Morley to Clare Michigan 80 miles. 2635 miles from the Pacific Ocean. I crawled out of camp happy just as the Sun what is rising over the Lake. The dawn air was cool and the lake steamed like thermal springs of Yellowstone. I had my breakfast of yogurt mixed with fresh Michigan blueberries that I bought at a roadside stand yesterday. You may have noticed there are two things that Willie and I do not pass up are roadside stands and historical markers. Fresh peaches and blueberries are in season. Most folks would advise me to go to the doctor if they saw my purple tongue.
A great day to be on the bike. Cooler temperatures, low humidity, and the nice smooth Michigan bike trails put me into biker bliss. By afternoon the blue sky begins to fill with high cirrus clouds promising
good weather ahead.
The highlight of my day was riding the whole afternoon with Randy and Tammy. They are from the Lansing area and came to ride the Pere Marquette Trail for the day. We chatted about life, retirement, kids and everything in between. I am grateful for their company. It made the afternoon miles which are always the longest go by fast. We saw several does with fawn along the trail. We went by a Christmas tree farm with at least 10,000 blue spruce. The trail winds along the Muskegon River. I will take it all the way to Midland Michigan tomorrow. I am back on the Adventure Cycling route and that feels good. Finding my own way from Stillwater Minnesota to Madison and then to Michigan worked out just fine but added some stress and some miles when I got lost or ran into gravel roads. Google bike map is still in the beta stage and I felt like a baited beta tester most of the time. I found the nice Pettit City Park Campground here in Clare and set up camp happy . Hot showers, running water and electricity. I feel like I’m staying at the Hilton.
Take care , freebird
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Nice to get your update and know you’re doing so well in the beautiful Midwest. Your on the short end now!
Tom Tom
Can you hear Willie Nelson singing “Back on the road again”? Enjoy the miles as they pass by.
Jim
OK … now I get your route. I was having trouble understanding the dogleg north until I noticed the line through Manitowoc and Ludington. I spent much of the summer between my junior and senior years in high school in Grand Rapids at a National Science Foundation program, so I thought you were just trying to get as far away from it as you could … a good move based on my experience. I am sure it must be better now, but is was pretty boring then. Of course, it made learning math, physics and chemistry more exciting by comparison.
Keep on truckin’ Mike. That is a beautiful part of the country.
Keep the info coming.
Be careful in Midland. It’s a big town and you pass through the bulk of it.
As I recall, blueberries have a LOT of fiber, so you might be adding another category to your list of “must stops”… ; )