I will try that and see if it goes through.

I do have an iPhone that I am slowly learning to use, but basically only txt because of my really poor hearing getting worse than my old 79 year old knees.

If the link doesn't work for me for whatever reason, here is some info.

Xenia Station is about 15 miles east of me. I could take my bike in my car to Xenia Station to meet you there and ride north a few miles before turning back. Limited to about 10-20 miles total in a day by knees depending on wind, hills and how hard I push.

I am not very fast any longer either for the same reason, getting along at maybe 10 mph more or less. Long gone are the century rides averaging over 11 mph.

By the way, if you pass through Dayton on the way back, I only live about 1.5 miles south of the intersection of Iron Horse Trail and Creekside Trail. I have ridden to Dayton Riverscape to meet a few bike tourists in the past and then ridden with them for a few miles heading to Xenia. I would be interested in that too if schedules line up.

I'm going to try and do the first and last night in Waynesville and leave my car there for the trip. You probably know exactly where that is. Day 1 is Waynesville to somewhere around Ohio State University. If you want to ride a part of that with me, you can message me at AdventuresWithPaul@icloud.com

For the video, I'm thinking about the story I want to tell, and how to express that in both pictures, commentary, and how best to make everyone a part of that. There are times when I want to show a very scenic part of the adventure, and me riding by it, and other times I'll show the monotony of the ride. And since I'm human, there are times I try out a new saddle and it would have been better to stick with my leather Brooks :-)

I did save time this trip by using a lot of text-to-speech Siri capability on the phone/iPad. So much so I think I may leave the iPad home the next trip and just write the journal entries on my phone with this feature. That way, I don't need a nearly full-size keyboard to write the journal.

Can't wait to read about you lassoing the Wild West !

OTET... Runs about 15 miles from me (in Dayton) as it passes through Xenia.

While riding, I also think about how best to express my bike touring days. If I wasn't writing a journal, I think my tours would be very different. I'd probably ride too much and think too little about the writing. You've found a nice balance. But how the heck do you fit in the videos?

Thanks, Rich! I think it's just become my thing. I tried it out first in my journal cycling along the New England coast (https://www.cycleblaze.com/journals/newenglandcoast/) and since then I've tried other formats but I guess being the Dr Seuss of the cycling journaling world is my "brand" :-)

I really enjoyed following along. After a while I started looking for rhymes in other journals on this site! You're really good at finding them!

Thanks - I didn't rhyme in the videos - the "Dr Suess" feature is only for Cycleblaze subscribers :-). It takes some time but I love sharing the trip with others and especially love when other people see it as an inspiration to get out there and adventure themselves. How do I have the time? Retirement :-D

I watched both videos last night. Really nice job Paul. Impressive that you were able to get them edited and out there so quickly!

“Rudolph with your nose bright as *bleep* won’t you drive my blue Wrangler jeep?”. Yep. I think that’s the way the song goes 😆

Prancer, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen. Of course, Rudolph..but looks like he may just take the Jeep instead of being ahead of the sleigh. ;)

I keep wondering about your writing style.
Rhyming must make you work for quite a while...

Ditto, Ditto..

That’s a mondegreen .. if you ever read Jon Carroll in the San Francisco Chronicle, you’ll understand my comment, Bob..

You’re right I may be the target of a man tinted orange…DAMN IT! Nothing rhymes with “orange!”