Bike Trip Wrap-up, and Preparing to Peace Out, Man

SIGH. WE'RE BACK FROM OUR FINAL TRIP UP NORTH for the year, and the camper is back in the driveway until next spring. But the weather is still fine for a bike ride, which I did this evening to help warm up for this weekend (see the end of this post). So while I'm in …

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Fitness at 50 Ride, Final Day: Moose Drool, Lemon Mousse, and the JoyBox

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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“500 at 50” Return Trip, Continued

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 …

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Bike Trip Home, continued

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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