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Day Five-Akron

18miles- The rain yesterday finally let up a little after 8PM. Over all I was hiking and or camping in the rain for more than 12 hours. Fortunately it wasn’t raining this morning when...

Day Four- Canal Fulton

21 miles- In 1817 a canal was started to connect the Hudson River with Lake Erie. Known as the Erie Canal, it opened in 1825 and immediately increased commerce and the fortunes of those...

Day Three- Green, OH

16 miles- The year was 1898 and a guy named Frank Seiberling opened a company that made poker chips, horseshoe pads, and carriage and bicycle tires. He named the company after the long dead...

Day Two-Mogadore Res.

21 miles- Up at 4AM to pack up and make breakfast for a 5AM start. It was a 2.4 mile walk into the campground from the road yesterday, so, unsurprisingly, it was a 2.4...

Day One-West Branch SP

18 miles. I will start with yesterday, wherein my cousin and his wife hosted a family reunion. A gathering of the living cousins on my Dad’s side of the family, along with spouses and...

Ohio

Greetings from Ohio! Named after the river that the Iroquois called “ohi-yo” meaning “the great river.” The area has been inhabited for the last 12,000 years. First by the Paleo-Peoples who likely followed the...