Individualized signage! I'm not sure whether this bottom sign was placed because George is a strong cyclist, or because he had a desire to follow the official Underground Railroad tour route as marked on the Adventure Cycling map. Anyway, turning right led to a beautiful ride shown in the photo below, while George's route went right over a big hill! George did in fact go over the hill.

Elsewhere, we had taken a turn off the route to reach one of our camps. When we left the camp, we took a shortcut back to the official route. But one or two people actually rode back in order to follow the marked route exactly! Somebody usually wants do this though I'm not sure why. The "official" route is just as arbitrary as another that is close, though it'll probably, except here, be the most well-chosen route overall.

Most of our tour was on roads like this one, not on city streets! This particular place was not right out of the city, but was in fact several days into the tour. This was actually a detour around a good-sized hill.

This was once the home of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin. After this, we rode a few blocks and got onto a bike trail that led out of the city.

The first leg of our tour was to ride out this city street on the east side of Cincinnati. It was uphill all the way.

This was once a "slave pen" in which newly arrived slaves were kept, up top above the beams. It's displayed inside the Freedom Center.

The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center near the riverfront in Cincinnati, where our bicycle tour began. Before starting, we toured the Center.