(Ohio continued) Michigan - The Great Lakes Yellow Springs State - with walks in famous Zanesville cities, along lakes and quiet I-71 Berea (2) towns in the west and east and in- Columbus (5) between. Mansfield I-69 Lansing I-75 Centerville I-75 Monroe Dayton (2) I-94 Ann Arbor (2) Oakwood Chelsea Piqua St. Joseph Versailles Ypsilanti Waterville I-80/ Swanton SPECIAL CORRIDOR NOTES 90 Toledo • A-Z Special Program: Ohio offers the I-80 Kent hard to “get” U, X, Y, Z cities along the I-90 Cleveland (2) I-70 corridor. Michigan the Y city along Conneaut the I-94 corridor. Kentucky - the Blue Grass Major urban centers like Chicago, St. State - includes the Louisville Louis Metro East, Indianapolis, Slugger baseball bats and the Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, Toledo Ohio River on the Big Four Bridge walks, have three-digit interstates (like I-290) as well as its State Capital. which circumvent the city’s center. Some walks are accessible or along these routes I-64 Frankfort also. Check a map to be precise. Louisville (3) Clusters of walks around urban areas I-65 Louisville (3) allow for overnight stays in our Region I-69 Henderson and offer multiple walks in an area. I-71 Covington (2) Note the time zone changes in the Region. I-75 Covington (2) Our five State Capitals are noted in Frankfort italics. OUR REGION’S CORRIDORS TRAVEL CORRIDORS Indiana - Crossroads of We welcome you to the Mid-America Region of The Interstate Highways are listed America - offers small and the American Volkssport Association. From the in numerical order and walks near large communities, state coalfields of Kentucky and Ohio on the east to the them in alphabetical order. Please parks and city walks in Indianapolis, Fort refer to AVA’s internet site for a wide-open Illinois prairie on the west, from the Wayne, Evansville and South Bend areas. map of YREs and Seasonals, walk Great Lakes surrounding Michigan in the north to descriptions, and directions to the start points: I-65 Columbus the rivers and roads of Indiana and Kentucky in http://clubs.ava.org/ava_search.asp. Franklin the south, the Mid-America Region is the Greenville interstate corridor to and from AVA’s 2019 Illinois - Land of Lincoln - Indianapolis (3) Biennial Convention. In the north the Region is offers the State Capital, Zionville traversed by I-90 and I-80; in the south by I-70 Chicago metropolis and I-69 Angola (Pokagon State Park) and I-64. Major north-south interstates include Metro Saint Louis walks. Bloomington I-55, I-57, I-65, I-69, I-71, and I-75. So, if you St. Louis Metro East Carmel are driving to or from the Convention, plan to Belleville (4) Columbia Evansville (2) pass through our Region. Walks are as near as a Edwardsville (2) Fairview Heights Fort Wayne (3) few miles, and others ten or more miles, from our Glen Carbon Hartford Indianapolis (3) interstate corridors. Maryville O’Fallon (2) Noblesville I-55 Litchfield I-70 Indianapolis (3) Springfield I-80/ Angola (Pokagon State Park) Wilmington 90 Chesterton I–57 Champaign Middlebury Paxton South Bend I-72 Decatur Valparaiso Springfield Ohio - The Buckeye State - TAKE A BREAK IN MID-AMERICA I-74 Champaign with walks along rivers, We invite you to walk our trails as you travel. I-80 Frankfort byways, parks and historic areas near major urban areas – When you need a break from the pavement in Morris Columbus, Cleveland, Dayton, and front of you, take a walk with us! When you need Greater Chicago Toledo. to stretch your muscles, we are here for you with Downers Grove Chicago (2) a walk! If you need to prepare for Convention Geneva Hinsdale I-70 Columbus (5) walks, get started in our Region. When you find Oak Brook Oak Park Dayton (2) the drive long and your concentration short, try a Wheaton Fairborn (2) refreshing Mid-America walk! We know you’ll Urbana find it worth the stop . or two or three . along Xenia your way to and from the Convention! (Ohio continued next page) .