Day 5

Great weather again today. It warmed up quickly into the mid-upper 60s and partly sunny with moderate headwinds most of the day.     I rode 78 miles from Eastlake, OH  to  Lake City, PA, where I found a nice campground  overlooking  Lake Erie.  It was a warm night for camping and as I settled in for the night, I could hear the wind kicking up, and several trains going by in the distance.  Eventually I got to sleep.

 

I stopped for lunch in this resort town.  It was mostly boarded up for the winter.  At the diner, they told me that If I had been here 2 weeks ago, I never would have made it through town there were so many people.   The road was closed just outside of town, and I feared a long detour, but I  rode through it anyway with the road crew hardly noticing.

Ashtabula -  I'll look for you in old Honolulu, San Francisco, Ashtabula... - Bob Dylan 
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 I don't know why Bob used Ashtabula in the same  lyric with those major cities, but this town has seen better days.   I do like the name, and apparently Dylan did too.

                                         The day's big moment. 

                                         My campsite on Lake Erie.