Bowling Green, KY heatwave.

I've been down in south central Kentucky for the last week, checking on jobs while staying at a buddy's. This heat wave is getting old. For the month of August, according to the National Weather Service stats, we’ve had eight days over 100 degrees, and seven days of 98/99 degree temps! Not one day below 93 for a high, and that was the first day of the month. It topped out at 106 the first full day I was here, back on the 16th. And it's only the 23th! It's expected to break 100 again tomorrow, too. Amazing.

Cardinal Greenway biketrail in East Central Indiana

I just finished my map mashup for the Cardinal Greenway biketrail in East Central Indiana. It's posted on the right. I also created a directions map from Dayton, Ohio to the (new this year) southern most trailhead which is at Losantville, Indiana. It's a very nice paved bike path with a contiguous length of around 28 miles.

I did a 60 mile round trip partially due to an unintentional side trip while in Muncie (I missed a turn!). But, it turned out to be a pleasant diversion as I had found a mile long White River Greenway segment and biked past the 40 acre complex of the Minnetrista museum and cultural center and the historic, Ball estate mansion and adjacent buildings (Minnetrista history, the Ball family created this complex). The Ball brothers were the founders of Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company (Ball Corp. – canning jars) and of Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. This is the official university website.

The best part of this mashup is that the satellite resolution goes down to 50 feet! If you zoom in all the way you can easily see cars and even make out people on sidewalks around Ball State. In comparison, the Wolf Creek RailTrail mashup, just west of Dayton, only goes down to 2000 feet! And my A Nice 30+ Mile Miami County, Ohio Bicycle Ride mashup goes down to 100 feet, and I thought that was great resolution.