THE FINAL DAY OF THE RIDE started out perfect - sunny and not too hot - and pretty much continued that way throughout. With a light ride of "only" 65 miles and traveling on mostly familiar ground, it promised to be a good day. And it was, mostly. Flat, smooth roads and low traffic made …
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I'M TAKING A SHORT BREAK in my "500 at 50" bike trip recap to bring y'all up to date on a few recent events. Saturday morning I ran the 10-miler in the Crim Festival of Races, a hugely popular set of running and walking events to promote fitness and fight childhood obesity (you can read …
Day Three - Doughnuts and Daughters Saturday morning at Grandma's House (*), warm and dry again, I had breakfast with "Grandma" (real name Chichi) and chatted with her and her husband Larry, and Madison, one of her great-granddaughters, who was staying with her for the weekend. I found out they had lived in the California …
Day Two - And the Rain, Rain, Rain Came Down, Down, Down Friday morning was overcast and cool, which was fine with me as I pushed off for a 110-mile trip south to Cadillac, then down the White Pines trail to Rockford, just north of Grand Rapids. The rain began as I entered Cadillac, and …
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