We Own the Moon

We woke up late …. I mean, I woke up late the next morning and John was already humming away happily customizing and fixing things on the boat.

We took a pleasant two hour cruise to Geneva on the Lake, OH and tied up in a nice tree lined, quiet harbor.

We procured some cruiser bikes from the Harbormaster and took an impromptu 10 mile bike ride to sight see, hunt for little fix-it items at the hardware store and gather supplies at the grocery store. Although it was humid, it was a non-hilly cruise (I think Ohio is one of those states known for it’s flatness) on quiet streets lined with tall old trees blocking the hot sun.

We rode to the town of Geneva, which according to Wikipedia, was first settled in 1805 by a handful of settlers from Charlotte, New York. One hundred and sixty one years later in 1966 the townspeople wrote themselves a deed to the moon and announced a "Declaration of Lunar Ownership". The city also held the right to rent or lease its moon holdings via a two-thirds vote of the city's entire population, and provided for the sale of 100 deeds for 100 acres of land, each acre priced at $100.

A couple miles from the moon-owners of Geneva is Ohio’s first lakeside resort called Geneva On The Lake. It is a colorful lake side town with streets lined with movie set weird carnival type wooden shanty’s and big signs advertising beer, ice cream, pizza, arcade games, hot dogs, donuts and of course banners stating ‘Bikers Welcome’ as the previous weekend was the ‘Thunder on the Strip’ Biker’s Rally. In past years, Thunder on the Strip events included: Globe of Death, tattoo contest, motorcycle circus, Harley Davidson Contraband stunt team, Thunder on the Strip bar hop, bike show and a “Meet The Locals Poker Run” featuring the Hell’s Angels Lake East. We rode through the peaceful non-thunderous empty streets to the little grocery store, then back to the boat.

We then enjoyed a moonlit walk to dinner at the lovely Geneva Lodge Resort - by far the nicest place in either town. Best of all the moonlight was free!