{"id":18003,"date":"2015-08-17T18:59:59","date_gmt":"2015-08-17T22:59:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=18003"},"modified":"2015-08-18T07:52:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-18T11:52:21","slug":"day-38-monday-august-17-fort-wayne-indiana-to-delphos-ohio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tourdebocrie.com\/?p=18003","title":{"rendered":"Day 38. Monday, August 17 – Fort Wayne, Indiana to Delphos, Ohio"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rolled out of our quiet hotel room into a Monday morning mayhem, a.k.a. rush hour. \u00a0Based on yesterday, we had no idea we were near a major interstate and main commute route. \u00a0With no choice on course, we hopped on our bikes and joined the rush of commuters, catching every stoplight along the way. \u00a0A couple of miles down the road, we gained a shoulder; just enough room to snap a couple of photos. \"DSCN6757\"<\/a>The St. Joseph River and\"DSCN6756\"<\/a>the pretty campus of Brown Mackie College<\/p>\n

It was over an hour before we were outgoing on the incoming tide, but our real peace came after 15 miles, \"DSCN6788\"<\/a>when we turned onto our now favorite <\/em>road.\"DSCN6777\"<\/a><\/em>Finally able to relax,\"DSCN6767\"<\/a> we realized the sweat pouring off of us was not from our hectic escape from city traffic,\"DSCN6774<\/a> but thick humidity. \u00a0But\u00a0our steady pace on the beautiful country road\"DSCN6784\"<\/a> kept us cool.\"DSCN6781\"<\/a>\u00a0 A quick trip back on the highway to cross the state line. \"DSCN6790\"<\/a>\u00a0We finally broke our streak of getting rained on in every state.<\/p>\n

The morning was filled\"DSCN6795\"<\/a> with plenty\"DSCN6797\"<\/a> to see \"DSCN6792\"<\/a>and by mid-morning, the hazy sky had engulfed the sun\"DSCN6807\"<\/a> and kept the temperatures from soaring. \u00a0Our ride into town\u00a0for lunch got a bit choppy<\/em>, \"DSCN6810\"<\/a>but we\u00a0managed to find a good local place to eat.\"DSCN6815\"<\/a> \u00a0Van Wert is a\u00a0beautiful town\"IMG_1132\"<\/a> with a renovated downtown\"DSCN6821\"<\/a> and even a Duckie!\"IMG_1130\"<\/a>\u00a0 On the way out of town, we pedaled past nicely restored old homes\"IMG_1135\"<\/a> and The Marsh Foundation<\/em><\/a>.\"DSCN6829\"<\/a> \u00a0We had another 15 miles on more country roads,\"DSCN6835\"<\/a> past drive-in movie theaters\"IMG_1142\"<\/a> and a beach volleyball court (sort of),\"DSCN6837\"<\/a> before\u00a0biking through downtown Delphos\"DSCN6850\"<\/a>\u00a0 and more charming homes. \u00a0\"DSCN6852\"<\/a>With the only hotel on the far edge of town, we would be back on our bikes in search of dinner.<\/p>\n

We had eyed a Greek restaurant on the way to our hotel, but naturally it was closed on Mondays; the only<\/em>\u00a0other choice was Mexican.\"DSCN6859\"<\/a>\u00a0 At least we had a filling meal after\u00a0our enjoyable 57 mile day.<\/p>\n\n\t\t