3 April 2013 - Marion to Mount Vernon

I didn't start where I had left off the previous day, east of Marion. Instead I started from our motel in Marion. That added a few miles, but simplified the morning start. The first stop was here, six miles into the ride.

It was at this stop that I realized I no longer needed the overbooties I had been wearing the first two days in order to keep my feet warm.

The terrain here (10 miles into the ride) was still fairly flat, as it had been the first two days, but that would change by the end of the day.

I took a detour here to a bridge over Shaw Creek. I no longer remember (September 2019) whether I had simply taken a wrong turn or whether I had some other agenda here.

Returning to my route on Cardington Road

Some roadside artwork.

A look down the line that Israel Ludlow drew on the landscape back in 1797

This bridge across Shaw Creek lies on the Greenville Treaty line. I lazed around here for a while.

Approaching a bridge across Mud Run

Bridge across Mud Run

Approaching Alum Creek on Prospect Mt Vernon Road.

Before crossing Alum Creek I took a slight detour from Prospect Mt Vernon Road to visit the South Woodbury Methodist Episcopal Cemetery. Unfortunately, now that it is over six years later I don't remember why, but maybe it had something to do with the Amos and Etta Benedict, who are buried here, as I took photos of this gravestone from different angles.

After the detour to South Woodbury Methodist Episcopal Cemetery, I came back to Prospect Mt Vernon Road and crossed Alum Creek.

Looking back across the bridge across Alum Creek. It's hard to say for sure, but a few gravestones of the South Woodbury Methodist Episcopal Cemetery may be visible through the trees.

Alum Creek Evangelical Friends Church, a mile downstream from the South Woodbury crossing.

Historical Marker: Alum Creek Friends and the Underground Railroad

Historical Marker: Alum Creek Friends and the Underground Railroad

Reverse side of the marker, with the Alum Creek cemetery in the background

Sign in front of the Alum Creek Evangelical Friends Church. This was Easter week; we had lelft home on Easter Sunday afternoon, after morning services, and this was the third day's ride (Wednesday).

Gravestones of Elizabeth and Aaron Benedict. The latter is presumably one of the Aaron Benedicts mentioned on the historical marker as being involved in the Underground Railroad.

Crossing Alum Creek again, just west of the Friends Church.

Looking back to the north on Green Road, which follows the west bank of Alum Creek for a mile to the south of the Alum Creek cemetery.

Another bridge over Alum Creek

This crane that was blocking the I-71 underpass may have been intended to intimidate people from ignoring the Road Closed sign. I didn't have much trouble getting through on my bicycle.