Day 16

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Bikeability Assessment

Summary: Our 60 mile journey through Indiana began in Monroeville and ended in Lagro today. The route took us on flat country roads surrounded by massive amounts of corn. Basically, all the roads were very similar in that they had little to no traffic, fair road conditions, great sight-lines, and no shoulder/bike lane. I believe that these similarities can be attributed to the fact that we are now on the Adventure Cycling Tour maps. More than likely, the fine folks from that establishment used the “low to no traffic” criterion when determining the recommended route. While these are some excellent roads to bike on with the low amount of traffic, they are not optimal in terms of the conditions (debris, potholes, gravel, etc) and the small size of the actual pavement. The following is my bikeability assessment of our tour today:

Indiana State Road 101 (0.5 miles outside of Monroeville, IN, 10 AM)
1. 4
2. 3 (trace amounts of debris in shoulder)
3. 3
4. 5
5. 2 foot wide shoulder

Hoagard Road (1.5 miles prior to Poe, IN, 10:45 AM)
1. 5
2. 3
3. 4
4. 3
5. No shoulder/bike lane present

South County Line Road Westbound (9914 South County Line Road W, 11: 30 AM)
1. 5
2. 4 (potholes present on occasion)
3. 3
4. 5
5. No shoulder/bike lane present

Highway 200 East (Intersection with 100 N, 12:05 PM)
1. 5
2. 4 (uneven/sloping pavement)
3. 3
4. 5
5. No shoulder/bike lane present

Highway 200 South (2924 Highway 200 Southbound, 1 PM)
1. 5
2. 4 (patches of loose gravel)
3. 3
4. 5
5. No shoulder/bike lane present.

Highway 750 East ( 7 miles outside of Lagro, IN adjacent to State Park, 2 PM)
1. 5
2. 2
3. 3
4. 5
5. No shoulder/bike lane present.



Lagro, Indiana Corner Store Assessment

Background: Lagro is an extremely low populated area with only one convenience store and one café. The closest grocery store is 5 miles away in Wabash. This neighboring town is also home to the only Farmer’s Market in the area which occurs on every Saturday. Given that the café was closed and the corner store held the only food available to our group, I decided to do a quick analysis.

Marathon Convenience Store (adjacent to Main Street, no sign available)
1. Healthy Cereals: Cheerios
2. All types of milk were in stock.
3. Large sized Baked Ruffles were available, but no individual sizes were shelved.
4. Four packages of wheat bread; no whole grain tortillas.
5. 100 % Juice: Orange, grape, apple, V8 Fushion
6. No fresh produce, but did have pre-made sandwiches and cheese available in deli section.
7. Canned Fruit: pineapple, mandarin oranges
Canned Vegetables: corn, green beans, potatoes

****NO PICTURES ARE AVAILABLE DUE TO REALLY BAD/SLOW INTERNET SIGNAL. ACCORDING TO COACH B, WE ARE IN A BIG OLE' HOLE. SORRY FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE.