On the Road Again

          Downtown Cleveland

This time the road happens to be US 322.  I left home about 8:15 Saturday morning and took mostly freeways to Cleveland, where this road begins. Driving east through the Cleveland suburbs I encountered a lot of traffic lights and a bit of construction, but it wasn't long before I was humming along on 2-lane highway over gentle hills and sweeping turns through rural Ohio. 

I had wanted to stop to see the noon soccer game, but I happened to hit Cleveland right about then and I didn't find a good place to stop. I decided to press on and catch the 4:00 game for sure.  By then I was deep into rural areas and small towns, i.e. No Buffalo Wild Wings. About game time I turned into "Bob's Place", the only joint around that looked like it might be showing sports.  I walked in and asked the barkeeper to change the only TV from baseball to World Cup Soccer.  He said, "What channel is it on?" I was the only customer at the time, but soon the regulars showed up and asked why their Pirates weren't on. By half time and the score 0-0, I agreed to become a Pirates fan to maintain peace. We switched back and forth after that and we all enjoyed a good time. 

I stayed Saturday night in Meadville, PA. Sunday I had a relaxing ride through hills and small towns. I'm learning not to expect many services when riding through small towns on a Sunday. They likely will not have any chain restaurants or coffee shops, and the local ones may be closed for the day. Tonight I'm in State College, PA, home to Penn State University. It's a pretty town surrounded by mountains and I'm sure it's much busier in the fall. I attended a baseball game of the State College Spikes, a class A affililliate of the St. Louis Cardinals. The ball park is right across from the Nittany Lions football stadium. 

I've had two great days of riding without rain.  Now I have two days to get to Atlantic City where I have a reservation at our timeshare resort for Tuesday night.