant.

We stopped about 15 miles short of our goal for the day at about 7:15 pm at a Best Western in North Canton, Ohio. Our total mileage for the day was 79.8 miles but only 12.4 mph. However my top speed was 38.4 down a nice hill.
The good things: no flats, mostly tail wind, no rain and so many stops we avoided the utter exhaustion of yesterday.