Hey dad we made it this far. We spent the weekend in B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L Traverse City, MI.
We missed the colors by about 2 weeks, but the Cherry trees were breathe taking. We spent Friday (Nov. 7th) driving along M22 on the western shore of Western Traverse Bay. We spent the day touring some of the local winerys and sampling. Okay, more sampling than touring. We had a fantastic dinner on the 16th floor of the Grand Traverse Resort and Spa. All in all it was a perfect day.
Saturday morning was the Iceman. A 27 mile mountain bike race from Kalkaska, MI to Traverse City (Yeah, I know what you're thinking, my bike did go with us on our anniversary weekend....isn't she the greatest). My wave began at 10:10am (Eric started at 10:00 and J-rod began at 10:15).
Race went well and one major strategy flaw resulted me in coming home 2nd in my age group.
It was the first time I have every won money for racing my bicycle. It was exciting.
Sunday was our return trip.
We decided to go up through the U.P. and across the Mackinaw bridge. Unbelievablly gorgeous drive. LONG AS HECK, but worth it.
Let's do 10 more. :)
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