250: Scenes from a bike ride
Posted: May 31, 2011 Filed under: 365 Life in the Bogs Challenge, Adventures in art, Adventures in Life, beginnings, Bicycle Adventures, Earth, family, Fun!, garden, gardening, goals, Healthful Living Plan, home, Local Tourists, nature, Photography, Spirit, Spring, weather | Tags: Akron, Bicycle, cycling, ducks, geese, Lake Erie, Little Miami Scenic Trail, Ohio and Erie Canal, Photography, postaday2011, Towpath 34 Comments
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The city of Akron was co-founded in 1825 (so it is younger than the township in which I live) by Paul Williams and surveyor of the Connecticut Western Reserve General Simon Perkins. It was interesting to learn this because the street where we met M the Younger and his wife, Merdi, is named after Paul Williams and we have often wondered if it was named after the composer/songwriter (we were obviously unsure of any possible local link, not knowing much about him) or someone else. History mystery solved.
The really important thing you need to know about Akron, for the purposes of this bike ride, is that the name is derived from the Greek word ἄκρον which means a summit or high point.
Life in the Bogs 