biking
Mackinaw city down the coast of Lake Michigan seems like a popular route for a lot of bikers... And by biker I mean non-motorized cyclist, but biker too I guess. Fell in with Shawn from somewhere up north of Milwaukee, and it was great to ride with someone at the same relative speed (sorry Vivian). It was funny though, because you constantly have to cut off conversations for cars or have long stretches of staring at this person in front of you without any exchange of words because you both have to get to the same place - and biking at a good speed and talking at the same time is hard. M119, or the tunnel of trees, from Cross Village to Harbor Springs was pretty incredible. A little hilly, but awesome. I imagine it's a shittier version of the Redwood Highway, with some great views of Lake Michigan. Thankfully no one's trying to fly around since it's so curvy and narrow, so biking it felt relatively safe (again, don't tell my mom but I ditched the helmet for a while because it was so muggy). A little north of Petoskey to Charlevoix could be the most beautiful stretch thus far. Both are small port towns (they're all Fing small port towns), and it's just open road with bays and slight cliffs/bluffs on your right. Parted ways with Shawn and made it into the AMAZING home of Mary in Charlevoix - a woman who the family from the 4th of July campsite got me in touch with. Thank you SO much Mary! I don't think I could do this trip without people being super nice and hospitable. Yupbiking buddyharbor # 85 milliongardens!
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