Author: CW Spencer

I made it all the way from the Ohio River to Lake Erie on the OTET (Ohio to Erie Trail) in 2024. I finished the journey on November 13. The trip was a blast, especially the last 2/3 of it. That’s because I had discovered the way to bikepack. All it took was adding one more wheel to my ride. Friends have asked about the trip, with more questions about the trike than about the trail. I’m writing this with those questions in mind. I don’t know exactly when the search for a recumbent three-wheeler started, …

Only two days away from my eagerly anticipated destination, I departed Peninsula. My faithful recumbent trike sliced through the frigid morning air. My body was weary and my face numb, but I peddled on.   I was completing the Ohio to Erie Trail (OTET) with George. We had been working on it off and on since summer. We usually rode a total of 40 to 50 miles, returning to our cars at the end of each day. Essentially, we were doing the trail northbound and southbound simultaneously. Upon our late afternoon return to Peninsula (we had …

My friend George and I have been talking for years about riding the OTET (Ohio to Erie Trail.) Since talk wasn’t getting it done, we shifted gears and actually started pedaling. A few weeks ago, we knocked off eight miles on the southern tip of the trail, which follows the Ohio River in Cincinnati.  That began our discussions about doing the entire 326 miles, maybe all in 2024. Our strategy would be to ride it twice. As we work our way north from Cincinnati, we’ll stage a car along the trail. From that point, we’ll …

Back in December Bonnie and I watched a Hallmark Christmas movie almost every day with our lunch. I like them for the most part—because I like almost everything about Christmas. However, when our preacher exposed his negative feelings from the pulpit towards “those Hallmark guys,” that’s the closest I’ve ever come to saying “amen” out loud in church.  Probably good I didn’t. The last time somebody shouted “amen,” everybody turned and stared. Not only that, but the preacher lost his place. (Kidding, but it could happen.) Those Hallmark guys give everyday husbands a bad name. They …