Day 10 - Beulah
A quiet morning getting out of town, but the day grew increasingly hot and hilly as we went.
The day started interesting. There was a bike path along our route, and it had an educational scale solar system along it. Unfortunately I only remember seeing Pluto and Saturn, so I can't tell you much about it.
After the bike paths, and after our time into Traverse City, the ride became very hilly. I remember a ride out of town that had us going up hill along a pretty busy road, with major truck traffic mere feet from our bicycles.
As the trek grew hillier and longer, I got ahead of Clair by a good bit. Thankfully we had a pre-arranged meeting point set up, and she caught up with me after only a 10-15 minute break near a gas station.
When we were there we discussed the idea of going out of our way to see the Sleeping Bear Dunes. It was decided that since they were out of the way, and since we were staying at Warren Dunes later on the trip, that we would pass them up for an earlier day.
After that we rode on in to Beulah, a town were extended family of mine owns a home on a small lake. I spent many of my summers as a child in this town, swimming in that beautiful lake.
Clair and I got to ride around the lake, and then we spent several hours in town sunning ourselves and waiting for our hosts to come home so we could put down our gear and visit.
That was a lot of fun, the family and the children were fascinated by the stories of our trip, and of our backpacking trip.
That night Clair went to bed early, but thinking about my imminent marathon, I went for a 7 mile run. I was fast, my heart felt great, but my legs were tired, and when I got back my legs were more than ready to be done.
The day started interesting. There was a bike path along our route, and it had an educational scale solar system along it. Unfortunately I only remember seeing Pluto and Saturn, so I can't tell you much about it.
After the bike paths, and after our time into Traverse City, the ride became very hilly. I remember a ride out of town that had us going up hill along a pretty busy road, with major truck traffic mere feet from our bicycles.
As the trek grew hillier and longer, I got ahead of Clair by a good bit. Thankfully we had a pre-arranged meeting point set up, and she caught up with me after only a 10-15 minute break near a gas station.
When we were there we discussed the idea of going out of our way to see the Sleeping Bear Dunes. It was decided that since they were out of the way, and since we were staying at Warren Dunes later on the trip, that we would pass them up for an earlier day.
After that we rode on in to Beulah, a town were extended family of mine owns a home on a small lake. I spent many of my summers as a child in this town, swimming in that beautiful lake.
Clair and I got to ride around the lake, and then we spent several hours in town sunning ourselves and waiting for our hosts to come home so we could put down our gear and visit.
That was a lot of fun, the family and the children were fascinated by the stories of our trip, and of our backpacking trip.
That night Clair went to bed early, but thinking about my imminent marathon, I went for a 7 mile run. I was fast, my heart felt great, but my legs were tired, and when I got back my legs were more than ready to be done.
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