From Bike Trails

August 12, 2025

Little Congress Bicycle Museum

Last week Tom and I visited Little Congress Bicycle Museum. The weather has been so stinking hot that I haven’t been willing to take long hikes during the day. Instead, we decided to have a local museum day, hitting up two that we haven’t been to before. Little Congress Bicycle Museum is located in the …

June 10, 2024

Cycling in Scandinavia, The Normal Way to Get Around

One of the things Tom and I have loved about Scandinavia is all the cycling. Bicyclists are everywhere! It is the normal way to get around, especially if you live in a city. There are more bicycles than people in all the Scandinavian countries. Many people have a touring bike, for longer journeys, a commuter …

October 25, 2023

Dad and Trike Get Hit by Truck

My dad loves to ride his trike. It is sleek and fast and lets him zip around on the sidewalks and bike paths in Mansfield. Dad isn’t able to walk much, but he can really zoom on his trike. He tries to get a trike ride in every day when the weather is decent, averaging …

October 3, 2022

World’s Largest Weathervane in Montague, Michigan

During our travels in Michigan, Tom and I stopped to see the “World’s Largest Weathervane.” We often joke that if you put enough qualifiers in front, everything is the largest, oldest, tallest something. We take those designations with a grain of salt. But “The World’s Largest Weathervane was on our way to our next campground, …

September 23, 2022

Waverly Stone Gastropub and Garen Huis Yarns

On the day we visited Windmill Island Gardens, Tom and I ate at Waverly Stone Gatropub and visited Garen Huis Yarns. Although Tom and I enjoyed Windmill Island Gardens very much, we were done there by noon. So we decided to ride the tandem to downtown Holland, Michigan, and check it out. We wanted to …

September 21, 2022

Riding our Tandem in Holland Michigan

Tom and I are traveling in that state to the north of Ohio (my dad refuses to say the name). We spent three days in Holland, Michigan, and the biggest reason was riding our tandem. Tom and I haven’t ridden much while we have been in Ohio because I like to walk and he prefers …

September 7, 2022

Blinking Lights Trigger Seizures and Migraines

I have a problem with blinking lights. I love to take my walks in the park and along the bike trail across the street from our house every morning. But, over the last two years, I have had more and more problems with blinking lights from bicycles. The blinking lights trigger my migraine headaches. Migraine …

July 21, 2022

Ohio and Erie Canalway Towpath Trail

Last Friday Tom and I met some friends to ride part of the Ohio and Erie Canalway Towpath Trail. This beautiful trail runs for 87 miles from Cleveland to Bolivar. The trail goes through five counties and is administered and maintained by four county park systems and the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. For our ride …

June 20, 2022

Rainy Day Bike Ride with Friends

Over Memorial Day weekend, Tom and I took a rainy day bike ride with friends Sherrilyn Wilson and Pat Prosser. Sherrilyn has been a friend since high school and she was in Ohio visiting her mom. She and Pat live in Flagstaff, Arizona, so we have to get together when we can. They were both …

March 31, 2021

Invasion of the Trike via Bicycle One in Gahanna, Ohio

Have you ever ridden a trike? Most of us rode one when we were really little, before we had enough coordination for a bicycle. My son, John, had a Big Wheel that he loved, which was just another kind of tricycle. But they also make trikes for adults. Not just the “old-person tricycles” that my …

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