Riding the Sippo Valley Trail

After it looked like there was no more threat of rain, Wendi and I decided to take a ride on the Sippo Valley Trail, which, depending on how you look at it, either starts or terminates in Dalton, Ohio.

Instead of turning back once we reached the Stark County line, we decided to ride on the crushed limestone for a while. The Wayne County portion of the trail is paved, while the Stark side is not.

The ride was not too bad, though there were some spots that were a little soft due to the earlier rains. As we enjoyed the beautiful country side, we spotted the cows in a pasture, along with a horse. So, we decided to snap a photo for posterity.

We ended up riding 6.4 miles, averaging 9 mph.

Biking on the Sippo Valley Trail

Wendi and I rode about 12 miles today on the Sippo Valley Trail from Dalton, Ohio, to the Stark County line. The Dalton/Wayne County side is paved and very nice. The Stark County side is crushed limestone. We rode on the Stark Count portion once, though we have been on the Dalton trail a number of times.

It took us about 1:10 minutes to ride the 12 miles. The paved trail is only 3 miles long between Dalton and Stark County, so we went there and back twice. Afterward, we ate sandwiches on a picnic table at the Village Green Park in Dalton. Very enjoyable day.

The first time Wendi and I went out this year was for a 3-mile ride through Secrest Arboretum on the campus of Ohio State University's Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center in Wooster. It will be good to see how we handle the hills this time. It was very difficult for me the first time out. We rode one, big loop. I hope we can do three big loops for a 9-mile ride.

Operational pause ...

This blog has been quiet the past few days, and for good reason: Wendi and I were on our bikes Friday, Saturday and Sunday (and I shot video a baseball game Saturday for friends).

It felt great to get out and ride, the first time we did so this year. We rode 3 miles through Secrest Arboretum on Friday night, 11.5 miles on the Holmes County Trail between Millersburg and Killbuck on Saturday (where we ran into a modern-day wagon train) and 5.8 miles on Sunday when we rode to Parkview Church of Christ for our Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University Class we lead.

Here is the wagon train video (shot on a cell phone):



Here is Ryan playing baseball (shot on Sony HandyCam HD):