GOBA 2013! Some rain Sunday, gorgeous weather the rest of the week. The slideshow should play automatically, move mouse over image to get controls. We stayed all six nights at Canal Lake Lodge, between Sidney and Piqua. The lodge was nearly a mile from the road back this gravel drive. It was formerly a rod and gun club and Monarch Corp. retreat. Includes skeet shooting range. Canal Lake, a canal boat turnaround for the Sidney spur of the Miami and Erie canal. The lodge was on a hill overlooking the lake. It was all ours for the week! View of the lodge from slope toward lake. It is often rented for outdoor weddings. These benches are for wedding guests. Behind the lodge down this steep slope is the remains of the canal. Pete and Nancy got the enclosed back porch. Kay got the log cabin section. No bedrooms, just open rooms with beds added. Bob got the stone dining room section. His bed is to the right, out of the picture. Kitchen with huge butcher block. This ends the tour of our fabulous accommodations! Sunday June 16: Urbana to Troy. Starting our ride in the rain, fairgrounds. Sunday: Silo constructed of patterned blocks Sunday: Lunch at New Carlisle and the Bloomin' Bus Sunday: Entertainment at New Carlisle Sunday: This is the 25th GOBA, there was a raffle to get rider number 25. Sunday: Remains of a canal lock outside Troy. Riding on trail. Sunday: Riding into Troy. Sunday: Arrival at GOBAville. Nancy knows slow bikes. Sunday: Dinner at the Spot, downtown Sidney. Pres. Bush ate here in 2004. Monday June 17: Off-day, with bacon and eggs by Nancy! Monday: We visited Brukner Nature Center outside Troy. Great bird watching room. Monday: Hiking at Brukner Nature Center. Monday: Snapping turtle at Brukner Nature Center. Monday: Nancy and Pete lunched and shopped in Troy. Here are 3 Weird Sisters and Olive Oasis Monday: Lots of street sculpture in Troy! Monday: Back at the lodge, we watch catfish (?) in the lake. Monday: Rowboating on the lake. Canal straight ahead. Monday: Master chef Bob prepared salmon, veggies and corn on the grill! Tuesday June 18: Troy to Greenville. Toilet line at the Covington AM snack stop. Tuesday: Covington AM snack stop. Tuesday: Watch out for recumbent bikers on the road! Tuesday: Agribusiness outside Versailles. Chickens and/or pigs. Corn is not tall yet. Tuesday: Nancy and Pete downtown Versailles. We've stayed at the Inn (background) a couple times. Tuesday: Poster for Versailles Poultry Days, aka Poultrystock Tuesday: Gettysburg PM snack stop. They're playing The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle Wednesday June 19: Greenville to New Bremen. Beautiful early morning riding. Wednesday: Road kill. Wednesday: Street scuplture in Ansonia. This penny-covered tiger is in front of the bank. Wednesday: old town hall, Ansonia. Wednesday: peeking in the front door of the old town hall. Wednesday: The flat landcape was dotted with silos and steeples. Wednesday: Silos and Steeples together! St. John's church in Maria Stein. Wednesday: Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics, with Country Fest in its front yard. Wednesday: New Bremen library, where Kay spent some time while we rode. Wednesday: After our ride, we went swimming in Lake Loramie. We saw an eagle there. Thursday June 20: New Bremen loop ride. Reconstructed canal lock (Miami & Erie). Bicycle museum background right. Thursday: Temple of Tolerance Rock Garden in Wapakoneta. Thursday: Variety of bricks at the rock garden. Thursday: Kay meets us for roasted chicken lunch in Wapakoneta. Thursday: Little pink house with man relaxing on the porch. Partial remains of original house in foreground. Thursday: Reconstructed canal lock in St. Marys. Thursday: Back in New Bremen, the mayor narrates a tour. Thursday: Diane joined us for the next couple days. Another grilled dinner by Bob, featuring pork. Friday June 21: New Bremen to Sidney. Nancy wears her Bodacious Women jersey. Friday: Graffiti bridge? Friday: lunch stop at Houston HS Friday: Ditch lilies were in bloom throughout the trip Friday: Visit to Johnston Farm & Indian Agency outside Piqua on the canal. Here is Ohio canal map. Friday: Pipe presented by Wyandots to Johnston upon 1842 treaty signing in Upper Sandusky. Friday: Canal behind the Johnston farm. Friday: The restored Johnston home. Friday: abandoned Wright's sawmill north of Piqua. Friday: Family cemetery in the country. We saw many of these. Friday: Amazing series of canal locks in Lockington. The Sidney spur starts here. Friday: Ripening wheat outside Lockington. Our lodge shares driveway with the house in background. Friday: We ended our GOBA riding at the lodge, which was on the route. Friday: Diane and Kay drive out from the lodge to pick us up. Friday: Shuffleboard at the lodge. Friday: Shuffleboard at the lodge. Friday: Shuffleboard at the lodge. Friday: Diane and Kay prepare to go out on the lake. Friday: Bob and Kay rowing on the lake. Friday: Diane rowing on the lake. Friday: Crowd gathers on Sidney courthouse lawn for GOBA singing contest. Friday: GOBA contest winner performed Lucille spoof Loose Wheel ...You picked a bad time to leave me loose wheel... Friday: Entertainment by the Sidney community band. They're sight reading. Friday: Nancy connects with former cohort Nick who was also riding. Saturday June 22: Nancy and Bob watching birds and fish at the lake. Today was relax, pack, go home. Saturday: We much appreciated Dan lending us his Yukon! We learned to ignore its warnings. Saturday: Back in Columbus. Many thanks to Dan for the Yukon and Kay for driving it! End GOBA 2013.
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