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Wednesday, March 2, 2022

Road Fork - Day 92

  Here's Bill tossing back a cold one at the bar in Road Fork. hiker drinking water

We just thought this was hilarious. This whole section of the Buckeye Trail maps is called the Road Fork Section. Here's the entire village of Road Fork. rural intersection

OK, it turns out there is a tiny church around the curve, but seriously, that's it. It's the name of an intersection. There's nothing there!

Much more interestingly, we hiked a lot of township roads today. Beautiful rural scenes. rural road rural road

On one of these roads, I saw three cows with interesting markings. I'd never seen this pattern before. It turns out they are a breed called American Lineback. They have a gentle disposition and are good for both milk and beef production. Nice looking cows! American Lineback cow

One other point of interest is a hiker shelter, called the Hulls Shelter. I am assuming it is named for long-time Buckeye volunteers Herb Hulls and his wife. Always great to find legal camping opportunites. hiker shelter

And I can't end the blog post without mentioning the HUGE road construction project on Route 537. They are apparently moving the road out of a valley and building a berm on which to place it. Amazing earth moving project. While we were chatting with the flagman, we learned that they use 1000 gallons of gasoline a day to haul all that dirt. And we gave a thumbs up to a female equipment driver. Girl Power! building road

Miles today 16.6. Total miles so far: 1176.5.

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2 comments:

Ann said...

tossing back a cold one at the bar made me laugh. That's some bar. Beautiful views there.
I've never heard of that type of cow before.

Sharkbytes said...

Ann- new to me too