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Adams County IN

• 07.24.07
  3 July 2007 - Indiana-Ohio border
  Adams County IN, Amish country, Amishville base camp - 2007 (0)

  July 3 was the 4th and final day ride. This time I was headed to the southeast corner of Auglaize County, Ohio, where the Virginia Military Tract butts up against the lands of the rectangular survey. The county maps showed a road that followed part of the boundary. That was my main destination. It's another one of those bits of history that left a mark on the landscape, and I wanted to have a look. I got a fairly early start - not even taking time to make coffee and oatmeal. I ate a ...
  
  
• 07.10.07
  1 Jul 2007 - Part 1 - to Fort Recovery
  Adams County IN, Amish country, Amishville base camp - 2007 (0)

  First was a 20-mile ride to Fort Recovery, Ohio. This wind was from the east, but at Fort Recovery I'd turn to the southwest and have the wind behind me the rest of the day. It was along this road that I saw Amish homesteads with unkempt lawns and houses that needed painting. Later Myra told me she learned it was because the local bishops wouldn't let people paint their houses. But that is changing. At the end of this road, across the river, I passed two Amish boys -- about 12 years old I'd say ...
  
  
• 07.08.07
  30 Jun 2007 - Starter ride to Murray
  Adams County IN, Amish country, Amishville base camp - 2007, Day Rides, Wells County IN (1)

  It didn't take long to set up camp, but it was already late in the afternoon. The wind was from the southeast, so I picked Murray, to the northwest, as the destination. This would be good enough for a starter ride. I rode mostly on the St. Mary's side of the Wabash River. The terrain here is mostly flat, much of it very flat. This view from an old schoolyard is a small sample. I never got near my granny gear for the entire four-day outing. Here's another view of the school. More flatness. I got ...
  
  
• 07.07.07
  4th of July holiday ride
  Adams County IN, Amish country, Amishville base camp - 2007 (1)

  This was a four-day ride just before the 4th of July. We drove to the Amishville USA campground near Geneva and Berne, Indiana, south of Fort Wayne. I did day rides and Myra learned about the Amish who lived in the area (and picked me up at the end of my rides). Even though the place was called Amishville, I didn't expect it to have much to do with the Amish. I was wrong. Here is where we camped, right next to an Amish horse pasture. The first night, after we went to bed, we found ...