Knowing that today was going to be a short day, I milked the checkout time at the University Inn. I walked south on the state highway shoulder before turning onto back roads where I would be running for the rest of the day. Despite a day off yesterday, the long runs preceding the rest still made my legs pretty heavy.
I arrived to the west shore of Lake Milton and stopped into the Grandview Tavern to eat some dinner and maybe meet a friendly patron who would offer me a place to stay for the night. I didn't have any luck with the latter goal. In fact the people there made it sound like like getting mugged or getting in trouble with the police was a near certainty.
At 8 pm, under the cover of darkness, I crossed the lake and head towards the picnic area on the eastern lake shore. As I was on the bridge I could see a police car doing rounds in the park with a spotlight. I would have to find a pretty good hiding spot when I got there. I arrived, set up my tent in a gazebo using picnic tables to try and obstruct the view from the parking area, and layered up before spending my last night in Ohio in the freezing cold.
I arrived to the west shore of Lake Milton and stopped into the Grandview Tavern to eat some dinner and maybe meet a friendly patron who would offer me a place to stay for the night. I didn't have any luck with the latter goal. In fact the people there made it sound like like getting mugged or getting in trouble with the police was a near certainty.
At 8 pm, under the cover of darkness, I crossed the lake and head towards the picnic area on the eastern lake shore. As I was on the bridge I could see a police car doing rounds in the park with a spotlight. I would have to find a pretty good hiding spot when I got there. I arrived, set up my tent in a gazebo using picnic tables to try and obstruct the view from the parking area, and layered up before spending my last night in Ohio in the freezing cold.
The fog coming off of Lake Milton at sunrise on Day 107
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