Back Roads and Beaches Blog

Friday, November 16, 2007

This weekend around the Back Roads and Beaches route

Although the weather is getting colder, there is still lots of activity along the Back Roads and Beaches of North Central Ohio. There is still a lot to do to keep active!

The Lorain County Metro Parks always has a full calendar of outdoor activities throughout the year. This weekend there will be a brisk walk into the wilds of the Copper Hollow Loop Trail at the Vermilion River Reservation.

For swimming and working out, check out the Splash Zone at the Lorain County Metro Parks. The facility is located in Oberlin, right along the Back Roads and Beaches Route.

Oberlin Opera Theater will be presenting A Midsummer Night's Dream in the Hall Auditorium, Friday and Saturday, November 16th and 17th at 8pm, and Sunday, November 18th at 2pm.

Saturday evening, November 17, Single Tree Winery will be having a steak fry from 5–8 pm. Cost is $20 per person. There will be live music from 7–11pm. (Single Tree photo by Mark Teleha)

The Weltzheimer-Johnson House, will be open Sunday from 12–5pm. The Weltzheimer Johnson house is a Frank Lloyd Wright Usonian House several blocks from Oberlin College campus.

This weekend, the FAVA gallery opens its Holiday Show with an opening reception, Sunday, November 18th from 2–4pm. This show presents works of the FAVA members. Silk painter, Susan Socotch will be demonstrating during this event.

Labels: architecture, arts, autumn, back roads and beaches, Lorain County Metro Parks, Oberlin, Splash Zone, wineries

Sunday, November 4, 2007

Beautiful, crisp, autumn day greets riders and runners

This morning found Oberlin to be packed with cyclists, marathon runners and well-wishers. Hundreds of cyclists came to ride the Red Flannel, the annual fall invitational sponsored by the Lorain Wheelmen and run the Inland Trail Marathon/Half Marathon & 5k Run/Walk. Red Flannel riders chose from either a 33 mile or 67 mile course. Part of the course was along the Back Roads and Beaches route, then headed west to Milan and Wakeman. Riders stopped at Mill Hollow, a Lorain County Metro Park and BRaB sponsor. Everyone seemed to be having a great time making the most of the awesome fall colors and cool weather. Below are some scenes from today's activity. Click here for more Red Flannel and marathon shots.

At left: Lorain Wheelmen register over 300 riders and pass out Lorain County Visitors Bureau bags, Back Roads and Beaches info and water bottles. Below: Riders wait to take off, scenes from the route, marathon runners and cyclists share the path. Click here for more photos of today's events.

Labels: autumn, back roads and beaches, biking, events, fall folaige, Lorain County, Lorain Wheelmen, marathon, Oberlin, Red Flannel

Friday, October 26, 2007

Fall Folaige Update

The leaves are peaking here in Lorain County. Here are some views of the Back Roads and Beaches route from October 25.

Labels: autumn, back roads and beaches, fall, fall folaige, Findley, images

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: Name: Back Roads & Beaches Bike Tour; Location: Lorain County Ohio, United States

The Back Roads and Beaches Bike Route is located in the center of Northeastern Ohio, about 35 miles west of Cleveland. The route features miles of rolling, rural roads with scenery ranging from pastoral farmland and forest to the nautical flavor of the Lake Erie shoreline.

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