We rent clean pigs.

We had perfect weather for our ride today. We started and finished on rail trails, with a nice interlude on county roads in between. If we hadn't left the trails, we never would have seen this sign:

Obviously I wouldn't want to rent a dirty pig, but the sign still left me with questions. Why exactly would you rent a pig? Is it to eat up undesirable vegetation in your yard? Is it to eat up desirable vegetation in your undesirable neighbor's yard? Is it to mate with your sow? Would they notice if the pig had only 3 legs when you returned the rental?

We made another attempt to identify the poptree. Some guys doing maintenance on the trail said it sounded like wild cherry. We've seen Amish stores selling oak and cherry furniture, so it would make sense to have wild cherry trees growing in this region.

A poptree is about one stoker forearm wide.

Here's what poptree berries look like on a tire.

Ohio bike route 1 mixes rail trails and quiet roads.

Team S enjoying one of the quiet roads on bike route 1.

Jeanna thought it was cold enough for a jacket. She was probably dreaming at the time.

Well, maybe not so mighty at this time of year.

If that's a slow child, imagine what the fast ones look like.

We finished our ride in the town of Mt. Vernon. Happily, there does not appear to be much Mount in Mount Vernon. The town does have some excellent murals.

Start of today's ride - Holmes county courthouse, Millersburg Ohio.

Finish of today's ride - Knox county courthouse, Mt Vernon Ohio.

It was fun to see a garage door open in the mural and a car drive in - kind of like watching Batman park the batmobile.

I'll bet this guy was at the dulcimer festival.

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