We're enjoying our week here in Traverse City. After arriving on Sunday at the Holiday Park Campground and getting a somewhat cloudy Monday, we've had great weather. Finally had a light thunderstorm (some lightening, but no hail) come through this evening. Lows are in the high 50s/low 60s with highs around 80. Interestingly, the winds seem to build throughout the day.
After a visit to the Visitor Center on Monday where we got all our local maps, we've set out on bicycle rides. Donna's rode three days in a row, now. We've found a nice parking lot at the south end of Boardman Lake (picture of the lake at top) to leave the truck, then ride up the Boardman bike trail to the center of the TART trail & go from there. We rode west on Tuesday for just a little over a 11 mile round trip ride, then east on Wednesday for about a 14 mile round trip ride. I needed a break, but Donna was still itching to go, so I dropped her off in Suttons Bay, and she road the 20 miles back to our favorite Boardman Lake parking area where I pick her up. She's had a lot fun on that bicycle!
Haven't visited any mom & pop places for meals, but we have made it out to Moomers for ice cream. For those unfamiliar, Moomers is a local dairy that seems to make a lot of ice cream sold around the local area. Worth a stop if you're in the area.
Tomorrow we meet up with some Folks-on-Spokes for lunch. No idea what we'll do after that, but I'm sure we'll have fun.
We're here until Sunday, then off to Sumner, MI for almost a week to meet up folks from the NuWaOwners forum, then back to Traverse City. We need to get out to Sleeping Bear Dunes Lakeshore and take some hikes. They had some tremendous winds a couple of weeks ago - as a mater of fact, the whole area around here experienced those winds. Clean up seems to be making progress, so we're thinking we should wait until we return to visit Sleeping Bear Dunes.
Well, time to go. It's football night, and there's a piece of cheesecake that needs to be eaten. Later, David
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