When you picture a beach cruiser, your mind likely fills with a very specific set of sights and sounds: the crash of ocean waves, the smell of saltwater, a sun-bleached boardwalk, and someone coasting effortlessly along the sand without a care in the world. It is an iconic image. But to limit the cruiser to…
Planning a trip to the Mohican Area usually involves a checklist of outdoor essentials: hiking boots, camping gear, and often, the exhausting logistics of hauling the family bicycles. There is a familiar, frustrating routine that plays out before almost every great getaway. It starts with the ambitious dream of bringing your own bikes from home….
Long before canoe liveries lined the river, mountain bikes carved through forest trails, and cabins dotted the hillsides, the forests of Mohican belonged to wildlife that shaped Ohio’s wilderness — including the American black bear. Black bears once roamed across all of Ohio. Native peoples and early settlers regularly encountered them. But by the mid-1800s,…