tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-320616742024-03-24T18:33:45.546-05:00Never Standing StillMostly about my golf and Harley adventures. Sometimes about my work adventures. Sometimes about food. Pretty much "a blog about what I want to blog about" that started off as my excuse not to write a Christmas letter to send out.Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.comBlogger324125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-42823529664937865012023-07-28T06:58:00.002-05:002023-07-28T06:58:31.825-05:00Colorado - Drive Back to Dallas<p> Tuesday morning we get up and on the road at about 4:30 am
(5:30 am Texas time). It’s dark and the right turn signal and cruise control
aren’t working. Ugh. But, the elevation through Colorado makes it tough to use
cruise control anyway. And then we discover that when the headlights are on,
the cruise control doesn’t work. Oddness.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnhbxJj2f--Vpp5Tbvs8GEm3r3ynXpflarR8WRV3yUGqxs-5dOpZChfk8B8TWe0ZsGtZnTNoRGXmeFB_0xMGXovXx6C8KP0ILGTcSslSAEdXd_pAlWb8FKw-fX79FqzNKatJCkCE1TvmHFD6ZOtjWCTVZdJcdi08Iohu7_dUDzBDMd5PGEw/s4032/IMG_7867.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtnhbxJj2f--Vpp5Tbvs8GEm3r3ynXpflarR8WRV3yUGqxs-5dOpZChfk8B8TWe0ZsGtZnTNoRGXmeFB_0xMGXovXx6C8KP0ILGTcSslSAEdXd_pAlWb8FKw-fX79FqzNKatJCkCE1TvmHFD6ZOtjWCTVZdJcdi08Iohu7_dUDzBDMd5PGEw/s320/IMG_7867.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Early drive out of Colorado Springs (it starts getting light early).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We’re not long in Colorado and stop in New Mexico for
breakfast.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #404040; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;">We saw antelope through New Mexico. I thought they were deer,
but Tony said they were antelope. My picture attempts didn’t work well. In the
early 1800s, antelope numbered between 30 and 60 million, ranging from as far
north as Canada to as far south as Mexico City. By the turn of the century,
however, European settlers had nearly hunted them to extinction, bringing the
antelope population to a low of approximately 13,000. Today, antelope have a
scattered but widespread distribution throughout western North America and,
while the overall population has undoubtedly recovered, some regions are faring
better than others.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzbG0gXW309wJ_stGJkLme8WT5l90Y2dizLih_-hpiT-dbVulgTyK6j0DFFiabrD0lqu62jEqyh2EmWxkcPTgQDTvPHMAXgH02Ji7bZ73QzWNITsvvINnkTS1ATrH7mxl53wRsHsARm4-v9juP1CojHTcbWiRk7dIqkwTZTi_Jo9pW4wCxA/s4032/IMG_7878.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMzbG0gXW309wJ_stGJkLme8WT5l90Y2dizLih_-hpiT-dbVulgTyK6j0DFFiabrD0lqu62jEqyh2EmWxkcPTgQDTvPHMAXgH02Ji7bZ73QzWNITsvvINnkTS1ATrH7mxl53wRsHsARm4-v9juP1CojHTcbWiRk7dIqkwTZTi_Jo9pW4wCxA/s320/IMG_7878.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There is an antelope next to the pole.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_IvkHhXGMfGhr8O4qrFIpQuU2XH6roVB3ILt0TYVv4oJdqG06QCloxf3Q0eCqtTZ8CrRjP66kAcA1OkHn_nKj99wqlVvm89aIrMD_fHJ90-4dFxabWRNSaymq6NYRwONFG6_H968VYaXvuMBvYQC6pgJ7USyO01bh7IyyNjreJWz4QgFLA/s600/pronghornantelope.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="300" data-original-width="600" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_IvkHhXGMfGhr8O4qrFIpQuU2XH6roVB3ILt0TYVv4oJdqG06QCloxf3Q0eCqtTZ8CrRjP66kAcA1OkHn_nKj99wqlVvm89aIrMD_fHJ90-4dFxabWRNSaymq6NYRwONFG6_H968VYaXvuMBvYQC6pgJ7USyO01bh7IyyNjreJWz4QgFLA/s320/pronghornantelope.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is what antelopes look like.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Best billboard I’ve seen from Buc-ee’s (<a href="https://buc-ees.com/" target="_blank">Buc-ees</a>) was in Amarillo.
Unfortunately we passed it and I didn’t have my phone out. “1039 miles to
Buc-ee’s” (sic) – the one that just opened in Sevierville, Tennessee, on June
28. I did try and find a picture online, but only saw that 1) Amarillo is
getting a Buc-ee’s and 2) Buc-ee’s has great billboards!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We also passed Cadillac Ranch (<a href="https://www.travelinusa.us/cadillac-ranch-amarillo/" target="_blank">Cadillac Ranch</a>). I always thought it was in
the middle of nowhere – but it’s right off Interstate 40!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3bPOFHlR5JGiTWe7myoFvOdnIZLaY60cRz5CaJ6Qd_M1AmLbBAtVKaegC5f3pc0NgiPOZWGpkFkTmcs9yulp-w3BiRBBCjVjv53RtL9TSX2WSe2rJvJ-YsUS13UY8Uud1X4kp5Hz0CbCZgX7PyEfTUs6hi1t3Vtm3XKqGk1pXE7e7k6hqw/s1320/Come-visitare-Cadillac-Ranch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1320" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP3bPOFHlR5JGiTWe7myoFvOdnIZLaY60cRz5CaJ6Qd_M1AmLbBAtVKaegC5f3pc0NgiPOZWGpkFkTmcs9yulp-w3BiRBBCjVjv53RtL9TSX2WSe2rJvJ-YsUS13UY8Uud1X4kp5Hz0CbCZgX7PyEfTUs6hi1t3Vtm3XKqGk1pXE7e7k6hqw/s320/Come-visitare-Cadillac-Ranch.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cadillac Ranch</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We stopped at AllSups (<a href="https://allsups.com/" target="_blank">Allsups</a>)
and I had my first ever, world-famous beef and bean burrito. And, I liked! It’s
fried so you don’t get doughy, drippy insides. Wouldn’t say it tastes like beef
or bean, but it’s a pretty yummy burrito. And, they have them all up 287/87 at
all of the little towns that you slow down to go through (75 mph when not going
through these towns). Some of the “big towns” have two Allsups (one on each
side of the road).<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9FoGQh0rXdigBGceUOQINhUu4MECZjqmjnNPA1-PVQpr-S3h39PQ00W4V6tz9IBWuvfOxtbrbQ9X_ZY2vu0C34z6qYTXGMDjCOlsLt24Q7asKDSWmys8Nfq11XSHIrJlX1KZEVDYWPDudRAh7OMBSSEbk1hyc1BDpD1dXRt1GepJoWpxAA/s4032/71018363911__8E6C0289-6197-46B5-996D-67905DEA2D73.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE9FoGQh0rXdigBGceUOQINhUu4MECZjqmjnNPA1-PVQpr-S3h39PQ00W4V6tz9IBWuvfOxtbrbQ9X_ZY2vu0C34z6qYTXGMDjCOlsLt24Q7asKDSWmys8Nfq11XSHIrJlX1KZEVDYWPDudRAh7OMBSSEbk1hyc1BDpD1dXRt1GepJoWpxAA/s320/71018363911__8E6C0289-6197-46B5-996D-67905DEA2D73.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The famous Allsup's Burrito</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I drive for a little bit of this trip, not wanting to drive
through Amarillo. The end of the road feels like around the Texas Motor
Speedway before getting home. The monsters were very happy to see us when we
got home. It was a good impromptu trip to Colorado for riding.<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3LiwSZ2a014msBGlAqoXkrO42mcUhT1rVdeu0igZ17tL30jalo-7cgeaYVuUdwF1E-Bn2rQbWV1Q9dkTaG8iWdX3MWjHSVFp901is4YocZ72rgYU6xf55slDYVxZPr-XxO_5dIbq2OUEJhiwYDN7Djwqm9h4rbFtawL4OZ6QvZfEl16ferw/s2048/358124745_10231152858869291_8538792698918026488_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3LiwSZ2a014msBGlAqoXkrO42mcUhT1rVdeu0igZ17tL30jalo-7cgeaYVuUdwF1E-Bn2rQbWV1Q9dkTaG8iWdX3MWjHSVFp901is4YocZ72rgYU6xf55slDYVxZPr-XxO_5dIbq2OUEJhiwYDN7Djwqm9h4rbFtawL4OZ6QvZfEl16ferw/s320/358124745_10231152858869291_8538792698918026488_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Before the Million Dollar Highway (the road is up there).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-54199338099139240802023-07-27T08:34:00.002-05:002023-07-27T08:34:51.427-05:00Colorado - Day 4 - Back to Colorado Springs<p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">Monday, we head back to Colorado
Springs. Guy at the hotel with a Sturgis t-shirt stops and talks to us while
we’re loading the bike. He wished he rode to his cousin’s instead of the truck.
He knows all of the rides – and would love to flat map a route for us. Tells us
not to do 50 because of construction to Gunnison. Wants us to do one of the
ride Blue Mesa ride and the Cottonwood Pass ride we had planned (he says two of
the best rides in his opinion – he even showed us how to not do the scary ride
by heading north and then east). <o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRzhF2RaTE0KREUTkP_whFayzdppTJIoGjszbm8NCcPTVF3UsQQrsR5KkBr-hu56EZOCxN2yJeGLmTd2cyovrHpUy1uCPbSAb31vYviOCWso5tMK9LOoSePw4LC-xDUJpO2Zdisx9F-2TJpmWnRXpIE1HaECx-W3mgR_p9gYnpqfLy3FRVLw/s4032/IMG_7798.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRzhF2RaTE0KREUTkP_whFayzdppTJIoGjszbm8NCcPTVF3UsQQrsR5KkBr-hu56EZOCxN2yJeGLmTd2cyovrHpUy1uCPbSAb31vYviOCWso5tMK9LOoSePw4LC-xDUJpO2Zdisx9F-2TJpmWnRXpIE1HaECx-W3mgR_p9gYnpqfLy3FRVLw/s320/IMG_7798.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fueling up at the gas station next to the Hampton Inn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">Per Butler Maps (<a href="http://www.butlermaps.com/" target="_blank">Butler Maps</a>): Blue Mesa – This
section of the West Elk Loop Scenic Byway twists and flows through 25 miles of
G1 and is flanked by spectacular G2 and G3 riding. The narrow, two lane road
darts in and out of magnificent aspen groves as it cuts through the Gunnison
National Forest. Take time to stop at the frequent overlooks that offer
memorable views of the Blue Mesa Reservoir, Colorado’s largest body of water.
The reservoir hosts the largest Kokanee salmon fishery in the United States.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">Per Butler Maps (<a href="http://www.butlermaps.com/" target="_blank">Butler Maps</a>): “Cottonwood Pass –
This narrow two-lane road soars above the highest Colorado passes offering a
great day ride from Buena Vista. Up until 2018, the western segment past the
summit was a gravel road all the way to Taylor Park Reservoir. This fifteen-mile
stretch is now paved and ready to be explored on street bikes.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">But, because of potential storms,
we just want to get to Colorado Springs the fastest way. So, 50 it is. It’s a
pretty road, until we get to the construction areas – the pavement is gone and
it’s bumpy and gravel for a while. Yuk. But, at the end, we hit this lake
(actually a reservoir, the Blue Mesa Reservoir) that we pretty much ride
around. Then to 285 then 285/24 and we’re back at the big empty plains part of
the ride that we did on Saturday. Back to Colorado Springs. No rain on this
day. But plenty of wind.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_spjthg-IDtI5FZqomR_TGdgWq-BoTG9xdNBpRzoYDDzm8ukYjbkM6iVMMcdPR44eRysZOykkaTLfkU7RltOAD-tLnZR0Mnv3DnvUxXWMtF0Ot684jms1oyXPqkcow7B-I3-lzk7VIWHl31DH-jnKhZMjmKS49uowdfv--x64U1EYxofOmQ/s4032/IMG_7799.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_spjthg-IDtI5FZqomR_TGdgWq-BoTG9xdNBpRzoYDDzm8ukYjbkM6iVMMcdPR44eRysZOykkaTLfkU7RltOAD-tLnZR0Mnv3DnvUxXWMtF0Ot684jms1oyXPqkcow7B-I3-lzk7VIWHl31DH-jnKhZMjmKS49uowdfv--x64U1EYxofOmQ/s320/IMG_7799.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaKrQJY1QPTZerGZisfDfEBVikJBLrkIfpbBR3Px-a1juKahleTxe-kSJ0v-tAzalW71qIefgc9BHBqA7YF7SDQJtCfNHDCVVertZzut8YKPrV6b8AXdxQebFtWmjaLYc2PjuGVIc-XXHHqexZnthstLI5Wel_fcmJlbIKVC7V7Vgw7pnmQ/s4032/IMG_7806.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEaKrQJY1QPTZerGZisfDfEBVikJBLrkIfpbBR3Px-a1juKahleTxe-kSJ0v-tAzalW71qIefgc9BHBqA7YF7SDQJtCfNHDCVVertZzut8YKPrV6b8AXdxQebFtWmjaLYc2PjuGVIc-XXHHqexZnthstLI5Wel_fcmJlbIKVC7V7Vgw7pnmQ/s320/IMG_7806.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Road construction on 50 -- gravel -- yuk</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkFhAGjHMTbOGyQHc9ceFp4SlOzv_hsXkHeo5513F0-rW_9QXd82lPO_VVNA4pE0KcMtv7Yx6FVBelw3AJXlwpa1aqfLHqaI7lUlO4vFepwRD1WwHdMnpXbWlD87gHJKx4SnNPK58qyfV3VC1zIBxYJFKQpmLie9-62KZLd83GREPckyN6rQ/s4032/IMG_7808.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">And, we actually ride through the
Garden of the Gods (it’s a traffic jam), but only about a mile from Harper’s
apartment! <a href="https://gardenofgods.com/" target="_blank">https://gardenofgods.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlboV2KI8yQ3kuIjVW2LAGYJWMynww3DEBfEItkOHJ6y8avV0Vfk5RownLF8ivuO2w7NjQNq90X-Vmo70wM9jEAEOsEnDps9xgYBKsMZ25kIYOgPtnAQF4hu9FTNBoYH2ALHoWmKXVBOrsxlhFvUNpaZ8YAO6u89-lk3aWA05EjbPMUTdOQ/s4032/IMG_7860.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQlboV2KI8yQ3kuIjVW2LAGYJWMynww3DEBfEItkOHJ6y8avV0Vfk5RownLF8ivuO2w7NjQNq90X-Vmo70wM9jEAEOsEnDps9xgYBKsMZ25kIYOgPtnAQF4hu9FTNBoYH2ALHoWmKXVBOrsxlhFvUNpaZ8YAO6u89-lk3aWA05EjbPMUTdOQ/s320/IMG_7860.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garden of the Gods</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VioJVIz35EGpDPPT5SIpjOyGb7NHa8k89pQjMJS-c90MgUNMjzn3QWJDFNmugGFAeY8moYLRLqtwz8nrX24Vdq9LzQL_dEbAuFGw6qAawsZQ8PnC4aEIs61HO1qxeYzsjxX9S4hWA5-3iQOSE47xnI4D9L2oqGsAvp0Rp00ANhC5yH-cBg/s4032/IMG_7861.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_VioJVIz35EGpDPPT5SIpjOyGb7NHa8k89pQjMJS-c90MgUNMjzn3QWJDFNmugGFAeY8moYLRLqtwz8nrX24Vdq9LzQL_dEbAuFGw6qAawsZQ8PnC4aEIs61HO1qxeYzsjxX9S4hWA5-3iQOSE47xnI4D9L2oqGsAvp0Rp00ANhC5yH-cBg/s320/IMG_7861.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garden of the Gods</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFugQUgpbQRznjqZYHtIUu48HRcdJh-R4xVnRzet3LZf1hLDUW8XsNEaXJpYUhXJIAFmX6TWjOc90XCCOWQq8QBSarPrFWivw6A40Uq-xpvyZU4IYvkietJ9hJUW31kqVneG6bghENqnTzItpXmwbnpzuAad99gas-BdqiafSYCouDoDuooQ/s4032/IMG_7862.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFugQUgpbQRznjqZYHtIUu48HRcdJh-R4xVnRzet3LZf1hLDUW8XsNEaXJpYUhXJIAFmX6TWjOc90XCCOWQq8QBSarPrFWivw6A40Uq-xpvyZU4IYvkietJ9hJUW31kqVneG6bghENqnTzItpXmwbnpzuAad99gas-BdqiafSYCouDoDuooQ/s320/IMG_7862.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garden of the Gods</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3QpCdDHt_4uTfYFQ2FQM8NZoAJYfGvgf75axDwr_dfdwyoWqF1KuHglHJjkfgtAJzx1_i4MNeBcVyDCTIoOdyhEJewqfphQfWHkCEIDF4WkuhfgKEwk-tOBuoMIomdaCk2m80bjeSgSHyCKAGIGErn8dHeu1jQA1fHkHVknFnpVBRckgbg/s4032/IMG_7863.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw3QpCdDHt_4uTfYFQ2FQM8NZoAJYfGvgf75axDwr_dfdwyoWqF1KuHglHJjkfgtAJzx1_i4MNeBcVyDCTIoOdyhEJewqfphQfWHkCEIDF4WkuhfgKEwk-tOBuoMIomdaCk2m80bjeSgSHyCKAGIGErn8dHeu1jQA1fHkHVknFnpVBRckgbg/s320/IMG_7863.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garden of the Gods</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">We don’t really want to go to
dinner, but we find Bad Daddy’s Burger Bar 0.6 miles from the hotel. Order
burgers and I walk over and pick them up. Really good burgers -- but they don't have one in Dallas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.baddaddysburgerbar.com/menu/49990" target="_blank">Bad Daddy's Burger Bar</a><o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTWiPDH4zefZa3ycNBOIp8bLQzRMfiynY8rg84FgFPbz5I-Fv58Zj4XNOhYKxBrOkaUr3HOSZ1A_KNLsIl2BdyjudFGwa2pxDO2arqI49TwzTHVyOxswIuzoMIE2jDQfkkHiMe905001LyELBfl43mOq0muvG_Z_QEtrSa-pgYyIE1TYAAw/s4032/IMG_7866.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwTWiPDH4zefZa3ycNBOIp8bLQzRMfiynY8rg84FgFPbz5I-Fv58Zj4XNOhYKxBrOkaUr3HOSZ1A_KNLsIl2BdyjudFGwa2pxDO2arqI49TwzTHVyOxswIuzoMIE2jDQfkkHiMe905001LyELBfl43mOq0muvG_Z_QEtrSa-pgYyIE1TYAAw/s320/IMG_7866.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><br /><p></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-6267384721060355622023-07-25T08:58:00.004-05:002023-07-25T08:58:45.679-05:00Colorado - Day 3 - Million Dollar HighwaySunday, we head out of Montrose, with the plan to meet Rosie, Kennedy, Austin and Harper at the waterfall in Ouray. Once we’re out of Montrose, it gets chilly again and Tony stops to add his hoodie around Ridgeway. Then we ride through a little tourist town, “The Switzerland of America,” Ouray.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknppr0yf15OhZZX7tKyP5RDbmr6tH_FZW0WNzseBTAEzyi4tgQ-hdHfDBLaCaQh5_plMg26kxhx8c3yqrSUupEHyRXl59XiMTefwKfbWV2oyPCTPUTm8OhTcrP_zblzM1TUp9ou5weGrqqxBvr5hSBAse7NJ3kjFFRUnYF0qWkLNX6mxrng/s4032/IMG_7650.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknppr0yf15OhZZX7tKyP5RDbmr6tH_FZW0WNzseBTAEzyi4tgQ-hdHfDBLaCaQh5_plMg26kxhx8c3yqrSUupEHyRXl59XiMTefwKfbWV2oyPCTPUTm8OhTcrP_zblzM1TUp9ou5weGrqqxBvr5hSBAse7NJ3kjFFRUnYF0qWkLNX6mxrng/s320/IMG_7650.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAiR4umo5Jr5J-7BsP0xSAVrdagW9WCyit74pxFs6WfmjxqOQEoYEg-W1SzbiBnUaVxNnJ0WNvb_upsnNynfLdgXAQXH1c4lGg1EIEHBFFxnvUIJ1uHLNZcAxviT_R5mvXhOneqiKM-WcoSdiXvP_jYzSgVbHniSawiZkAiTjdcz80Qni3A/s4032/IMG_7654.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We stop at the Falls and aren’t that impressed. Until we realize that there are two waterfalls – one little, one bigger! We read the history of the road built in 1880s by Otto Mears. It’s a cool picture of The Uncompaghre (the Ute word for “hot water springs) Gorge – you can also see what’s ahead of us roadwise! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUs98DXFVAeq07RlQzjwrGbB8xIqEq_5u-pKiyq0YVCN6mHnpsUcPI8Ym-KUU9BggvzAMsw_PyK89c6dUAVtT37832Y4rUiKaE_OCLrlrL-QWs9dlwL0L76npPCGz8R_Y-XR2PKwmocZARUubQFh9y_uIDGaMMyovxgj0lyJt5MdDI0WxwrA/s4032/IMG_7672.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUs98DXFVAeq07RlQzjwrGbB8xIqEq_5u-pKiyq0YVCN6mHnpsUcPI8Ym-KUU9BggvzAMsw_PyK89c6dUAVtT37832Y4rUiKaE_OCLrlrL-QWs9dlwL0L76npPCGz8R_Y-XR2PKwmocZARUubQFh9y_uIDGaMMyovxgj0lyJt5MdDI0WxwrA/s320/IMG_7672.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Nope, nope, nope!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>After the falls, off we ride the Million Dollar Highway to Silverton. Except for the first bit – steep sheer down the mountain views without guardrails. I don’t take any pictures (I’m afraid of heights). But doesn’t last long and then we get breaks in challenges along the way into Silverton – there’s a cannabis dispensary just before we turn into town to head to the Silverton Harley store (it’s pretty much just a t-shirt shop) <a href="https://www.silvertonharley.com/" target="_blank">Silverton Harley</a>. I get to meet Pixie, the HD dog! She lets me rub her tummy. I get a long sleeve shirt at Silverton Harley Davidson – it has the same back as the men’s shirts! We also run into a couple of bikers from Minnesota (yes, the accents) on a BMW and a fancy Indian. 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The road is famous for its hairpin curves, drop offs and lack of guardrails, mining history, and mountain views. The road was first built in the 1880s by Otto Mears as a narrow wagon toll road to connect the two mining towns and was rebuilt in the early 1920s to be a two-lane road.
While there are many theories on why the road is called the Million Dollar Highway, no one knows the real reason. A couple theories state that it’s because of how much the road cost to build, the amount of gold ore that remained in the roadway’s fill, a traveler once proclaiming “I would not travel that road again for a million dollars,” or the figurative price for those amazing San Juan Mountain views. </div><div><br /></div><div> After Silverton, the rest of the ride into Durango is nice, but not amazing. A lot of it is 55+ mph. We pass Purgatory Ski Resort, then into Durango where we park downtown and go to lunch at the Mexican place that the Silverton HD guy recommended, Tequila’s. It’s OK. I have a veggie enchilada. </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGyeIEY5qbmracx2dSJKBO3jfJKAYRrFPUirWuVSCRJRbpJ2GmMJkGkO5Z8-BL2cG9ab-bFxyP9eydsAqNC0_ONPOxbrJfvPKYSjZVlqeGiAZwtDzr-78Z8vpnQcYNlUoKhDS75uHt3bz3nFmWCNuh7tgfoc2EvFlucugUMCVbAQrQZLLfg/s4032/IMG_7716.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNGyeIEY5qbmracx2dSJKBO3jfJKAYRrFPUirWuVSCRJRbpJ2GmMJkGkO5Z8-BL2cG9ab-bFxyP9eydsAqNC0_ONPOxbrJfvPKYSjZVlqeGiAZwtDzr-78Z8vpnQcYNlUoKhDS75uHt3bz3nFmWCNuh7tgfoc2EvFlucugUMCVbAQrQZLLfg/s320/IMG_7716.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUa3xIBXknfXd-GmrwBnNdp5XrbyXVnS1rO_2jOt_TXj2aM9CZIwFYU_6qO7kbnISZasS2Gv0jayvK0HhGZRYB7ybknUTDSKk63HMRPAInlWOH_BF23imFK0u3rTGJO5wc6KfibdiLkniRpOLdALw2obkKD5bIYn79ghOvkpTe3Y-1bwrm8Q/s4032/IMG_7720.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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We are heading over to Lizard Head Pass and Telluride on our way back to Montrose. A lot of this ride is highway and 55+ mph. We do have to make a rain stop at a gas station in Dolores – it already stops when we get there. Pretty muggy. Tony finds a fix for his loose pipe “thing” (bungee cord).
We stopped so Tony could put his rain pants on. And I could eat a couple of cherries. Little did we know that we were only about a quarter of a mile from the Lizard Head Pass sign. We drive by it. No picture from me (but found one on Yahoo). Not really sure I saw the Lizard Head… </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5HSLrl_Q9xjZxafRpaEQXxqSnDvnPtib-UumK2hXJUAlgTlX61GktPEWwqEHndjvO4_idY5iHpKsUg4a4O7ecFtWiU1hOI0b0r5oFF-jwcvb1s1IrlBaxXp85rM-vzr-1MdQDGitEKQNFkQ-8c2-r6SlZu75sNaWWtKiIl1TsDmQtxgNCw/s2048/358590142_10231152850829090_3540014644126847084_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm5HSLrl_Q9xjZxafRpaEQXxqSnDvnPtib-UumK2hXJUAlgTlX61GktPEWwqEHndjvO4_idY5iHpKsUg4a4O7ecFtWiU1hOI0b0r5oFF-jwcvb1s1IrlBaxXp85rM-vzr-1MdQDGitEKQNFkQ-8c2-r6SlZu75sNaWWtKiIl1TsDmQtxgNCw/s320/358590142_10231152850829090_3540014644126847084_n.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQUHQ_5mliimFP9wzlEw3y1VMqIRy6ONDBjjLqPYFjOqi0Lh-EbukUX0nNWwlPpkQxOdPONAfsF6_Vxh4l5GPApU9Ldg1QletnqM9tM2CKiiB1S1hEdO7xfB_R6rxNc_crgXFu6UI3uiDkuGhSPJWPwdN-eT6uKwbkEd2JIUcHacHb34rTg/s4032/IMG_7746.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYQUHQ_5mliimFP9wzlEw3y1VMqIRy6ONDBjjLqPYFjOqi0Lh-EbukUX0nNWwlPpkQxOdPONAfsF6_Vxh4l5GPApU9Ldg1QletnqM9tM2CKiiB1S1hEdO7xfB_R6rxNc_crgXFu6UI3uiDkuGhSPJWPwdN-eT6uKwbkEd2JIUcHacHb34rTg/s320/IMG_7746.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aTt5QhEWI2sMYMpMfL5hRhWOWT-2eeEw_Ao9oTOqAzwHnUgGGhaIU__wFdPH576hDF_XsFyR2rLmap3ZMVrAlAM5UGMhlZSp7H24o1UIlSt0gBiu1UjorxUANFSveJigYLuHLPPfR0eoZIXFTLIJgmPrn8bfcTwPpnXr81D1hzQuJJ3-gw/s4032/IMG_7747.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5aTt5QhEWI2sMYMpMfL5hRhWOWT-2eeEw_Ao9oTOqAzwHnUgGGhaIU__wFdPH576hDF_XsFyR2rLmap3ZMVrAlAM5UGMhlZSp7H24o1UIlSt0gBiu1UjorxUANFSveJigYLuHLPPfR0eoZIXFTLIJgmPrn8bfcTwPpnXr81D1hzQuJJ3-gw/s320/IMG_7747.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div>Per Butler Maps (<a href="http://www.butlermaps.com" target="_blank">Butler Maps</a>): “The San Juan Mountains of Southern Colorado offer some of the most iconic Colorado riding available. Lizard Head Pass, just outside of Telluride shines as one of the best in the area. Named after a prominent nearby peak that is said to look like a lizard’s head, it has a mild and memorable approach on both sides. At 10,250 feet the summit of the pass was once the highest point on the Rio Grande Southern Railroad. Traces of the railroad have since vanished, though the riding experience is sure to linger long after you leave this dazzling corner of Western Colorado.” </div><div><br /></div><div>Then, right before Telluride, hard rain comes. But, stops when we turn right to Telluride. We saw elk! Downtown pretty laid back compared to Aspen. 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And then plains – with lots of wind. And some rain. The wind is so fierce that I felt like it was going to take me off the bike. Or the bike off the road. Something right out of The Wizard of Oz. </div><div><br /></div><div>We stop in Ridgeway for a quick break. Then our final 20 miles back to Montrose. We stop at Freddy’s Frozen Custard & Steakburgers (we choose this over Culvers because I figured that it was local, knowing that Culvers is Wisconsin based – it’s actually based in Wichita, Kansas, and there are lots of locations now, including ones in Wylie, McKinney and Frisco). <a href="https://www.freddys.com/" target="_blank">Freddys</a>The burgers were pretty good – and we split a concrete before heading back to the hotel. We have to look at a different route – I decided that I didn’t want to do the black canyon ride – with 20 percent grades and darkness. Tony agrees. </div><div><br /></div><div>Per Butler Maps (<a href="http://www.butlermaps.com" target="_blank">www.butlermaps.com</a>): East Portal Road, Black Canyon of the Gunnison – “Riders, be warned: this road is not for the faint of heart. No other canyon in North America combines the narrow openings, sheer walls and startling depths offered by the Black Canyon of the Gunnison. You’ll descend a 20% grade that switchbacks countless times as it sinks into darkness – sunlight only briefly illuminates the canyon. Take in the sights and sounds of the Gunnison River before riding back up to the summit, but don’t miss a gear, the road is so steep, it may be difficult to get started again. The East Portal Road is usually open from late April to early November but call ahead to be sure.” </div>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-116565396752751522023-07-17T10:52:00.000-05:002023-07-17T10:52:07.202-05:00Colorado Riding, Day 2 -- Colorado Springs to Aspen to Montrose<p>On Saturday, our ride to
Montrose, Colorado, includes getting on 24 to 24/285 to 82 (yes, I’m a road
number person – but Colorado isn’t as much about numbers as names) to do the
Independence Pass over to Aspen then down to Montrose. It’s a pretty ride over
to Independence Pass, and the terrain is so different in places. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZE9oZ27_Ctcf-2e1HOd7Jf5lMlJAg-Qb-4DOIdgrOdKM8R2JeBCWxaI9ePQSlpNZFjzRfrWsyfj8rLGbJ91WVIL_FqjHC1VvPaKQ3QgUXRtIxu88bGBTsyWgmqw59gxnptTzJnkEh4O40imvMuu7eR1cKl9NnLM2cNr2suJGHhiJO6ql8PA/s4032/IMG_7515.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZE9oZ27_Ctcf-2e1HOd7Jf5lMlJAg-Qb-4DOIdgrOdKM8R2JeBCWxaI9ePQSlpNZFjzRfrWsyfj8rLGbJ91WVIL_FqjHC1VvPaKQ3QgUXRtIxu88bGBTsyWgmqw59gxnptTzJnkEh4O40imvMuu7eR1cKl9NnLM2cNr2suJGHhiJO6ql8PA/s320/IMG_7515.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pikes Peak from the hotel!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_4nqOBBKIklHu1YmzTLWnH-cNCFK_taBD1gQKhehUJyHCAvKL3SSUcauw5XN_cbEQU1mttO2XhBAyANI5kRQu8Iacf-Ly2IcsqXk9LbUoa31jQP-W9x-AC9sSUsYg-WUtkQKb352cEi4Ey_3lw6kyMSbUTy87nsmrNeq1hj7FukMQPIGlg/s4032/IMG_7517.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9_4nqOBBKIklHu1YmzTLWnH-cNCFK_taBD1gQKhehUJyHCAvKL3SSUcauw5XN_cbEQU1mttO2XhBAyANI5kRQu8Iacf-Ly2IcsqXk9LbUoa31jQP-W9x-AC9sSUsYg-WUtkQKb352cEi4Ey_3lw6kyMSbUTy87nsmrNeq1hj7FukMQPIGlg/s320/IMG_7517.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Harper lives right down the road from the Garden of the Gods!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAc9iFq6SS4KXFDUZdWNyJEuEkG2fSNNhU3H7USZfhSM4Wv7XT5koM3xzPKJUKTfv1Xv4P-rsO5kdrbfSoVCtwLYgDWjxZRb7D_4yzl9iCBLVQbhS3mUBVvWUAMW9y8h10X2P0g9dUDLcy7uFrstXxxL5MLPXiol7w4pdss9F-_HQjkINVDg/s4032/IMG_7518.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAc9iFq6SS4KXFDUZdWNyJEuEkG2fSNNhU3H7USZfhSM4Wv7XT5koM3xzPKJUKTfv1Xv4P-rsO5kdrbfSoVCtwLYgDWjxZRb7D_4yzl9iCBLVQbhS3mUBVvWUAMW9y8h10X2P0g9dUDLcy7uFrstXxxL5MLPXiol7w4pdss9F-_HQjkINVDg/s320/IMG_7518.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Garden of the Gods (didn't know until we came back)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LOO4G4_IkCTF9O41kjaR2em1LQMsZwhEJ3eeD08EH4inr2EJzmoQ8QzwmD2jZIEt85y5WOrufUeS48NzlmsLBUFYhWmso-9TORSF4h821oO-KiiaJ4fY2nUU_8C-zpCSMWA5zooBHsPb6yvK8hohMRG1bJpnPiDwEm9L5BWxfIWhLe4GiQ/s4032/IMG_7521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2LOO4G4_IkCTF9O41kjaR2em1LQMsZwhEJ3eeD08EH4inr2EJzmoQ8QzwmD2jZIEt85y5WOrufUeS48NzlmsLBUFYhWmso-9TORSF4h821oO-KiiaJ4fY2nUU_8C-zpCSMWA5zooBHsPb6yvK8hohMRG1bJpnPiDwEm9L5BWxfIWhLe4GiQ/s320/IMG_7521.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pike's Peak from a different side!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p>We start off
in red rocks heading to Woodland Park. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixjEOIR8Uu1LD3MdPYCUBsuckP5ZvGHINRbO2xHvgT-mnB_RIphJ1rvR2bd_-4SkAj6n7h6Wei4rFcNjUi_9mwJzSU5k6kTpBxPYlokACFcucXVktSzCbID15jzJYksi9bej-F8d7qLfbRPa0MO_CEVnA9WfER34DsXTBlVh__fKc6hG_zMQ/s4032/IMG_7522.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixjEOIR8Uu1LD3MdPYCUBsuckP5ZvGHINRbO2xHvgT-mnB_RIphJ1rvR2bd_-4SkAj6n7h6Wei4rFcNjUi_9mwJzSU5k6kTpBxPYlokACFcucXVktSzCbID15jzJYksi9bej-F8d7qLfbRPa0MO_CEVnA9WfER34DsXTBlVh__fKc6hG_zMQ/s320/IMG_7522.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">McDonalds and Pike's Peak (we're at Sonic)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GuFu3PxhZKBMRT4c2OPNcV1O2U26dWyLToYPmNeBwP89pdTi_HXOpuCzcjgPNgERz7iBaLbcZ5anRiP_RX_r0yCsmB81t-sAdXrjEolzFNOo0y3JFRlCw4A7TacSUUuV9sGeS6fqlieFwXN-5v1g5YAAqW3aAuC1-Oq6c-Xo9ucUcT6Ndw/s4032/IMG_7524.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-GuFu3PxhZKBMRT4c2OPNcV1O2U26dWyLToYPmNeBwP89pdTi_HXOpuCzcjgPNgERz7iBaLbcZ5anRiP_RX_r0yCsmB81t-sAdXrjEolzFNOo0y3JFRlCw4A7TacSUUuV9sGeS6fqlieFwXN-5v1g5YAAqW3aAuC1-Oq6c-Xo9ucUcT6Ndw/s320/IMG_7524.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2PRRBSAWMomfb2s_BpD61g36VHJvAmHJKqxgV52m-friONiXAulLcpJ1Jp_Xi_YLegpe-OD12QKrIF2sFTaqbea65CGtyOc9hnmcYkRDL9rwlV5mCtqYCYKNwtx92KyALnTdDR7HqUkMZzq781n2mpVrRhwgzfu2On1GDAdZruQexXRoTA/s4032/IMG_7525.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit2PRRBSAWMomfb2s_BpD61g36VHJvAmHJKqxgV52m-friONiXAulLcpJ1Jp_Xi_YLegpe-OD12QKrIF2sFTaqbea65CGtyOc9hnmcYkRDL9rwlV5mCtqYCYKNwtx92KyALnTdDR7HqUkMZzq781n2mpVrRhwgzfu2On1GDAdZruQexXRoTA/s320/IMG_7525.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqc42qKQwjEFmJVPzQDeSe1CBkBI7-CCUjUrhIWVUMSHbwnIvoazYoFlnxmylEnhA3utFIGkNfduzGm7RCRh8ud5Oz07gX6EShCkovkXEyA-FeFRFY1oCjpeafiXhYXzBlWydCOkfI4H__I8p60KLMwrPu9DU8oHqBdyAlcoH4u2mtyo57g/s4032/IMG_7529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqqc42qKQwjEFmJVPzQDeSe1CBkBI7-CCUjUrhIWVUMSHbwnIvoazYoFlnxmylEnhA3utFIGkNfduzGm7RCRh8ud5Oz07gX6EShCkovkXEyA-FeFRFY1oCjpeafiXhYXzBlWydCOkfI4H__I8p60KLMwrPu9DU8oHqBdyAlcoH4u2mtyo57g/s320/IMG_7529.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p>Then some curvy mountains with Pike’s
Peak to the left of us. And then boom you’re in this huge plains area for miles
and miles, with snow-covered mountains in the distance. In this plains area,
there are RVs and trailers sprinkled. Couldn’t imagine living in this wind
gusty plains! We stop in Harbel for a break (and I buy cherries at a roadside
stand).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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We added this ride to the trip, not just because we wanted to lunch in Aspen,
but because on my Butler map it’s considered a Gold “Best” Ride. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">Per Butler Maps (<a href="http://www.butlermaps.com/" target="_blank">www.butlermaps.com</a> ): Quintessential
Colorado, Independence Pass is the second highest paved road in the state. This
is G1 at its finest with nearly 30 miles of dramatic riding. From the hip
mountain village of Aspen to the west, this narrow path of pavement brings you
past shimmering aspen groves, crystal clear waterfalls and above treeline to
breathtaking vistas of the Sawatch Mountains. It is closed to large truck
traffic though it sees plenty of travelers, especially on holiday weekend and
during fall color changes. The pass is closed in the winter.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">It starts out in the woods
(Aspens and Birches), until you get up in elevation, with switchbacks – and
snow! Beautiful, but a few times I couldn’t look down because of the sheer drop
off. We stop at the Continental Divide and take some pictures. Hard to believe
that it’s July and we’re riding through snow! <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUSbDd3vM_R21L8c9DVtrePfXQkiQJXOWj_cPUYaTRTMqaK24X4iKRui0K6-aIch9V7ADZ9bEVt3a1x6WLhAE_b03YBnX_R__mPU04Ge6dQViHTPzb8jlvVkanMjJXTYPrS1uMbNf3MSUhs9NH952IQ-HWqxAccSthBpMCzyZfJQ04jMegQ/s4032/IMG_7564.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPUSbDd3vM_R21L8c9DVtrePfXQkiQJXOWj_cPUYaTRTMqaK24X4iKRui0K6-aIch9V7ADZ9bEVt3a1x6WLhAE_b03YBnX_R__mPU04Ge6dQViHTPzb8jlvVkanMjJXTYPrS1uMbNf3MSUhs9NH952IQ-HWqxAccSthBpMCzyZfJQ04jMegQ/s320/IMG_7564.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj69QkGKgTD6XSpghKwgV1ls1S_oZH8xsJEKa83V0-QITbm6tuGILLanuNRJFFOs5uCHTP770ie9-8KoP1WaeqKXOJW03ySQFyBwvDwOodti_SH5re6ny2jY-lAHIaQHHAC7wflu00eaiEWg1xfmFRqtx3Od7rTXwBfriKr7Z8Elg-z6qFGcw/s4032/IMG_7567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">Then down the mountain (didn’t
take as long) and the rest of the ride isn’t as steep over to Aspen (there are
a couple of spots that they’ve turned into one lane with lights – probably
because it’s just not wide enough for two vehicles anymore (at least they had
signs heading into Independence Pass – multiple signs – that prohibit vehicles
over 35 feet from doing the pass. Big time fines. With the switchbacks and
narrow lanes, definitely see why.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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just shows up – it’s in the middle of nowhere. But it’s pretty big, with lots
of expensive shops (LV, Prada). We park and I ask a lady at an information
kiosk about lunch spots (something casual) since the first place I look at the
menu has Watercress Salad as the first item and everyone is dressed pretty
fancy. She tells me that Silverpeak (</span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><a href="https://www.silverpeakgrillcatering.com/" target="_blank">Silverpeak Grill</a></span><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">) has good street tacos and burgers (and also has a
dispensary).</span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"> It’s authentic Mexi-Cali prepared by the latino community.
Tony, Harper and Austin get bison burgers. Rosie and I get tacos. Kennedy a hot
dog. Tony rated the burger in his top 5 – only ding was the bun didn’t hold up
well to the juicy burger. My chicken tacos were ok, but nothing special.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">When we head out of Aspen,
82 becomes a highway, probably the way most people head into Aspen. They have
an airport –LOTS of private jets. The ride over to 133 (Carbondale) is just
highway. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Mu1Hob0aZMpS4aVfmbienJ6AM4hjnLYvyG7lTZ0aaXRHno1hKVf75hOg-Lh6du8VHQ7TIzAXs9TVgbnjl_a29zTSjxqZQCq-2Dsg2ANg_GiBf_N3CUaGYoDVZLR8gU24b_l_9OroaJWsMq8eyStCAtoB6Z867f7p5V6fPHtvvOdvXQcqUg/s4032/IMG_7598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1Mu1Hob0aZMpS4aVfmbienJ6AM4hjnLYvyG7lTZ0aaXRHno1hKVf75hOg-Lh6du8VHQ7TIzAXs9TVgbnjl_a29zTSjxqZQCq-2Dsg2ANg_GiBf_N3CUaGYoDVZLR8gU24b_l_9OroaJWsMq8eyStCAtoB6Z867f7p5V6fPHtvvOdvXQcqUg/s320/IMG_7598.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Main Street in Aspen</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1Pwmh4UE7aRjkZKt5cTv9BaWA49FAbhcA2eVbyZeswjSf7CyDy6cMyx5MUtSQ1_HFwew0G3PsysweBI9x21ra8rwmo5E5Bp8BPCeltnYK_sKURDwc3TOGmAGVUfNEylN5FDdqNXRF8ib35ajGZSps1SJHt1ea7uCQrONSS9WLdRMcWDq8g/s4032/IMG_7599.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs1Pwmh4UE7aRjkZKt5cTv9BaWA49FAbhcA2eVbyZeswjSf7CyDy6cMyx5MUtSQ1_HFwew0G3PsysweBI9x21ra8rwmo5E5Bp8BPCeltnYK_sKURDwc3TOGmAGVUfNEylN5FDdqNXRF8ib35ajGZSps1SJHt1ea7uCQrONSS9WLdRMcWDq8g/s320/IMG_7599.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aspen airport to the left.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtT7wPCTARMSNWowI48Fn1PzllZjkBJrBSiabMxzplBBmzxpJi7taqAdC4BCm0T2S_kLMVQETm1RRZmf0rM0ogbckCqbZd3Z4A8t83lo7e6nkKIBi1i855bxQzNn7Ok09qD1WcebsVmTl_-YxwbNUUjD41JUyJh37S0ipi_cd2JeGs-L8rQ/s4032/IMG_7606.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZtT7wPCTARMSNWowI48Fn1PzllZjkBJrBSiabMxzplBBmzxpJi7taqAdC4BCm0T2S_kLMVQETm1RRZmf0rM0ogbckCqbZd3Z4A8t83lo7e6nkKIBi1i855bxQzNn7Ok09qD1WcebsVmTl_-YxwbNUUjD41JUyJh37S0ipi_cd2JeGs-L8rQ/s320/IMG_7606.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Plane landing at Aspen Airport</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">We stop and say goodbye to Rosie, Austin, Kennedy and Harper – they
are staying in Grand Junction. The ride to 80 is great. Curvy, mountains, no
big switchbacks, no big sheer drops. A coal mine. We have the road to ourselves
pretty much. Towards the end, we ride by a coal mine. And a winery. And
farmland. Then into Montrose to the Hampton Inn (right next to the airport).
Sleep. Sunday is the Million Dollar Highway to Durango!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Just like that!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">This was a 300+ mile ride
day. We don’t do rides this long when we go to TN/NC. There are stretches of 25
mph, but then there are 55+ stretches.<o:p></o:p></span></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-89502728632058888432023-07-12T07:56:00.001-05:002023-07-12T07:56:39.028-05:00Colorado Ride - day 1 - Red Rocks Amphitheatre and Peak to Peak<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">Friday, we meet at Harper’s to
ride with him (he just got a bike this year), while Rosie, Austin and Kennedy
follow behind. The weather is not looking good – talk of hail, tornados, heavy
rain -- but we decide to try it anyway. Our plan is to go to Red Rocks Amphitheatre,
then the Peak to Peak ride to Estes Park, then back.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">Off to Red Rocks Amphitheatre (<a href="https://www.redrocksonline.com/" target="_blank">Red Rocks Online</a> ), taking
105 over to 85 then to 470. 105 is a fun little road, but we do keep seeing big
dark clouds. We stop at a gas station to gas up before heading over to Red
Rocks Amphitheatre. We get there and park – it’s packed with visitors and we
can see that to get to the theatre carved into a red rock mountain, there is a
lot of walking to get there – and it’s uphill. Rosie, Harper and I head up –
Tony, Austin and Kennedy decline the journey. When you get there, a sign tells
you that you’ve burned 40 calories (we think more than 40 and my fitbit is
happy with the steps). It’s pretty cool and they were doing sound checks for
their next concert. The walk down is much easier. I’m not really a
concert/music person, but it would be a great place to see a show (and supposedly
the acoustics are amazing).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcYBiz5iMTIeAqiTUPJzkjE-7-CWONagexpD4_I2KOlAFepo7C_od7DabmxweozgZjR9Hfs9ZMCy5dgQnm7cl5eMxwEc4U0JtGcu5TakylWOR6eNsNFmEQoK1MbD-JbtxAA03t5fHkhh-yY4-GmwG-EbciAtxs9GyHGJBBbP2w_KYruIm1w/s4032/IMG_7468.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJcYBiz5iMTIeAqiTUPJzkjE-7-CWONagexpD4_I2KOlAFepo7C_od7DabmxweozgZjR9Hfs9ZMCy5dgQnm7cl5eMxwEc4U0JtGcu5TakylWOR6eNsNFmEQoK1MbD-JbtxAA03t5fHkhh-yY4-GmwG-EbciAtxs9GyHGJBBbP2w_KYruIm1w/s320/IMG_7468.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dark skies on 105</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">Then, off we head to Peak to Peak
and Estes Park. First going through this "tunnel ride" that was beautiful (right out of Golden where we stayed in 2006).</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan_bzgnZt69FEOfDdkEbF54V-0sY9KbkuwHbJUNug4TH8Wzg30FuW74FadAvQ28OJAdu-NS8BUcQ9LwJYa6X9OfxmgFW8hSZVTQ1kRCirQmRP4WpEjUJzKwVOmPBLW47leHXloyoPkqd7Lo2y3nJMaqpbwmyw5dpCIscGYuC8W-EAYQ0ksg/s4032/IMG_7489.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjan_bzgnZt69FEOfDdkEbF54V-0sY9KbkuwHbJUNug4TH8Wzg30FuW74FadAvQ28OJAdu-NS8BUcQ9LwJYa6X9OfxmgFW8hSZVTQ1kRCirQmRP4WpEjUJzKwVOmPBLW47leHXloyoPkqd7Lo2y3nJMaqpbwmyw5dpCIscGYuC8W-EAYQ0ksg/s320/IMG_7489.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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a mile down the road, it starts raining – and we see lightning and thunder. We
turn around and head back to Nederland. We’re not going to make it to Estes
Park. Tony and I think that we’ve done Peak to Peak (this is before we really
knew about taking particular rides – and had Butler Maps and maps other than an
atlas).</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
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Wagon Restaurant (<a href="https://www.coveredwagonrestaurant.com/" target="_blank">Covered Wagon Restaurant</a>). I had their “famous French Onion soup” (wasn’t so famous –
basically not even a bowl, topped with a slice of cheese and a slice of white
bread that was</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">
kinda toasted”) and Tony had two kinds of chili (green chicken and Texas red)
that was pretty good (and spicy). I also get to meet Okie (sp) an chocolate
English lab puppy that a local brought in to the bar. She’s so cute (and I
needed a puppy fix). I also had a Bloody Mary, but it was so heat hot that I
couldn’t drink the hole thing (and I like heat hot).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">Then back to Colorado Springs
(passing by the Wondervue Café that Tony and I had breakfast back in 2006). We
get on Interstate 25 – and about a mile from the hotel exit (151), it starts
raining. And the traffic is stacked up. And, there aren’t access roads on the
interstates in Colorado to bail on. And, we don’t really know the roads around
here! You can tell it had been pouring. The news said it was about four inches
of rain, plus hail. We got lucky. We still did about 230 miles on Friday. </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><i>Note: I am not a photographer. And, most of the photos are taken while on the back of the bike, while moving. </i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><o:p></o:p></p>
<br />
<br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-43935608080676279012023-07-07T11:14:00.003-05:002023-07-07T11:14:43.786-05:00Colorado Roadtrip - on the road from Dallas<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">I haven’t even done our Memorial
Day trip to TN/NC blog posts, and here I am posting our impromptu trip to
Colorado Blog over the fourth of July weekend. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">On Thursday morning, with the
trailer already hooked up and Blackie on, we say goodbye to Abby and McGee
(McGee is our new rescue goober dog) and headed up to Colorado Springs. 732
miles and we’re doing it in a day so we can get our rides in. The ride takes
over 400+ miles to get out of Texas! We stop in Dumas (home of the Ding Dong
Daddy – had to look that up: <a href="https://www.dumaschamber.com/index.php/community/moore-county-history-demographics/legend-of-the-ding-dong-daddy" target="_blank">Dumas Chamber</a>
-- there’s a song, “I’m a ding dong daddy from Dumas”: <a href="https://www.dumaschamber.com/s5_mp3/ding-dong-daddy.mp3" target="_blank">Ding Dong Daddy from Dumas</a>
) for gas and lunch at 287 Roadhouse (<a href="https://www.287roadhouse.com/" target="_blank">287 Roadhouse</a>
yes, we were on 287). Saw plenty of wind farms on the way (many under
construction) and even a pile up on the interstate when a semi had a bit of
trouble getting onto the highway carrying a wind blade. For perspective, wind
blades can be the length of the Eifel Tower (I have a client who manufactures
wind blades).<o:p></o:p></p>
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part, we lost one of the fenders on the trailer (the roads suck), saw signs to
a volcano (<b><span style="background: white; color: #202122; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 107%;">Capulin Volcano National Monument)</span></b>,
went through a “safety corridor” where you have to turn your lights on, had a
brief storm, and a lot of wind.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><a href="https://www.nps.gov/cavo/index.htm" target="_blank">NPS - Capulin Volcano National Park (Cavo)</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capulin_Volcano_National_Monument" target="_blank">Wikepedia - Capulin Volcano National Monument</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><o:p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRhBTTVJpnmFtkyHkPhz9Mf1Xs4qnWUDupstEma_CQNnIMtW9NxavXVnJRqIoaE0GUWtaXc0IULutwYsywuJybrikCcN4TBd8sOg4Cm7src6jHi2KMvFm-Eiu2KXDL9v-PX2rG1ERhVQBkDc8NqkBSUY3pGyIWREZFlWmA38ijVG1R_bypQ/s4032/IMG_7452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRhBTTVJpnmFtkyHkPhz9Mf1Xs4qnWUDupstEma_CQNnIMtW9NxavXVnJRqIoaE0GUWtaXc0IULutwYsywuJybrikCcN4TBd8sOg4Cm7src6jHi2KMvFm-Eiu2KXDL9v-PX2rG1ERhVQBkDc8NqkBSUY3pGyIWREZFlWmA38ijVG1R_bypQ/s320/IMG_7452.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finally out of Texas and into New Mexico!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuV1xnP6GyXOTu5waUY_eOvJXV3NoWUVG2wPEaCLdTYQ89mSwF-da6cO-go4NvE3nqYL0eBfV2MSy7dBRqMCS9Bg8y-oC3uVmV_W-GqvqXAOKh22OpN3sU-sFOvKEohS9kZ87Pi7Zt-OYTsgNnQw7fwBP40BAN10O7akBauqDsWtAfQYBltw/s4032/IMG_7458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuV1xnP6GyXOTu5waUY_eOvJXV3NoWUVG2wPEaCLdTYQ89mSwF-da6cO-go4NvE3nqYL0eBfV2MSy7dBRqMCS9Bg8y-oC3uVmV_W-GqvqXAOKh22OpN3sU-sFOvKEohS9kZ87Pi7Zt-OYTsgNnQw7fwBP40BAN10O7akBauqDsWtAfQYBltw/s320/IMG_7458.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Out of New Mexico and into Colorado!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjLwCR76M9q2V4ch5reMvJQXcZK49_YvpgZUIpkVZUpLUvMPfnnnvxvoAdryopMURksVlftYrRmRWeSRKGCPgas6csuWGPsOLq9DCg-tnLCz0oWWJ-PT7GEho0NUvhCyx-_wG4KTq1WzTsedfRCL2SDw0wbY2wg2XBk8Ox9who_HqhwI6qw/s4032/IMG_7454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPjLwCR76M9q2V4ch5reMvJQXcZK49_YvpgZUIpkVZUpLUvMPfnnnvxvoAdryopMURksVlftYrRmRWeSRKGCPgas6csuWGPsOLq9DCg-tnLCz0oWWJ-PT7GEho0NUvhCyx-_wG4KTq1WzTsedfRCL2SDw0wbY2wg2XBk8Ox9who_HqhwI6qw/s320/IMG_7454.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">Then into Colorado. The road sucks
on Interstate 25, with most of the Raton Pass under construction (but it’d be
nice if completed). Stop in Pueblo, Colorado, at Outpost Harley Davidson (<a href="https://www.outposthd.com/" target="_blank">Outpost Harley Davidson</a>) but only
bought a poker chip because I didn’t like any of the women’s shirts (most of
them don’t do a good job on location branding) and Tony thought their shirts ($60+)
were overpriced.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;">Then to the Hilton Garden Inn in
Colorado Springs (right near the Air Force Academy north entrance – I tried to
take a picture on the bike of their awesome stadium in the mountain, but epic
fail since a bit too far away -- and the images on a google search aren’t great
either) to check in. I stay at the hotel while Tony heads to Harper’s to unload
the bike an put in his garage (supposed to storm – they just got hit with
floods and hail in Denver that day), undo the trailer and head back for the
night. <o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><i>Disclosure: I am not a professional photographer. My photos are impromptu, unstaged and taken while in a moving vehicle, or on a moving bike.</i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="tab-stops: 180.75pt;"><br /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-80645362919775732332022-10-19T12:45:00.002-05:002022-10-19T12:45:38.732-05:00 Back to Franklin, Tennessee, and Roadtrip home to Dallas, Texas<p><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Wednesday morning, we get up, clean up the Music House
(not much to do), load up, and head back to Franklin, Tennessee, to get Blackie
and drop off the Uhaul. It’s about 110 miles to Franklin. Passed an Amish area
with lots of Amish on buggies – maybe heading to work? They do clog up the
highway.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Get to Uhaul and turn it in and load up Blackie. Before we
head home, we stop at Moonshine Harley and get a couple of poker chips – we
weren’t planning on this because I didn’t want any memories of our Sunday. But,
decided that we may never make it back there and we needed the chips.<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4ycjFNAC8Q5kyOwUInpXjEU_w0mWnI8pIEnjrdFkwi9Nu8qec9BZ3VvKEIrN7buGcBas64RkVlCEfjR6RKvTjFanWMReSaYMus_r7gcUQvDjIPBdHGrKLRw_AbJSafasZbLxYjOPaxLMK_MvhAcJtrUKYBG-3oV_SRMFTZ6XHw3nI5A/s4032/IMG_6665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4ycjFNAC8Q5kyOwUInpXjEU_w0mWnI8pIEnjrdFkwi9Nu8qec9BZ3VvKEIrN7buGcBas64RkVlCEfjR6RKvTjFanWMReSaYMus_r7gcUQvDjIPBdHGrKLRw_AbJSafasZbLxYjOPaxLMK_MvhAcJtrUKYBG-3oV_SRMFTZ6XHw3nI5A/s320/IMG_6665.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loading up Blackie</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Our route back to Dallas is going 40 to 30, through Memphis
and Little Rock. It’s the most direct since Franklin is just south of Nashville
– and we’re done with the Trace! OMG the semi traffic on 40 – and on 30 – is
just amazing. I don’t drive for this route because it’s so crazy. And it’s more
hilly between Nashville and Memphis than you may think. We look at lunch in
Jackson – BTW, the Jammin Jackson 97.7 music station we found was great,
playing old rap and RnB. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We’re going to be old and go to Cracker Barrel for an early
supper. But we look to our right and there are storms brewing – look at our weather
app and BIG STORMS BREWING and decided to keep driving to go through the
storms. We do finally stop at a Cracker Barrel right before Memphis for a
break.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVll4sdb1jjqyL9J5__Z5yHn-zRkHSje-xY9zLrgS0sLW8lTHkJS7Pnbzj3buJbI-xfzmK5wQmtD8pl3uQvcFW2HPb-BhhIbnsg5Z6IoCweEg1BJVSBEIqmbRqZr3gDIe37TfF7tnTGDEBjTbKuPn0gkIx6NQeEmdxhCaqxkGug4Z9bss/s4032/IMG_6667.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVll4sdb1jjqyL9J5__Z5yHn-zRkHSje-xY9zLrgS0sLW8lTHkJS7Pnbzj3buJbI-xfzmK5wQmtD8pl3uQvcFW2HPb-BhhIbnsg5Z6IoCweEg1BJVSBEIqmbRqZr3gDIe37TfF7tnTGDEBjTbKuPn0gkIx6NQeEmdxhCaqxkGug4Z9bss/s320/IMG_6667.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVyQygPYRESGO4ygdeabAWoGTjf7F5jp71lG13xZmNuUbdgAEQcuUmNwdYiNaookZj13oXd81gNN-4y34wVGXm623EohcOl2-IiIDBCVCfiQrmE4lShawW1MYy6kabZ1tlsH2pvgnTGeMpqctM42xNuAVPWZCt4rxbFq4bUlWWNCCGjI/s4032/IMG_6668.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVyQygPYRESGO4ygdeabAWoGTjf7F5jp71lG13xZmNuUbdgAEQcuUmNwdYiNaookZj13oXd81gNN-4y34wVGXm623EohcOl2-IiIDBCVCfiQrmE4lShawW1MYy6kabZ1tlsH2pvgnTGeMpqctM42xNuAVPWZCt4rxbFq4bUlWWNCCGjI/s320/IMG_6668.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDy3cPaiomSwDyBBZFnNfcksg6tHt4DpGsMOJahEwsl2LLlQvBshZ08VPRW6W3bsiog2iB3OovDh5WItKvhO-c1Ew9vHUJ31vhdqWgxAAGCHveAX9qkChtwoSGKcC-SGb6Eb-motVAE_2c3aJKlGfMbtuqwXSj8ZViTpXnim--lmi8wA/s4032/IMG_6671.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvDy3cPaiomSwDyBBZFnNfcksg6tHt4DpGsMOJahEwsl2LLlQvBshZ08VPRW6W3bsiog2iB3OovDh5WItKvhO-c1Ew9vHUJ31vhdqWgxAAGCHveAX9qkChtwoSGKcC-SGb6Eb-motVAE_2c3aJKlGfMbtuqwXSj8ZViTpXnim--lmi8wA/s320/IMG_6671.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWiTPm_Pn7TKk2xXIMJRNfQSH4CEeI7LIbZWZ_w56rjUL_h_1wLkEQzdTu9O1EQjR_xS_ajEFuSZYMjDTRYuPjmIiOAv-AX2r0duoHEc2a7IFFJdxF9Px6hHZowkNce4aVuJa0lUrF5qXo8GFGOREj9aEPwG541knUzDXuRHBmpk2_f0/s4032/IMG_6673.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguWiTPm_Pn7TKk2xXIMJRNfQSH4CEeI7LIbZWZ_w56rjUL_h_1wLkEQzdTu9O1EQjR_xS_ajEFuSZYMjDTRYuPjmIiOAv-AX2r0duoHEc2a7IFFJdxF9Px6hHZowkNce4aVuJa0lUrF5qXo8GFGOREj9aEPwG541knUzDXuRHBmpk2_f0/s320/IMG_6673.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then back on the road across the Big Muddy over to Little
Rock, picking up new storms along the way. Getting through Little Rock and up
to Texarkana some of the storms are awful. And it’s getting dark and hard to
see. The lightning show was powerful and electric – like fireworks. We stop at
the Loves station we always seem to stop at when we do the “Northern roadtrip
to Tennessee.” We’re finally in Texas but still have 100+ miles to home.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Like Tuesday, we pull home about 11:30 pm. So happy to see
Abby and be home. Now we have to figure out how to get Blackie back on the road
again. A good trip, but …<o:p></o:p></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-32940149091701084922022-10-19T12:43:00.001-05:002022-10-19T12:43:14.763-05:00 Trip to Alexandria, Louisiana, and back to Muscle Shoals: roadtrip<p><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We didn’t leave until closer to 4:30 am on Tuesday morning.
Off we headed to Alexandria, Louisiana. Tony drives the first couple of hours
until we got on the Trace. It was dark, and there were quite a few deer out to
be mindful of. When we got on the Trace, I took the turn. Again, we had the
road to ourselves and it’s really a pretty easy drive. Just set it on cruise
control and away we go. </p><p class="MsoNormal">The Uhaul GPS google woman got made at me because she
wanted me to get off the Trace and get on the Interstate. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmnR9VQjGPfNVPJbxyqh7JyXDxMhr5uyFU8C6-bPno_Wh0gYoPo_-uVIyuUq1BYeTA3gsUEVr7fx2x1hMVdrfQZ2SiFIjEP1uMlNASXwBWRkyrLNMAbOW0Vf1vCoypxYllJ9_UrO3x1H7173omPncxeb1reKuRL2PSRcYnTmdC-0TLps/s4032/IMG_6659.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirmnR9VQjGPfNVPJbxyqh7JyXDxMhr5uyFU8C6-bPno_Wh0gYoPo_-uVIyuUq1BYeTA3gsUEVr7fx2x1hMVdrfQZ2SiFIjEP1uMlNASXwBWRkyrLNMAbOW0Vf1vCoypxYllJ9_UrO3x1H7173omPncxeb1reKuRL2PSRcYnTmdC-0TLps/s320/IMG_6659.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fancy Uhaul dashboard.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">I refused, wanting to
keep driving on the relaxing Trace, despite not making as good of time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It’s time for lunch in Tupelo, and since the
Bellmont Shake Shop (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebellemontshakeshop/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/thebellemontshakeshop/</a>
) isn’t that out of the way, we head there for lunch. Bacon Cheeseburgers and
Fries again. We met an interesting guy waiting for his fish (says it’s the best
he’s found in the area). He is asking everyone if they are Cowboys fans who
comes up. Tony starts talking to him. Find out that he’s from Vegas, but moved
recently to Natchez (big difference). Writing two books and a movie script.
Think he’s teaching at a school in town (but not Alcorn because he didn’t know
Alcorn was nearby). He’s a question guy and starts asking if we have kids. If
we would think about adopting. If…. Interesting guy.<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUI1WSJ6z9pXVNtOuZYxQCP9iVFII3-n5GTm4Tz3D7bbUvKqdvDwwn6grucUsc0TxYJ4wUYzwxVFVsmu1Z1etBtthg7dzWigP7Pm8w1OS708mH7bFaSXzxZ8PjI-MW96qN5E5UPBuQBwushegSQ9l8qJJ1-_XJmfSDw428KUjYmXnPky8/s4032/IMG_9528.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUI1WSJ6z9pXVNtOuZYxQCP9iVFII3-n5GTm4Tz3D7bbUvKqdvDwwn6grucUsc0TxYJ4wUYzwxVFVsmu1Z1etBtthg7dzWigP7Pm8w1OS708mH7bFaSXzxZ8PjI-MW96qN5E5UPBuQBwushegSQ9l8qJJ1-_XJmfSDw428KUjYmXnPky8/s320/IMG_9528.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Back to the Bellmont Shake Shop!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We get to Alexandria around 1:30 pm, get the truck and
trailer out of Taboo, and off we go again. Back to Tupelo and back on the
Trace. Tony wanted to take the other route, but deferred to my wanting to take
the Trace. Off we go, with me following Tony and the trailer. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We make pretty good time heading back. But, it’s been a long
day. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIA_nHcLc5P1uLAT-ACMBQHCllf0dsAJStcqieJy4wpqO_pfb-xTrhZCZ8o1aIpjy9kwQg2UswgIGEjARYyrOnYC356gclVS6ZFAmkgZfu6fUZQCAdBnCY0fOhMf72y25aYslPKDPjQrmYKxvc9myeJk2M-IKYb7Kmtig54eTJwGhyt4/s4032/68719143709__B58C4D46-5AF7-4895-A996-818C339CBF4F.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTIA_nHcLc5P1uLAT-ACMBQHCllf0dsAJStcqieJy4wpqO_pfb-xTrhZCZ8o1aIpjy9kwQg2UswgIGEjARYyrOnYC356gclVS6ZFAmkgZfu6fUZQCAdBnCY0fOhMf72y25aYslPKDPjQrmYKxvc9myeJk2M-IKYb7Kmtig54eTJwGhyt4/s320/68719143709__B58C4D46-5AF7-4895-A996-818C339CBF4F.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I know I drive close and upright, but well...</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNU4l4NqVGASvge1ln6-b92Rf_8AOshIjUn0OxgoGZeDZ25YNt1da_Rb880JXIZbUOyu6b4ITmo4LZpb_SDbCd71r97LidM0YqXQbgk9s317NyOJDQe3RtPE12s2FicrfHxrNBiKnW1YNltW5J5OeqRkVZH0KSjj5KwlpZbz5--22cik4/s4032/68720875094__A43D84C7-F01C-43E0-A574-CBA5AAED8169.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNU4l4NqVGASvge1ln6-b92Rf_8AOshIjUn0OxgoGZeDZ25YNt1da_Rb880JXIZbUOyu6b4ITmo4LZpb_SDbCd71r97LidM0YqXQbgk9s317NyOJDQe3RtPE12s2FicrfHxrNBiKnW1YNltW5J5OeqRkVZH0KSjj5KwlpZbz5--22cik4/s320/68720875094__A43D84C7-F01C-43E0-A574-CBA5AAED8169.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Getting truck and trailer from Taboo.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGimU5iGH_qLgbav2W9ybBsg46XHzeg-3e3Fr9MvPpo8JBy5XFmb1X71vb4idlM0dO5pSJEkOb9BV833y3AaMRUt-gEqmt4hE7HZMwt-KQARXrkr8wM1OGjghAPbtSQbikmY71Mj_ohWgl6_yZS3E071BRuVcNH7yIxU43WevvNIxrzcs/s4032/IMG_6663.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGimU5iGH_qLgbav2W9ybBsg46XHzeg-3e3Fr9MvPpo8JBy5XFmb1X71vb4idlM0dO5pSJEkOb9BV833y3AaMRUt-gEqmt4hE7HZMwt-KQARXrkr8wM1OGjghAPbtSQbikmY71Mj_ohWgl6_yZS3E071BRuVcNH7yIxU43WevvNIxrzcs/s320/IMG_6663.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Me following Tony up the Trace.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoO_JOxQ_1TkKKSLZJKXG-CMFRwv19mca1F3z-wPC-2HMpEGpT8T_fkYk142ceq1idv5hC9ODRMD5pP9qWz_6IV2Okz0z6o9SOYCh2wpfpvtzNzmuhYn4I1lBJNarlJ9RdRvDtx8Z184A9Lb_z2Qnhz5BsPm7iwl12tokfDPhlOdBEi8/s2778/IMG_9594.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2778" data-original-width="1284" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeoO_JOxQ_1TkKKSLZJKXG-CMFRwv19mca1F3z-wPC-2HMpEGpT8T_fkYk142ceq1idv5hC9ODRMD5pP9qWz_6IV2Okz0z6o9SOYCh2wpfpvtzNzmuhYn4I1lBJNarlJ9RdRvDtx8Z184A9Lb_z2Qnhz5BsPm7iwl12tokfDPhlOdBEi8/s320/IMG_9594.PNG" width="148" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Making a stop on the Trace.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">And then when it gets dark, the Trace is pretty spooky with the close
trees. And the deer come out, so we have to concentrate pretty hard. I do not
really recommend the Trace after dark. It also was hard to find the pull ins
when we wanted to stop. We kept missing them. I mentioned Jeff Busby for a stop
(but when we stopped this time, the bathrooms were closed – I have a strong
bladder and said I could wait). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Aside: who is this Jeff Busby? The short answer: <span style="background: burlywood; color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">U.S. Congressman Thomas Jefferson Busby who
in 1934 introduced a bill authorizing a survey of the Old Natchez Trace</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The long story can be found here:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-mississippi/french-camp-ms/158-jeff-busby-park.html" target="_blank">https://www.natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-mississippi/french-camp-ms/158-jeff-busby-park.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And it’s past my bedtime. I am enjoying using the Uhaul
phone hook up and can text while driving to Tony. We’re “high tech” now! The
last hour of the trip was brutal on the way to the Music House. But, we pulled
in around midnight and immediately went to sleep.<o:p></o:p></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-47950488737610149972022-10-19T12:37:00.001-05:002022-10-19T12:37:13.032-05:00Day in the Shoals <p>On Monday, we pretty much have a free day in order to save
on another hotel room. My ride plans nixed, it’s time to look at the sites to
drive to in the Shoals. But, it’s Monday and a holiday and most are closed
(most are closed on Mondays regardless of the holiday). The Rattlesnake Saloon
is only open Thursday-Sunday. Music Studio closed on Mondays. Alabama Music
Hall of Fame closed on Mondays. FAME is open so there we go. And, the Coon Dog
Cemetery (in Cherokee) is open from dusk til dawn. I quickly also check food
options for an early lunch. Then off we go in the Uhaul (only seats two) with
Al and Eileen on the Trike behind us. FAME’s website is a bit confusing and we
find out that they only do tours at 900 am and 330 pm. Al and Tony did purchase
patches and stickers in the little gift shop.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1IBHeak64_F4XFPr345NzFdvV5ff4_juMOm2B6oYumCoEz0y0KSBRTQKedDmvuqn_EZYA677YRsm8JL_B9UtDVflQC-5l3u_Ae5m9_GhOL1Qf_NrRcCiPFtIV5-R2j6cjfFUQydKLKxGlMxsIF61SumId7OJhyKeOVql-iLKcRnSNHew/s4032/IMG_6622.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1IBHeak64_F4XFPr345NzFdvV5ff4_juMOm2B6oYumCoEz0y0KSBRTQKedDmvuqn_EZYA677YRsm8JL_B9UtDVflQC-5l3u_Ae5m9_GhOL1Qf_NrRcCiPFtIV5-R2j6cjfFUQydKLKxGlMxsIF61SumId7OJhyKeOVql-iLKcRnSNHew/s320/IMG_6622.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pickup is a good place for coffee in the morning.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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<p class="MsoNormal">Then for an early lunch at Lawlers for BBQ (<a href="https://www.lawlersbarbecue.com/muscle-shoals">https://www.lawlersbarbecue.com/muscle-shoals</a>
). Pretty good. Their ribs were tender. Their sides weren’t great. But their
TripAdvisor reviews were better than some of the other places. And they were
open on the holiday.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And off to Natchez Trace Harley Davidson (on 72) -- <a href="https://www.natcheztraceharley.com/">https://www.natcheztraceharley.com/</a>
-- before a drive over to the Coon Dog Cemetery. Poker chips and a tshirt for
Tony (cool one with the map of the trace). I didn’t see anything I liked and
don’t just buy something. I’ve found out that I just won’t wear something I don’t
like.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And then off to the Coon Dog Cemetery (<a href="https://coondogcemetery.com/">https://coondogcemetery.com/</a>).
Basically take 247 12 miles and take a right. And then go about 5 miles to the
cemetery. We passed the road on 247 the first time because it didn’t say Coon
Dog Cemetery – something about wildlife. On the way back the sign does say Coon
Dog Cemetery (and we become really familiar with 247 on Tuesday since it’s the
route we took to get back to the Trace). The road to the cemetery is not great,
but not the worst.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This place is awesome. Started in 1937 when Troop was buried
in an area he liked to hunt. <span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;">"</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">When I buried Troop, I had no intention of establishing a
coon dog cemetery</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">," says Underwood. "</span><i style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">I merely wanted to do something special for a special coon dog</i><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: start; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">."</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;">It’s the only cemetery of its kind. Only coon dogs – a lot of
them highly prized dogs from the readings on their headstones. Some as simple
as having their dog’s collar as the headstone. You can call to ask about
burying your coon dog there. Reminds me of our little burial plot for Katdog in
our flowerbed, with her collar draped on the gate. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Tahoma",sans-serif;">And lots of coins on the headstones. We added some to our
favorite ones. I had to leave a dime on Hank’s grave. Why coins on headstones,
you might ask: </span><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;">a coin left on a headstone is a</span> symbol
of remembrance and respect<span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; float: none; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; orphans: 2; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;">. A way of telling all who pass by that the person
(or dog) buried there was loved and remembered.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: black; font-family: "Helvetica",sans-serif;">After leaving the Coon Dog Cemetery, we head to Publix and
get hotdogs (Nathan’s of course) and buns and chips. We’re going to do a little
cookout at the house and have a fire in the bit. Need to get to bed early for
an early start in the morning.</span><o:p></o:p></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-83636162446231251142022-10-19T09:35:00.005-05:002022-10-19T09:35:54.246-05:00 Diagnosing Blackie and Change in Plans<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"><i>Note: this is not a "live" blog -- we have been back from our adventure. </i></span></p><p><br /></p><p>On Sunday, we get up and I find a Harley dealership in
Franklin, Tennessee, that opens at 11 am, including the service department. We
decide to load up and head over there and wait and see what happens. Blackie
doesn’t sound good, but we make it the 8 miles to Moonshine Harley Davidson (<a href="https://www.moonshineharley.com/" target="_blank">https://www.moonshineharley.com/</a> )
and sit at the picnic tables until they open. They actually came and got us
before 11 am. They’re going to check and let us know, but only have one service
tech on Sunday.<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ezjuSzvSNnds8vyC-KXjE6dB2O-CwLeDbC27KuT5pq9i47ptsJ42QbSDgkHr0FI0wwmIEOFcy-VH8F9jvFVLXYTrSrYRk4Kyuc0WzFA2s-Y_ghFcxGiUrqXazilihdo01cY/s4032/IMG_6609.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0ezjuSzvSNnds8vyC-KXjE6dB2O-CwLeDbC27KuT5pq9i47ptsJ42QbSDgkHr0FI0wwmIEOFcy-VH8F9jvFVLXYTrSrYRk4Kyuc0WzFA2s-Y_ghFcxGiUrqXazilihdo01cY/s320/IMG_6609.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moonshine Harley Davidson</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And then the news: cam thingy-s. <u>DON’T RIDE</u> anymore. But,
they don’t charge us an hour of labor to tell us this. We have options, sort
of. But, we’re finding out that Monday is Columbus Day. And today is Sunday and
lots of options seem closed.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Option: get a hotel and stay in Franklin and get Blackie
fixed. Cons: they couldn’t even order parts until Tuesday. And, they could need
weeks to get to Blackie. Not an option.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Option: ship truck/trailer keys to someone. Have someone get
to Alexandria, Louisiana and get the truck and trailer to Franklin. And then
head home. But, cons: when can the keys get somewhere? What if the keys get
lost in FedEx? When could someone get to us? And then out how ever many days at
a hotel (while paying for our Vrbo in Muscle Shoals). There are a number of
hotel options right next to Moonshine.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Option: rent a one-way truck and trailer back to Alexandria,
Louisiana, unload and head home. Cons: we cannot find a one-way truck and
trailer – we found a one-way box truck, but no way to secure Blackie. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Option: cross our fingers and ride to Muscle Shoals and try
and figure it out from there. Cons: don’t know if Blackie will make it 110
miles. Don’t know if we’d be able to figure it out from there (and Muscle
Shoals is a small town and we could get stuck there). This doesn’t seem like a
wise option.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Option: rent a car and drive to Alexandria, Louisiana, and
get the truck and trailer and come back to Franklin. Con: THERE ARE NO RENTAL
CARS AVAILABLE AND NO IDEA ON WHEN THERE WILL BE ONE AVAILABLE. Love supply
chain issues post-Covid.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Option: this one comes to us when we went over to the Uhaul
down the street (that opened at noon on Sunday!) Rent a Uhaul truck and drive
it to Alexandria, Louisiana, and then back to Franklin, get Blackie and head
home. We discover that it’s near impossible to rent one-way Uhauls. We did meet
a nice Golden Retriever, Mr. Lincoln, when we were there. And the Uhaul people
were nice. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">This is what we go with and I rent a Uhaul truck (actually
not bad since it had GPS and only 5000 miles on it). And then head to Muscle
Shoals to meet up with Al and Eileen and stay at the Music House.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sunday late afternoon, we get to the Music House. Al and
Eileen are at the house, outside. Alice, the resident cat, comes to greet us. The
house is right on the Tennessee River and looks like the pictures! We find out that our host, Clay Mize, is an
author (and a cousin of Ty Cobb). We did think that the house would have more
music stuff – Bob Dylan and a number of others have stayed in this house – but
who knows who slept in the rooms we are staying in? That would be cool to know.<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCln8ISsoqxabjBmU2f1NloxiyfJZ2oJpkGQZVZRqpZS5n4rpwrnv646RPsKFfpdUP3pmlh03_itp8AXT0H1OZoqHbW_WxXMDosOx4dYN3FwSksMC_-85svSXvCRX0rmwiaBxcPZIF4mBH13s8Zpka-k5NdR6GXnfLG0SvF7gnSVIZR6w/s4032/68709975893__777A7F75-4DF7-4178-B1F3-987770230F6D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCln8ISsoqxabjBmU2f1NloxiyfJZ2oJpkGQZVZRqpZS5n4rpwrnv646RPsKFfpdUP3pmlh03_itp8AXT0H1OZoqHbW_WxXMDosOx4dYN3FwSksMC_-85svSXvCRX0rmwiaBxcPZIF4mBH13s8Zpka-k5NdR6GXnfLG0SvF7gnSVIZR6w/s320/68709975893__777A7F75-4DF7-4178-B1F3-987770230F6D.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from the Music House</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal">We get a drink and unload. And then head to Champy’s Chicken
(<a href="https://champyschicken.com/">https://champyschicken.com/</a> ) for
dinner. OK, Champy’s is technically a chain since it has multiple locations.
But it’s still pretty local with only a few locations. And Todd told me it’s
the best. It was damn good! And the mashed potatoes and gravy were pretty
rockin’ as well. And we had a great waitress.<o:p></o:p></p>
<span style="font-family: "Calibri",sans-serif; font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">Our plan is to stay at the house on Sunday and
Monday, leave maybe around 3 am on Tuesday morning to get to Taboo, then drive
back to Muscle Shoals, spend the night and then get up Wednesday morning and
head to Franklin to drop off Uhaul and then head back. When looking up options,
we found out that Taboo was closed on Monday – and with our truck and trailer
locked up out back, we wouldn’t be able to retrieve them until Tuesday.</span>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-50125878286330883242022-10-19T09:30:00.001-05:002022-10-19T09:30:13.994-05:00Day Two of the Natchez Trace<p> <i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;">Note: this is not a "live" blog -- we have been back from our adventure. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Lora, serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span></i></p><p>In the morning, we check out and load up the bike. The
cheerleading team from Arkansas was staying at our hotel since the played
Mississippi on Saturday. Go to Hardies for breakfast, gas up, and then back on
the Trace we go to Franklin, Tennessee. We try to do non-chain restaurants on
our rides, but Hardies was the most convenient (and open). Lots of Arkansas
fans were staying the night in Tupelo before the game (sadly they got trounced
by Mississippi).</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgLUeEw7pIw5iTNkwSs_rUkGq5MgHHJSX_uLHZd_brY40GPHoQ3JgO-ua_lZcmjlXZ_N_Di_S21N8nHX7p6E9wS7VJ1rtyNVNvFPqI2_m-l7gE5wuvaydzMHflUxhGORdsxEvaD3gNAUOYw7iZVZlneTM2zEXY1tVQs1bWpqtjrHLedQ/s4032/IMG_6585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbgLUeEw7pIw5iTNkwSs_rUkGq5MgHHJSX_uLHZd_brY40GPHoQ3JgO-ua_lZcmjlXZ_N_Di_S21N8nHX7p6E9wS7VJ1rtyNVNvFPqI2_m-l7gE5wuvaydzMHflUxhGORdsxEvaD3gNAUOYw7iZVZlneTM2zEXY1tVQs1bWpqtjrHLedQ/s320/IMG_6585.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Arkansas Cheer Team staying at our hotel.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<p class="MsoNormal">The detour off the Trace: yes, well marked. A little bit of
lots of turns and county roads. And more turns. When we get on 72, it’s a
highway. But, stop and gas up in Cherokee, before jogging back over to the
Trace. We get on the Trace pretty much right at the Tennessee River crossing. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">You’re probably wondering – we just seem to be riding, not
stopping and inhaling history. Pretty much. But once we got into Tennessee, you
could see the leaves changing color – nice. It was a bit chilly, but I wasn’t
inclined to put my chaps on. It’s hard to get on and off the bike in chaps. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We took one stop at the Sunken Trace and actually walked it.
Some bikers (with electric assist) showed us a part of the old Trace that was
really sunken. I guess if we do this again, now that we understand the Trace,
we could plan our stops better.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-n1DlyD8X24JeI0kMkGYBNLTK_PS_CFRsG1AohqC75onL8Z3UzuCZtegq6G4leXG7QQsa-e43bMFYopXUcNMxjRk6njue-UlRyd7FlaFQBMLXFRO1DK1VvOGqCZjKsjjF76ZivcNNUNFU9M4wZ6QsloGUOYB1ip1MuKIw33o9PXvZ9TQ/s4032/IMG_6597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-n1DlyD8X24JeI0kMkGYBNLTK_PS_CFRsG1AohqC75onL8Z3UzuCZtegq6G4leXG7QQsa-e43bMFYopXUcNMxjRk6njue-UlRyd7FlaFQBMLXFRO1DK1VvOGqCZjKsjjF76ZivcNNUNFU9M4wZ6QsloGUOYB1ip1MuKIw33o9PXvZ9TQ/s320/IMG_6597.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMuhj5j6x4SVhQEstBLvhMid4TofOPhXHFBmScDT3jok7hvQ0Zb1_sP81hI7b1GlyHQKfvL2IECSSSYwiebk49o3l4uwWjtzs_cPvvAR1EzONfIZ5XQ1i0GmJqY0EWFIna56Pew2hPJQT7yXw9Fu2ryI-_6i6EzsT7pgMHBjCuK5DKeWA/s4032/IMG_6598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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<p class="MsoNormal">The terrain in Tennessee was also a lot windier and hillier.
And LOTS AND LOTS of armadillos. I think I even saw a “herd” of armadillos in a
field (I just googled this and it’s either a group or a roll of armadillos –
see, you learned something). And more and more bikers – on the Natchez Trace,
bike bikers can take the whole lane, and you just need to pass them when you
can. Towards the end of the Trace, there were a lot more bike bikers (kudos to
them). We stopped at Meriwether Lewis burial site. It was cool (and had a
bathroom). We ran into a guy from nearby who wanted to talk – he mentioned
Muscle Shoals having a Harley Dealership with a cool shirt. And to stop at the
end of the Trace at Loveless Motel for biscuits. By this time, Blackie isn’t sounding
good. But, we’re not going fast and not much we can do.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We end the Trace and head to Loveless – it’s turned into a
little “amusement park” eatery. Lots of people. And a 55+ minute wait. We
decline and Tony gets a “non-Loveless, gas station biscuit.” </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQpmrEIWkHQiyZzwjAl8u57mVzuKRrYGKf92AcjnqIFpJiHmV22o8AlaN3TrDGTq_EqpT1ONpAlrKhZO47-kqTUNRC2kMWIuvcEC2AQJoYVkiSPjpSC0fkicvZFAOfKbQKtNVye23i1zGaeQZBzTolDXmT176-4HS2jixf3HoACP6xh0/s4032/IMG_6607.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJQpmrEIWkHQiyZzwjAl8u57mVzuKRrYGKf92AcjnqIFpJiHmV22o8AlaN3TrDGTq_EqpT1ONpAlrKhZO47-kqTUNRC2kMWIuvcEC2AQJoYVkiSPjpSC0fkicvZFAOfKbQKtNVye23i1zGaeQZBzTolDXmT176-4HS2jixf3HoACP6xh0/s320/IMG_6607.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loveless Motel</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-U0LSzBY5pRe1_Ys64SYkg728titdvenqTAOQjx6S_h7dISwpKIS7ruTo7EwEy9cxs58t-WVRgtsE_eo8XBArD-SggBrFcvz4xIVipdbo7209aFBTWjF716_S6I2-dqna4G_bKdiT_Yir8oopJ3zM9gFF00xrEN-l3TYRHgFmMaTpC4/s4032/IMG_6608.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv-U0LSzBY5pRe1_Ys64SYkg728titdvenqTAOQjx6S_h7dISwpKIS7ruTo7EwEy9cxs58t-WVRgtsE_eo8XBArD-SggBrFcvz4xIVipdbo7209aFBTWjF716_S6I2-dqna4G_bKdiT_Yir8oopJ3zM9gFF00xrEN-l3TYRHgFmMaTpC4/s320/IMG_6608.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">And off we head to
the Holiday Inn Express and Suites in Franklin, Berry Farms. Didn’t really
realize how big Franklin is – it’s a bit hard to plan on first trips. But the
hotel is nice and has underground parking for Blackie. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahmNObBCo9V1ffpsq2CR8hu28aZiomRcwL95z7rpUMD0cLyU3tTTAb1uwkS_v2eq_fL7yzZbQNS57crrgAXpwC3l5pu0l5CSmnFNMFvUWg3LsuOZ5BY6E_Ua6HoE-dsho3e2gIYIhJmpGUcbq4BDRMOlMuqeRDbFJ_B4nhdVbvYrGuRI/s4032/68701247533__7807C231-9896-4C29-B72B-DEF2A6155555.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahmNObBCo9V1ffpsq2CR8hu28aZiomRcwL95z7rpUMD0cLyU3tTTAb1uwkS_v2eq_fL7yzZbQNS57crrgAXpwC3l5pu0l5CSmnFNMFvUWg3LsuOZ5BY6E_Ua6HoE-dsho3e2gIYIhJmpGUcbq4BDRMOlMuqeRDbFJ_B4nhdVbvYrGuRI/s320/68701247533__7807C231-9896-4C29-B72B-DEF2A6155555.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Holiday Inn Express & Suites</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Our dinner was at a
Mexican restaurant – not good. Salsa tasted like water. Tony’s enchilada sauce
was poor. Mine weren’t bad. But now we’re worried about Blackie. And Tennessee
is also supposed to get its first freeze of the season. Great.<o:p></o:p></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-51089082464652436672022-10-19T09:07:00.001-05:002022-10-19T09:07:40.606-05:00Starting the Natchez Trace<p> <i>Note: this is not a "live" blog -- we have been back from our adventure. </i></p><p>
</p><p class="MsoNormal">Friday morning, we get up, get the free breakfast, load up
Blackie. Our night at the Days Inn wasn’t bad, and we like being able to pull
our bike right up to the door for easy loading (and less worry). But, it wasn’t
great (Tony really hated the remote control and we really had a lack of towels,
including a bathmat). We drove by some other options to consider next time,
including the Grand Hotel on downtown. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEVveDzxnY3m6CVDoo73CTc_tRQa1hPbEGJpdva9zQuMBdLlDeVcPcRTR6OLo0URQRb5Y-JInwvOCUDcPZFzaHR4NFPuMbjXRcu655fgP8th_zDoiWIR-5LvpNydDsp3RrdIcKwdcbemzs88NeVAHs5OT7sEkHkAPfYBVVqgB1zjwuVM/s4032/68683759761__09E5252F-3C63-4E22-8326-36A4209F16A7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKEVveDzxnY3m6CVDoo73CTc_tRQa1hPbEGJpdva9zQuMBdLlDeVcPcRTR6OLo0URQRb5Y-JInwvOCUDcPZFzaHR4NFPuMbjXRcu655fgP8th_zDoiWIR-5LvpNydDsp3RrdIcKwdcbemzs88NeVAHs5OT7sEkHkAPfYBVVqgB1zjwuVM/s320/68683759761__09E5252F-3C63-4E22-8326-36A4209F16A7.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blackberry belted in for the ride.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHihAi17Y7vEuZZ9_A-yFlk9uyUptVLAumhDTQ4jLUPltyjDEiaI4fT9LNn99BfBNJF4dv3qZLHx8tZDRF4KVNMAP1tg_uDu6vBCfYQdIGpcfAXpzseO1d1ensDJfhBfVvgaKQE18nqjyB5nAfnA12mprv_Xs7T-VE2YEdC9fqAd2tVA/s3088/68683825045__5A21697B-AA39-4001-AFBC-5E17AE1051EE.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXHihAi17Y7vEuZZ9_A-yFlk9uyUptVLAumhDTQ4jLUPltyjDEiaI4fT9LNn99BfBNJF4dv3qZLHx8tZDRF4KVNMAP1tg_uDu6vBCfYQdIGpcfAXpzseO1d1ensDJfhBfVvgaKQE18nqjyB5nAfnA12mprv_Xs7T-VE2YEdC9fqAd2tVA/s320/68683825045__5A21697B-AA39-4001-AFBC-5E17AE1051EE.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Off to the Natchez Trace we go!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">And off we go to find the Natchez Trace
Parkway – we want to go from start all of the way to finish. We get on the Trace
and ride a few miles up it, stopping at The Old Trace (<a href="https://www.natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-mississippi/lorman-natchez-ms/176-old-trace-exhibit-shelter.html" target="_blank">https://www.natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-mississippi/lorman-natchez-ms/176-old-trace-exhibit-shelter.html</a>
). Doesn’t look like much but a path. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQGmwpuERe0ymqK_8q8k59llMFf_TZO4shSRtuoD9N8QXnGHsiwjN_DESBxsAxe2Baf48jA2B6IG4BoLXIMiu7Iu-eO2ixvZSeWYBiPrtOnwEeRt7R1U0atdeSVvD1UzP-diiuJZgo2yQOT0TQ1eTXDKsBQAo0mn1F6fF3HFbl-XKXwc/s4032/IMG_6544.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihQGmwpuERe0ymqK_8q8k59llMFf_TZO4shSRtuoD9N8QXnGHsiwjN_DESBxsAxe2Baf48jA2B6IG4BoLXIMiu7Iu-eO2ixvZSeWYBiPrtOnwEeRt7R1U0atdeSVvD1UzP-diiuJZgo2yQOT0TQ1eTXDKsBQAo0mn1F6fF3HFbl-XKXwc/s320/IMG_6544.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpekt76aFYYbRTaUHEVXFFEFeEq41w2mQsmYwcuR4jI-K9Bz7NMVqQBfe0bKZ7xH8cUGEjj23LpH2maBO_2PCVAHM95RObL8y9GJYxI8ihAX80w6kTlz5Smr7GpoONOudKRs194wIXot3dhLeZhfM0nRv-L6s2Z1uxx-7-hTlsRHDYOI/s4032/IMG_6545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmpekt76aFYYbRTaUHEVXFFEFeEq41w2mQsmYwcuR4jI-K9Bz7NMVqQBfe0bKZ7xH8cUGEjj23LpH2maBO_2PCVAHM95RObL8y9GJYxI8ihAX80w6kTlz5Smr7GpoONOudKRs194wIXot3dhLeZhfM0nRv-L6s2Z1uxx-7-hTlsRHDYOI/s320/IMG_6545.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqmNZ6oXcwCA6HJpeGF3IzYHKiq4b-SJdBvHWeWVv5b2pNSnNn2w2lU5yJ7WZ3dtXbX3WzYzmY8EZgeldTaqWvT48MPGqn-8Swj-eLgNsvr9-83YwTkKthrBe2y85JSc_QN_8EqpFnm_2MRVdVO-XuLr0P_zpFNUrmz6N4bBWjrO7DWRE/s4032/IMG_6546.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqmNZ6oXcwCA6HJpeGF3IzYHKiq4b-SJdBvHWeWVv5b2pNSnNn2w2lU5yJ7WZ3dtXbX3WzYzmY8EZgeldTaqWvT48MPGqn-8Swj-eLgNsvr9-83YwTkKthrBe2y85JSc_QN_8EqpFnm_2MRVdVO-XuLr0P_zpFNUrmz6N4bBWjrO7DWRE/s320/IMG_6546.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWbIEz2K4HA4Ao4CBnKNIQMSor8LSW7ysMDb_1n5F1droNPj851K8KfzOXk8errcO9mmnfcpRypVnOGGnNZHsL8k1Sp_uUJmNn0UCoTH9IuFQVJOEylnjG8Brn-yIQtUomJd4Hyn2HVAI_njCH82Hlytb5lsRHn8eeVIE4t4oIuwepYE/s4032/IMG_9533.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMWbIEz2K4HA4Ao4CBnKNIQMSor8LSW7ysMDb_1n5F1droNPj851K8KfzOXk8errcO9mmnfcpRypVnOGGnNZHsL8k1Sp_uUJmNn0UCoTH9IuFQVJOEylnjG8Brn-yIQtUomJd4Hyn2HVAI_njCH82Hlytb5lsRHn8eeVIE4t4oIuwepYE/s320/IMG_9533.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then off we go. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I love maps and this map I have of the Natchez Trace is
awesome (and super long!). It has all of the markers marked – but I have to
admit that I didn’t really pre study where we might want to stop along the way.
And realized that each stop adds time. On day 1 we have about 260 miles on the
Trace (almost 7 folds of a 12-panel map) – at 50 miles an hour, that takes some
time. <o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubT1f7w88dXcXgpMYJGm0fqGFbKDkhO8KA7wEqm5raw7D4ycne2XMrwKiuLb8Kh5jlvRKZj5gVWq2wUKFM6BwFyTHPPN36Xb8vUSfi5XVwlloL6vkEBohjW-8nOrwD7x-WwBKD8lYGxNkeeoexCA8ZkmY7A-9RaILyxT6SLDdBKJtgTY/s4032/IMG_6877.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjubT1f7w88dXcXgpMYJGm0fqGFbKDkhO8KA7wEqm5raw7D4ycne2XMrwKiuLb8Kh5jlvRKZj5gVWq2wUKFM6BwFyTHPPN36Xb8vUSfi5XVwlloL6vkEBohjW-8nOrwD7x-WwBKD8lYGxNkeeoexCA8ZkmY7A-9RaILyxT6SLDdBKJtgTY/s320/IMG_6877.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Full map!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJms0QoQvi9GG2N2UEi5zgKSu-D9-y0YQgTSNZ0MO7CDg8hQjYYqkvSuD1bF8CjBQQdjd6bLOUixDqTF3Jcvtjn0dKQNx5ujlSdZFSIGNj_kCY39sfFvOuLtpPk-_orh57wpnOA3qIMOd7Dl1tA6eQqc62i-_xq2rtFNMTK-nASEEQdFg/s4032/IMG_6878.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJms0QoQvi9GG2N2UEi5zgKSu-D9-y0YQgTSNZ0MO7CDg8hQjYYqkvSuD1bF8CjBQQdjd6bLOUixDqTF3Jcvtjn0dKQNx5ujlSdZFSIGNj_kCY39sfFvOuLtpPk-_orh57wpnOA3qIMOd7Dl1tA6eQqc62i-_xq2rtFNMTK-nASEEQdFg/s320/IMG_6878.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITcC7OMGIxahtsjxtKHh56BMixPcpwgP1TrkDWcPU3b0p3-tix5dkHycZAxWh6xiTiB8_qpRs9JbdwmOsSM5fGgIRgWTsHECcnz8KiTIVW6OaCpkJu_ElSNYG4JmCYMw49hFfqdgixRJpEXOJRG7ax-63n0w1QHz_zk9wIixKSAhpMhc/s4032/IMG_6879.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgITcC7OMGIxahtsjxtKHh56BMixPcpwgP1TrkDWcPU3b0p3-tix5dkHycZAxWh6xiTiB8_qpRs9JbdwmOsSM5fGgIRgWTsHECcnz8KiTIVW6OaCpkJu_ElSNYG4JmCYMw49hFfqdgixRJpEXOJRG7ax-63n0w1QHz_zk9wIixKSAhpMhc/s320/IMG_6879.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQHMKyxRBbQ2QOeoOplKbyEcVoziL0MJnPZyeQOBOb_dcrwTECoo4hQaIdzdGeiLYVN9HIFcm5_ruWfWK9ajUYf_M9VXcMaFkVAidqZbiRGsK-WgCJAQ7Jt99pG7UR1Owphqo8LtRB8grLDQHJMCsDFDuLUjMfyLkvsUsPPQmUOE5O0c/s4032/IMG_6880.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiQHMKyxRBbQ2QOeoOplKbyEcVoziL0MJnPZyeQOBOb_dcrwTECoo4hQaIdzdGeiLYVN9HIFcm5_ruWfWK9ajUYf_M9VXcMaFkVAidqZbiRGsK-WgCJAQ7Jt99pG7UR1Owphqo8LtRB8grLDQHJMCsDFDuLUjMfyLkvsUsPPQmUOE5O0c/s320/IMG_6880.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUOvqJp_3M0flEwLV2AAj4WMoy_3_rn1-EGeXj5XaxpYZT7oahpFR_HjeVe8jBsZNfN5aJjQSh1T3U0ZrYFMs0gqJ8sJYVLdR72pmmz8N9XiphahGNxdktDRsSXlFMXxa0_GRzsawe9xfHYxON5X0XUK95owhq0RXjUNX_yP6wim1SdI/s4032/IMG_6881.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhUOvqJp_3M0flEwLV2AAj4WMoy_3_rn1-EGeXj5XaxpYZT7oahpFR_HjeVe8jBsZNfN5aJjQSh1T3U0ZrYFMs0gqJ8sJYVLdR72pmmz8N9XiphahGNxdktDRsSXlFMXxa0_GRzsawe9xfHYxON5X0XUK95owhq0RXjUNX_yP6wim1SdI/s320/IMG_6881.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrXXZofdR6OcVvZjO62WMDfhAXNTythcEX9A2fAW5IXeAyIZPjaDOOqTEIKMMvVE52K9ToE9TsmFyD0Y2LLaZorHm42qagZO8G_JPDAW7KQ21-WCh3P15VtSO_h_u1vma8SWTf_MgK9jA1FcCbXc2J5_g_xmzEDS9inNKBR7MVuGrtFk/s4032/IMG_6882.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOrXXZofdR6OcVvZjO62WMDfhAXNTythcEX9A2fAW5IXeAyIZPjaDOOqTEIKMMvVE52K9ToE9TsmFyD0Y2LLaZorHm42qagZO8G_JPDAW7KQ21-WCh3P15VtSO_h_u1vma8SWTf_MgK9jA1FcCbXc2J5_g_xmzEDS9inNKBR7MVuGrtFk/s320/IMG_6882.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The road is nice and smooth – and the overpasses/bridges
don’t have those big bumps that we’re used to in Texas). And we really have it
to ourselves. There are lots of forests, then cotton fields, hay fields.
Definitely not many turnoffs. At mile marker 90, we stop and gas up in Clinton
(off of 20), and grab snacks for a “picnic” – just doesn’t look like many food
stops until we get to Tupelo! Not that gas station food is a great picnic
(also, they were out of mustard – waiting on the truck). After Clinton, we go
through Jackson and the traffic picks up (think some people use the Trace as a
shortcut) – also more bike bikers. We stop at an overlook before heading around
the Ross R. Barnett Reservoir.<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdn-sitKy1CUbyzzBVyPjG-WcHlgp-inBbVAUzM9lElNRo_FZ5SEOmYQkk-so9zJTuCqHES-H96n1PeDbSUSLxlajCabPty9DoyJdMN2y-5ggUWtC7v8UfxfhAiaFaimCcHn8PhPDQUFL0FhUcWW6V4y6FwiDxi7r_pQWFaIBONtMM59U/s4032/IMG_6548.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdn-sitKy1CUbyzzBVyPjG-WcHlgp-inBbVAUzM9lElNRo_FZ5SEOmYQkk-so9zJTuCqHES-H96n1PeDbSUSLxlajCabPty9DoyJdMN2y-5ggUWtC7v8UfxfhAiaFaimCcHn8PhPDQUFL0FhUcWW6V4y6FwiDxi7r_pQWFaIBONtMM59U/s320/IMG_6548.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Cool fences</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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<p class="MsoNormal">Our next stop is French Camp – (<a href="https://www.natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-mississippi/french-camp-ms/159-french-camp.html" target="_blank">https://www.natcheztracetravel.com/natchez-trace-mississippi/french-camp-ms/159-french-camp.html</a>
) about 10 miles before the stop I was planning, Jeff Busby. One thing about
the Trace – there aren’t a lot of stops with rest rooms. And some of them are
closed. Jeff Busby, according to my map, looked like a “big deal.” But French
Camp was really cool. Old houses, “camp stuff.” Looked like they had a festival
set up in the town, the October Fall Festival. We had a picnic lunch with our
gas station pretzels. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirm84ImI-CeLtccOuq1sfx3VCJeiZ2Bn152f5Q44EpPkWU84Juhfh5mO8P1pxbSoFBBvCxHqIE9JrOODBQFna2VqaTGoNA59OMAV6Q40RB_5R0Oq9hoAYrtJJDRy4R31Dh0nSVyOR3hIzz6VsnKzoqYj9kekwEwtaV36DiPYmaR8fUrHg/s3088/68686016784__3DEEEE88-15F5-4712-9845-EA8E6B69B361.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="2316" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirm84ImI-CeLtccOuq1sfx3VCJeiZ2Bn152f5Q44EpPkWU84Juhfh5mO8P1pxbSoFBBvCxHqIE9JrOODBQFna2VqaTGoNA59OMAV6Q40RB_5R0Oq9hoAYrtJJDRy4R31Dh0nSVyOR3hIzz6VsnKzoqYj9kekwEwtaV36DiPYmaR8fUrHg/s320/68686016784__3DEEEE88-15F5-4712-9845-EA8E6B69B361.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Picnic time</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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room.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We get to Tupelo but stop just north at the Visitors Center.
We needed a patch and not sure what their hours are so decided to do before
heading to the hotel. We get a patch (and I pick up another copy of my cool
map) – and then talking to the nice people there, find out about the Natchez
Trace detour we’ll have tomorrow. Takes us off the Trace (they say it’s marked
the whole way), go about 30 miles, then get on 72 and go another 25 miles, then
jog back over to the Trace, right before we cross the Tennessee River). Since I
like maps, I also took pictures of their detour maps.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6on0LGmet1GG3nlKaAYb5hYKH9KOe1l6SBu1mEwF-BUClhecwMVIc4wWKAQArF_mNjXzsYSf_8SVCS6VlwwxH_Rckv4K5twsSiivOZD8TTajHpOrvpzDpNgq4NF3iu2Mclupvi5lxoUStJGVOlfyNTbyy_dhOF1ghtursAAvwAWXD24/s4032/IMG_6575.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM6on0LGmet1GG3nlKaAYb5hYKH9KOe1l6SBu1mEwF-BUClhecwMVIc4wWKAQArF_mNjXzsYSf_8SVCS6VlwwxH_Rckv4K5twsSiivOZD8TTajHpOrvpzDpNgq4NF3iu2Mclupvi5lxoUStJGVOlfyNTbyy_dhOF1ghtursAAvwAWXD24/s320/IMG_6575.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKRDHH-IDH57ZTiw-QXHQFjQxHOj9wrVnfwb2sLOgHjZInzCHWmxd5BLt6l3Kh9yLr-gS7Znm1Hf5SDWcMQyhHvGwQAXUo-Otxj0757hVqosgUrJnDOIM4q7QnCBW_XfHKRBfQS92zFJFLair1WAJBD-dL7E9_aWVn13wKoqzZ8t0DzA/s4032/IMG_6576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinKRDHH-IDH57ZTiw-QXHQFjQxHOj9wrVnfwb2sLOgHjZInzCHWmxd5BLt6l3Kh9yLr-gS7Znm1Hf5SDWcMQyhHvGwQAXUo-Otxj0757hVqosgUrJnDOIM4q7QnCBW_XfHKRBfQS92zFJFLair1WAJBD-dL7E9_aWVn13wKoqzZ8t0DzA/s320/IMG_6576.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIcf6RZOaVWqeIAaKfnSaawjr_9qSCk2QWulZntzugxZix5xGcrXuPn8IUiHUVKiHjNxwuOUsMvspkGLb2PAv5R87_ONmD00bsK6OxnJGzjPX_KakU71nXXvddChonYsy37pAUlg4zycK3W9SqW01HSLHOPPCdllLD2C2qC1BoWirLfM/s4032/IMG_6577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEIcf6RZOaVWqeIAaKfnSaawjr_9qSCk2QWulZntzugxZix5xGcrXuPn8IUiHUVKiHjNxwuOUsMvspkGLb2PAv5R87_ONmD00bsK6OxnJGzjPX_KakU71nXXvddChonYsy37pAUlg4zycK3W9SqW01HSLHOPPCdllLD2C2qC1BoWirLfM/s320/IMG_6577.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRj7-HOwgXe1Ly63MB2Z5pJKF03c3wRc4PxLROYERRM4V3FKRFrmmD8fhsmmvsMEAil3MBZlyPgP-4h_9eUsVt8mfcXqVZAYNKaVRwyGS0Earg7WzOJG1l_Q60F0tnFbgBv8f7nOR70sq693oopmH3uXwk0vUD9C65AYkYmC0KW0tm4OQ/s4032/IMG_6578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRj7-HOwgXe1Ly63MB2Z5pJKF03c3wRc4PxLROYERRM4V3FKRFrmmD8fhsmmvsMEAil3MBZlyPgP-4h_9eUsVt8mfcXqVZAYNKaVRwyGS0Earg7WzOJG1l_Q60F0tnFbgBv8f7nOR70sq693oopmH3uXwk0vUD9C65AYkYmC0KW0tm4OQ/s320/IMG_6578.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopOLQldMmZywYn-YYNsUmJic4HJUgpBMCOjsmlm6NvvdJUo7EOmP91TMeT872TF4DcMLGZXqapGzn94mF_9hOJ1exfElcTcBJyxB2A50sEwmRtAH0826MUMB9dQWx76zN_vgNaR5a5QVAAzK7fN9NpZ4ZslmC-wKvmDzIZB528y6EFPE/s4032/IMG_9541.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhopOLQldMmZywYn-YYNsUmJic4HJUgpBMCOjsmlm6NvvdJUo7EOmP91TMeT872TF4DcMLGZXqapGzn94mF_9hOJ1exfElcTcBJyxB2A50sEwmRtAH0826MUMB9dQWx76zN_vgNaR5a5QVAAzK7fN9NpZ4ZslmC-wKvmDzIZB528y6EFPE/s320/IMG_9541.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then over to the Hotel Tupelo. This place is really new (I
think only a year) and much “swankier” than Days Inn – but no view from our
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keep it out front). We shower and then go across the street to Mugshots for
burgers. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1oJu5PpM2du5FEMZ417EF5A9UWh-hve8u4JEFYUavdgTca1PntEqRZCeN00ZDCVhTwuBAjsI4i4nhXJALYTr7YEb09OlBD3fGswbYc--qCH2_GKP9Obl5Z-NcyQVDYVth0MmMc5rFCY7IKL-OV3uVSwEUnOVqEyxJL54r31ehnlpfhfM/s4032/IMG_9550.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1oJu5PpM2du5FEMZ417EF5A9UWh-hve8u4JEFYUavdgTca1PntEqRZCeN00ZDCVhTwuBAjsI4i4nhXJALYTr7YEb09OlBD3fGswbYc--qCH2_GKP9Obl5Z-NcyQVDYVth0MmMc5rFCY7IKL-OV3uVSwEUnOVqEyxJL54r31ehnlpfhfM/s320/IMG_9550.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Our opinion: not nearly as good as Bellmont. They pride themselves on
their buns – but they were really too sweet considering the burgers were pretty
bland. But, it was next door. Then to sleep before our ride in the morning to
Franklin.<o:p></o:p></p><i></i><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-67931455748691375182022-10-19T08:47:00.001-05:002022-10-19T09:22:27.406-05:00Our Natchez Trace motorcycle trip: on the way<p><i>Note: this is not a "live" blog -- we have been back from our adventure. </i></p><p class="MsoNormal">This will be the first time in a while that we’ll be packed
up on the bike for overnights for almost a week. We’ve purchased these
waterproof bags on Amazon. Tony filled them up and took them for a test drive,
but now we’re packed up for real. <o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZ1e1N7nryRhafAYQmhB_C7Uav3ZZ2bm80U3GeMljpGXKVZwKptFvHB_C4ffdhmKSVC6ISKiuCEhsZFS-BneHYVH8svYowx6MvkVisf7a0pBxbP9y89o6uDs6saKKHdLb5-slqYc3ivAB6VSBQRYhfl1f3Ztn2KKp60LJD8ZP7qOscKg/s4032/IMG_6500.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTZ1e1N7nryRhafAYQmhB_C7Uav3ZZ2bm80U3GeMljpGXKVZwKptFvHB_C4ffdhmKSVC6ISKiuCEhsZFS-BneHYVH8svYowx6MvkVisf7a0pBxbP9y89o6uDs6saKKHdLb5-slqYc3ivAB6VSBQRYhfl1f3Ztn2KKp60LJD8ZP7qOscKg/s320/IMG_6500.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the alley, heading out.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #111111; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;">BORLENI Motorcycle Dry Bag
Waterproof Motorcycle Luggage Bag Motorcycle Duffel Bag for Skiing Travel
Hiking Camping Boating Riding Fishing (Black Red to go with our blanket, in the
60L and 25L)</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BC9KM6R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09BC9KM6R/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The 60L holds all of our clothes for the week. We stacked
the first few days on top so we can just pull and not have to repack. We’ll see
how that works out. We haven’t figured out the dirty clothes situation yet, but
added a laundry bag in the bag.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Wednesday, Tony got the trailer all back together and load
the bike for an early Thursday departure. Taboo HD in Alexandria, Louisiana, is
letting us leave the truck and trailer there (at no risk to them). <a href="https://www.tabooharley.com/" target="_blank">https://www.tabooharley.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We then ride from Alexandria to Natchez, Mississippi.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The easy thing about the Natchez Trace Parkway is that you
don’t really need a map, unless you need it for stops on the way (and gas
midway through since there are no gas stations on the parkway). The hard part
about this trip was figuring out where to stay in Tennessee (we’re staying in
Franklin). And then when we meet up with Al and Eileen in Muscle Shoals,
planning the rides on Monday and Tuesday. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I “think” I plotted out two good ride days around Alabama.
The maps of the areas aren’t as easy to find as they are in TN/NC, so I had to
google map them and hope for the best. On Monday, it’s a long ride, but found
this Snake Way short ride near Scottsboro (Jackson County Road 39 to Jackson
County Road 42), and then to the Harley Davidson dealership in Huntsville, then
back to Muscle Shoals. On Tuesday have a shorter trip through the Forest. Not
sure if we’ll do the Natural Bridge – it seems pretty awesome, but it’s a mile
and a half walk round trip and not sure everyone will be up for that!<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwX2llmuU_t8HgJIYHbKq1dJvV58b_HO6Wav8aXQK5hdZY0141fP9k_UvIDcVzJ3AipgHl54Pbcv_T3OjHWxFMFJ2hwYIOIaaUuFVfP8mcIEAHpej9qSZSR0YUxweySRmihkDkgzQzeWuG-4-WoYtBF7-Jng6PY1bHihIbrMQ3lHaTfFY/s4032/68658121230__D4D3B6D0-40FE-434C-A574-5BE6ED1C29CA.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwX2llmuU_t8HgJIYHbKq1dJvV58b_HO6Wav8aXQK5hdZY0141fP9k_UvIDcVzJ3AipgHl54Pbcv_T3OjHWxFMFJ2hwYIOIaaUuFVfP8mcIEAHpej9qSZSR0YUxweySRmihkDkgzQzeWuG-4-WoYtBF7-Jng6PY1bHihIbrMQ3lHaTfFY/s320/68658121230__D4D3B6D0-40FE-434C-A574-5BE6ED1C29CA.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Huntsville ride map"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9_MUvoa5_skvr6UcjX6MFr95VSnTeaZxYy5tfuAsEb6jyYLFTsENSnirSzmb2TAvE5REHVafvnHwgsKJWi8msJLLJ79i9BheKaCUXRojBMxL0ZE0V923zJt6jdq3OZGDVrnrcypXZzxbpYDw-4ejb1URRmXRkr0i2YGS7BsWfT51lvo/s4032/68658186043__9378C4DC-81F9-4204-B1DA-38F7477D7D2F.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr9_MUvoa5_skvr6UcjX6MFr95VSnTeaZxYy5tfuAsEb6jyYLFTsENSnirSzmb2TAvE5REHVafvnHwgsKJWi8msJLLJ79i9BheKaCUXRojBMxL0ZE0V923zJt6jdq3OZGDVrnrcypXZzxbpYDw-4ejb1URRmXRkr0i2YGS7BsWfT51lvo/s320/68658186043__9378C4DC-81F9-4204-B1DA-38F7477D7D2F.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Day 2 Ride Map</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Thursday morning, we make it out of Dallas pretty early. </p><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">It was hard to say goodbye to Abby. But, we have lots of people coming to stay
with her while we’re gone. The drive to Alexandria, Louisiana, is pretty easy
with only a couple of stops along the way. We get Blackie unloaded, buy a
couple of t-shirts and poker chips at Taboo Harley Davidson, stash the truck
and trailer in the secured area in the back. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaGOlCEuYaSDcHfmbIhQh5wPWi2nK8IC8lOUxXlNL_OysAGvnrxrnn0xErG2fR9FMjyOg-P0Bdl3sctzbLNldYmrc9nYZFmNQuCb20OMCPcxuxWkU3BeCr9zgPyy6Bao_H67fO3QdQf8hAFX1Gz1_Wjs5F8XuiOVblNJcMeFgJDRAGAg/s4032/IMG_6502.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuaGOlCEuYaSDcHfmbIhQh5wPWi2nK8IC8lOUxXlNL_OysAGvnrxrnn0xErG2fR9FMjyOg-P0Bdl3sctzbLNldYmrc9nYZFmNQuCb20OMCPcxuxWkU3BeCr9zgPyy6Bao_H67fO3QdQf8hAFX1Gz1_Wjs5F8XuiOVblNJcMeFgJDRAGAg/s320/IMG_6502.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Loading up Blackie at Taboo</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqlsic-lB7pwX74jsXLEh9bm1ZnnqK6oW68ZLvfDXvvzeU56uHuIrX8fMyrqtdeXvAq7oYZHvTlXF4BV3fnE6meySDHyqhGSDU7OeXKz1wrOgVz4Tsha4vIhqJE6qEm60duIaGBQvLgPOL5OZXwULuxBGbGHfMlGZxuhgDlLR1Jzg0Ts/s4032/IMG_9506.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikqlsic-lB7pwX74jsXLEh9bm1ZnnqK6oW68ZLvfDXvvzeU56uHuIrX8fMyrqtdeXvAq7oYZHvTlXF4BV3fnE6meySDHyqhGSDU7OeXKz1wrOgVz4Tsha4vIhqJE6qEm60duIaGBQvLgPOL5OZXwULuxBGbGHfMlGZxuhgDlLR1Jzg0Ts/s320/IMG_9506.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blackie Loaded Up</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">And then off we ride to Natchez,
Mississippi. The ride isn’t bad – but not really interesting. 28 to 61/84,
across the Mississippi and then a couple of miles to the Days Inn. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Days Inn “kinda” looks like their website pictures. But
a little tired. The rocking chair “wing” had damage and is closed. They serve
supper (and breakfast). We tried their lasagna, but not much. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvmGXRVzeVXur6n8V7Z1E-PdzrgCVUnM0aOavWULamxOH4ey8YcOH4pompyBgOD1PfMWmp4H-WmLdQ6bBjk_L4c0CujU5gEPiBQ1yrxr01nWpWROMUDGtyuJbLql0QwQK47Ry7csxXb0AM89MG20kQh-oy_nr37HFqY4ZH-wruutV4pE/s4032/68678076107__86306137-5EB8-4169-B9F3-E8B6B19D7EDC.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNvmGXRVzeVXur6n8V7Z1E-PdzrgCVUnM0aOavWULamxOH4ey8YcOH4pompyBgOD1PfMWmp4H-WmLdQ6bBjk_L4c0CujU5gEPiBQ1yrxr01nWpWROMUDGtyuJbLql0QwQK47Ry7csxXb0AM89MG20kQh-oy_nr37HFqY4ZH-wruutV4pE/s320/68678076107__86306137-5EB8-4169-B9F3-E8B6B19D7EDC.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Days Inn</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">And decided to
see what downtown Natchez looks like. It’s a great old little area. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKmQD8_zjyTKGIalLD4gA1KDqznO0_U5v0msiFWnpzQKvhux8bH3AuC4SARUtGQl80sFu2IYyq1_b1qd0FHXn5j4rUE16POSYMapwVabYHnD3YrSbCCunD5XgxdR45nQx8qTfzGBqdPwx7qcVbS2SMqiDpiThCH9mbrswgiQoCLdAbVU/s4032/IMG_6509.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDKmQD8_zjyTKGIalLD4gA1KDqznO0_U5v0msiFWnpzQKvhux8bH3AuC4SARUtGQl80sFu2IYyq1_b1qd0FHXn5j4rUE16POSYMapwVabYHnD3YrSbCCunD5XgxdR45nQx8qTfzGBqdPwx7qcVbS2SMqiDpiThCH9mbrswgiQoCLdAbVU/s320/IMG_6509.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Old house (now a B&B, I think)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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walked up to the Mississippi, listened to the live music. And then we went and
found the Under the Hill road we saw. Must find! We do and find a little bar (didn't even have a name on the front) –
with the owners outside drinking beers and chatting away. We were told we could
actually walk down to the river and put our foot in (but not advised if we have
any open sores) – we decline. </p><p class="MsoNormal">It’s getting dark so we decide to head over to
the Bellmont Shake Shop (about a block from our motel - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/thebellemontshakeshop/" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/thebellemontshakeshop/</a>
). This was a score – great burgers (add bacon) and fries (but they didn’t have
any ketchup that night) and shakes. <o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yM6WUxj0MRDoKHbWVN-PmPS_zm6HXuiemIYb10RkBDcXgMc0-hk1jx6Vk1AK4toDHpB_nVSIwGxZCI7wsae7PHvg7lAqQbC5-Mbqm7yXjJiW6Wor4PK-PDoUG_docPOAboRrTZOHu0hQyYxRqSAEn-5TftBGAaErEjYDUXL76fpnl2w/s4032/IMG_6536.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4yM6WUxj0MRDoKHbWVN-PmPS_zm6HXuiemIYb10RkBDcXgMc0-hk1jx6Vk1AK4toDHpB_nVSIwGxZCI7wsae7PHvg7lAqQbC5-Mbqm7yXjJiW6Wor4PK-PDoUG_docPOAboRrTZOHu0hQyYxRqSAEn-5TftBGAaErEjYDUXL76fpnl2w/s320/IMG_6536.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCZe7KdJicx-gtQIiXtNDnAeXbdnnhycP5oHYpXASVpKx4sfUwKrHnIbLONpHiTiH5iUXnJ0FpLI9P3R4NNT1E9fZXNdfI_3aLMpp1slsDuGqmmvrHJ8V8ZxCHwC69C6WAfeSzElMA68BvzkL1XLGJodnaw1mAMA_p2FCuoNdLSNqqXvg/s4032/IMG_6537.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; 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chemo and reconstruction (I still hate my boobs but I’m not going back and
having more work done – thinking of tattoos, but Tony doesn’t think I could
handle getting them. If I do, I think an epic “chest mural” would be in order).
But, my next five years involves labs every three months, oncologist/boob check
visit every three months. And, daily Tamoxifen.</p>
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you, even though you’re supposed to help keep cancer from coming back.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">What, exactly is Tamoxifen: If
you want a full read, here you go:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamoxifen"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamoxifen</span></a><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">The summary read: Tamoxifen is
used to keep ER+ breast cancer at bay. I have to take it for five years, daily.
It’s a “selective estrogen receptor modulator.” If you read all of the
symptoms, they are lengthy. The FDA approved it in 1998 – but it’s been used
for 40+ years. <span style="background: white;">The drug attaches to hormone
receptors (specific proteins) in breast cancer cells. Once the medication is
inside the cells, it stops the cancer from accessing the hormones they need to
multiply and grow. But, </span>basically, it’ll be like having menopause for
five years:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Weight gain:
I work out daily, golf on weekends, eat healthy, yet I’ve packed on 10 pounds
in the 10 months I’ve been on it. Research doesn’t seem to show any way of
losing weight on it – and my oncologist says that’s what an estogen-y/hormone-y
thing will do. Great. And, telling my wii fit that the reason for my weight
gain is Tamoxifen – not an option.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Night sweats:
yep, drenched in sweat wake ups daily. I’ve tried: Herbal Sage, a “magic”
magnetic bracelet, Magnesium citrate, and Melatonin for sleep. Nothing seems to work. I’ll be sweating
up a storm and hot – and then freezing cold when the sweat cools down. Yeah.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Runny nose:
perpetual. I have tissues everywhere (and forget to take them out of pockets,
resulting in tissue on all of my clothing – add that to the Abby hair).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Joint pain:
don’t have a lot of this, but I do feel like an old woman sometimes when trying
to get up and out of bed, or doing stupid yoga moves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Brittle nails
and hair – I can’t get my nails to grow at all. My hair is growing, but pretty
brittle. But, at least I have hair and nails.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Oh, and I
can’t eat grapefruit since it interferes. This sucks because I love grapefruit
(and Grapefruit Shandy and Fresca).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">My oncologist offered the
following possibilities:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">A pill that
could help the night sweats – but it’s a dehydrator and feeling dehydrated all
of the time doesn’t seem to be the solution<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">A different
version of Tamoxifen – but she says a lot of women have WORSE symptoms! We’ll
wait another six months to decide if I want to try this<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Stop taking
Tamoxifen – but, this increases the likelihood of getting cancer back, and I
don’t want that. I think I’ve read studies (or commercials) that say that
Tamoxifen decreases the comeback by 5-10 years! So, this doesn’t seem good.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: -.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span style="color: black; font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-themecolor: text1;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Try Yling
Yang (may have this wrong) Essential Oil for the night sweats. Just don't see how dabbing this on my wrists at night will work (but, in reading Amazon reviews, it keeps cockroaches away?).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">I guess I’ll just continue my
love/hate relationship with Tamoxifen for now. And be happy that I’m cancer
free. But, oh, would I love a magical something to help me through this potent
drug. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">50 more months… but who is
counting?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-43172954720887684142022-08-30T13:47:00.000-05:002022-08-30T13:47:07.946-05:00October Ride - Natchez Trace Parkway, Tupelo, Muscle Schoals and More!<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12pt;">Locking in our October motorcycle trip. Normally, we head to
Maryville, but this year, a new adventure: The Natchez Trace, a 444-mile
parkway from Natchez, Mississippi, to Nashville, Tennessee. This is more
challenging because we don’t want to ride from Dallas to Natchez. But if we
trailer and drop the trailer off, we have to come back and get it. </span></p><p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAICs_I2eTmrLLrURgu632gznKtNK4V8txo4zjNVk0YKSJRJIoVxySwaCv2l0ggN6l4ZiNuRo_S_7bmdGmnWtoGSwwNgPchaxdUymjDiuzgRmlfUo1D56pB9JrX6oj6AvlFQfcIuMRgjZu50pA0J4cGw5N3BZMdbG5h3vgJJrRuJ97ks/s3840/G0040076.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2160" data-original-width="3840" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikAICs_I2eTmrLLrURgu632gznKtNK4V8txo4zjNVk0YKSJRJIoVxySwaCv2l0ggN6l4ZiNuRo_S_7bmdGmnWtoGSwwNgPchaxdUymjDiuzgRmlfUo1D56pB9JrX6oj6AvlFQfcIuMRgjZu50pA0J4cGw5N3BZMdbG5h3vgJJrRuJ97ks/s320/G0040076.JPG" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Won't be as curvy as Tennessee/North Carolina</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12pt;">Here’s the
trip itinerary so far:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thursday, October 6<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Dallas to Alexandria, LA (Taboo HD)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alexandria, LA to Natchez, MS (Stay at Days Inn – I’m a
princess, but this one seems to have good reviews and we can get free supper
and breakfast, if we want. The problem with the pictures on websites is that
you can’t tell if they are 1 year old, or 20).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Friday, October 7<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Natchez to Tupelo – haven’t plotted out the stops along the way,
but looks like we have 270 miles on the Parkway, minus stops.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stay at Hotel Tupelo (</span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="http://www.hoteltupelo.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">http://www.hoteltupelo.com</span></a></span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">) – This hotel on Main
Street looks good, and they said we could park out front of the hotel! Trying
to figure out our dinner spot – Kermit’s seems promising and seems to be “iconic.”
There are other Elvis diners to consider, but some of the reviews aren’t great.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3UIui-C9H8enkt6sc79EeCPXAjHtUX0R2rFTJnZrEbuQhHdpH7TZZgUYtkgav8-wezNBK_4JA3qHwNIVTaiwv2R4IX9rQ0eO4HfUjJGZcHd9-FHoILjgl3Zi7KO-hfcTnXhNQP7e7ugnyeZlHvk7n906wTN6P2XBpCrz68m6I1FL4VQ/s474/elvis.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="375" data-original-width="474" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEit3UIui-C9H8enkt6sc79EeCPXAjHtUX0R2rFTJnZrEbuQhHdpH7TZZgUYtkgav8-wezNBK_4JA3qHwNIVTaiwv2R4IX9rQ0eO4HfUjJGZcHd9-FHoILjgl3Zi7KO-hfcTnXhNQP7e7ugnyeZlHvk7n906wTN6P2XBpCrz68m6I1FL4VQ/s320/elvis.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Saturday, October 8<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Tupelo to Franklin, TN/Nashville, TN – haven’t plotted out the
stops, but definitely the Merriweather Lewis stop. And that bridge that is in every
Natchez Trace brochure or blog.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stay at … haven’t determined yet. Something must be going on in
Nashville because the room rates are crazy. I’m a princess, but not spending
$350 at a Days Inn or La Quinta downtown!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Sunday, October 9 – Wednesday,
October 12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Franklin, TN/Nashville, TN to Muscle Schoals – haven’t plotted
out the stops<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Stay at Muscle Schoals – the Music House – Bob Dylan, among
others stayed here! We found it on Vrbo and it’s right on the Tennessee River,
on the bluff.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Important information for
visiting the Coon Dog Cemetery:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto;"><b><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Hours:</span></b><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"> Open dawn to dusk. Daily.<br />
<b>Cost:</b> Free<br />
<b>Location:</b> 4945 Coondog Cemetery Road Cherokee, Alabama 35616<br />
<b>Directions:</b> The Coon Dog Cemetery is located 7 miles west of
Tuscumbia on U.S. Hwy 72. Turn left (south) on AL Hwy 247, go 12 miles, turn
right, and follow the signs. Just when you really think you’re lost, you should
see the Coon Dog Cemetery sign welcoming you to the parking lot.<br />
<b>Website:</b> </span><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;"><a href="http://www.coondogcemetery.com/"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">www.coondogcemetery.com</span></a></span><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Wednesday, October 12<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Muscle Schoals to Alexandria, LA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><b><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Thursday, October 13<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-outline-level: 4;"><span style="color: #1e1e1e; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Alexandria, LA to Dallas, TX<o:p></o:p></span></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-56903499685731962912022-08-09T08:49:00.002-05:002022-08-09T08:49:42.753-05:00Day Nine: Headed back to Dallas, no more golf<p>As I am “not-live-blogging” this blog a week + from our trip
(not the best thing for memories sake, but the pictures, albeit poor ones,
help), I get a call from Tony. While I was gone, my newspapers (<i>Wall Street
Journal </i>and <i>Dallas Morning News</i>) were delivered, but I recycled them
instead of reading the old ones. He’s out in the alley, getting our pylons back
from our neighbor, Tommy (they had a street birthday party on Saturday – with
chickens and goats!), and the woman who goes through our trash and recycling
bins is out there. “No <i>Wall Street Journal</i>s?” she asked Tony. Seems that
our recycle woman likes my newspapers! Guess she also knows that we drink Jim
Beam and Bacardi.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Reading the Weekend WSJ today, there’s a great column by my
fav, Jason Gay, about not liking having his picture taken, but needing one for
his new book. I’m guilty – I’ve had the same profile picture for 15+ years.
And, while trying to grow my hair back, post chemo, I STILL haven’t changed it.
Chuckled over the column.<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VllEkSPOdzLhQ_ioj-eTjL2AkaFeyCVGHhoxAuXwgIquXY3_abyX4ObbaFssqEbwMfpRCQlAqrwtpCEixKT0N1cBiT9H6rXtC-KUMz9Y1mCQqDqFTKiSpbgf00IdAsfsE4Xs-hKi9G7by8QmzbDkVrv9lLbjKdWnQf2eMyniMtVFQf0/s4032/IMG_6458.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2VllEkSPOdzLhQ_ioj-eTjL2AkaFeyCVGHhoxAuXwgIquXY3_abyX4ObbaFssqEbwMfpRCQlAqrwtpCEixKT0N1cBiT9H6rXtC-KUMz9Y1mCQqDqFTKiSpbgf00IdAsfsE4Xs-hKi9G7by8QmzbDkVrv9lLbjKdWnQf2eMyniMtVFQf0/s320/IMG_6458.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jason Gay column on pictures.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2-JTnON2sZC_Q6GjBajUVAk9dmNptDmXs9Bgda2JCeo05WEUvRPVnyTECS6jrnN7gmV0X32taOWKRVibvg0_mlVemZeKnMyX_In55JUa514cMWEW7u-m-mwSHkEGL2DUooiy2O5UrdBBfDdUXiqTtFhGby-8ic6ry_M7-O1EpDgSdfg/s4032/remote.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjY2-JTnON2sZC_Q6GjBajUVAk9dmNptDmXs9Bgda2JCeo05WEUvRPVnyTECS6jrnN7gmV0X32taOWKRVibvg0_mlVemZeKnMyX_In55JUa514cMWEW7u-m-mwSHkEGL2DUooiy2O5UrdBBfDdUXiqTtFhGby-8ic6ry_M7-O1EpDgSdfg/s320/remote.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One casualty on my trip: Living room remote (Amazon had a replacement).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Also, since I’m “not-live-blogging” – I got my bag and golf
clubs on Saturday when I played at Woodbridge. Very disappointed that Levi and
Pete couldn’t stop at Uranus Fudge Store in Missouri (<a href="https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/">https://www.uranusgeneralstore.com/</a>)
on their way back (it was closed at 7 am). I do see that it’s a chain with MO
and IN locations. Watch the YouTube video (these guys clearly have a “schtick”):
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwRjs8CPffiV_ovZ-in-neg/featured">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwRjs8CPffiV_ovZ-in-neg/featured</a>
<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9G1tbqubeaMuaA0hGAUaLkcPCXZzCD87GZkxf6VCPqQCpMvQlwdL-vwah9kB4WvfyVcxn6zsRyyBbGzK4kTm9sMkGT7cSe-JgAMFIpfyh8drajKsz8l0TpEB90s8ROCusn6M_S3ZCSqzLvhX5By0NLu3Vetpu0AT3C7xDHI77-qYrIxE/s4032/IMG_6455.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9G1tbqubeaMuaA0hGAUaLkcPCXZzCD87GZkxf6VCPqQCpMvQlwdL-vwah9kB4WvfyVcxn6zsRyyBbGzK4kTm9sMkGT7cSe-JgAMFIpfyh8drajKsz8l0TpEB90s8ROCusn6M_S3ZCSqzLvhX5By0NLu3Vetpu0AT3C7xDHI77-qYrIxE/s320/IMG_6455.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Reunited with my clubs.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We leave Judy’s (and Geno’s) house at 4:30 am to head to
Midway for our flight. Not as much traffic in Chicago at this time of day.
Security isn’t really that bad, but it’s busy. Our flight leaves close to on
time. Land and Tony is out front waiting for us (he didn’t bring Abby because
he was worried about her pooping in the car and/or being a monster when meeting
Tom). We drop Tom off and head to Central Market down the street before heading
home to the monster. Abby is happy to see me! I don’t have my bag to unpack so
not much to do on Sunday. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">252 holes of golf from Saturday to Saturday. I think I came
home with more golf balls than I left home with. I did manage to leave my
underwear, socks, a t-shirt, a pair of pink golf shoes – and my beloved pink
sweater in Michigan.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I think that Levi still has Hidden River as #1, maybe Alpine
#2, Bay Harbor #3. He doesn’t completely commit to his Top 5. But, he is
talking about next year already! We all decided that we don’t need to go back
to the pricey Harbor Shores again. We also think that everyone flying into
Traverse City works. Maybe Grand Rapids if we want more driving and to add
Pilgrim’s Run, Tullymore, St. Ives to the mix. Forest Dunes has gotten
difficult to get on, and pricey. Arcadia is pricey. But, maybe squeeze one of
them in next year. And, Bahle Farms (cherries!)? Treetops? Shanty Creek?
UAW/Black Lake? So, so much great golf in Michigan. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">No more Michigan golf until next year. Time to start my
planning of our October Natchez Trace Parkway motorcycle trip. At least this
year I don’t have to plan trips this year around cancer and chemo and surgeries!
The fact that I played 14 rounds (almost) of golf was pretty good. More golf
than I’ve probably played in two years. It’s been a good time. See you in 2023,
Jerri Lee!<o:p></o:p></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-5324947378441957392022-08-09T07:54:00.004-05:002022-08-09T07:54:53.188-05:00Day Eight: Eagle Eye and Chicago, maybe some Portillo’s<p>Saturday morning, we don’t have a tee time until 8:30 am. I
walk over to the 7-11 for coffee. Tom and I have decided that we’ll go eat at
this flapjack place on the way to the course since we have nothing better to
do.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My blueberry pancakes (blueberries IN the pancake, not on
top) with bacon are perfect. Pete finally gets eggs benedict (not sure I would
have ordered this at this place – and after starting to re-read Anthony Bourdain’s
Kitchen Confidential, not sure I would ever order anything with the sauce at a
restaurant!). Of course Tom gets an egg white omelet (he wanted sweet potato
pancakes, but they didn’t have). And Levi gets the “big boy breakfast.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then off to the course, just past MSU. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eagle Eye is a Top 100 Courses in America: <a href="https://eagleeyegolfclub.com/">https://eagleeyegolfclub.com/</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="lead" style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: black; mso-color-alt: windowtext;">Per the website: <a href="http://www.golf-designs.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #b89c49; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">Chris Lutzke</span></a></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">, in collaboration with
Pete Dye, has designed a rolling “links” style championship golf course
featuring magnificent shot values on every hole. Eagle Eye provides a challenge
from any of five sets of tees... and the signature “Island Green” #17 is simply
not to be missed.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background: white; margin-top: 0in;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;">In 2017 Golf Advisor raters ranked Eagle Eye #5 in the nation!
In 2016 Eagle Eye was the host to the 105th Michigan Amateur. In 2014 Golf
Digest magazine rated Eagle Eye’s 18 holes as the fifth best public golf course
in Michigan, and the 4th-best championship golf course in Michigan in 2006 by
Michigan Golf magazine. Rated 27th best public course in the nation and 4th
best in Michigan by GolfWorld subscribers. (September 2009)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The pro shop has NOTHING for women, but I don’t like their
logo so I’m fine with that. I have only bought a glove and my purple fleece on
this trip. BUT, they have REALLY cheap alcohol at Eagle Eye compared to every
other course on the trip (buy a six pack from $15-$25! And $6 Bloody Mary’s and
much cheaper Vodka and Diet Monsters for Tom and Levi). Levi, Tom and I load up
inside and then also on the course.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eagle Eye Yardage/Rating/Slope:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Championship<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>7323 yards;
75.9/145<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Black<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>6881
yards; 73.8/143<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Black/Blue<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6696
yards; 72.9/141<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Blue<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>6412
yards; 71.4/136<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Blue/White<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>6101
yards; 70.1/134<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">White<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>5923
yards; M 69.5/128; W 75.2/145<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">White/Forward<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5365
yards; M 66.6/123; W 72.0/132<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Forward<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>5105
yards; M 65.4/119; W 70.6/126<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Eagle Eye is now ranked in the top couple of courses in
Michigan by Tom (True North is #1, but it’s not public anymore). They had the
nicest driving range. The greens roll smooth, but not overly fast. There are a
lot of bunkers. Plenty of water. And the signature railroad ties that Pete Dye
likes (since they go into the water, you can’t putt out of them like #1 on
Boyne’s Monument). It’s playable (but don’t go in the “itchy scratchy stuff”
that Levi walked into.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The #1 handicap hole is a par 3 – typical of Dye and I guess
his “in collaborations.” A horseshoe tee box. It looks more straightforward
from the tips than the other tee boxes. None of us hit the green. I hit mine on
the cart path and putted it down for a four. We did all make par on the #17
replica par 3 at Sawgrass.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Not sure
what that’s all about. We finish up our last round of golf and head out – check
out, stop at MSU Dairy Store (of course we did! – Pete was disappointed that
they didn’t have plain chocolate, so he got plain vanilla with chocolate syrup)
and then onto Chicago. Note: a number of hours later, Levi informs us that the
green-dyed waffle cones have an interesting (unpleasant) digestive after
effect. Tom asked Levi how he knows it’s the green-dyed waffle cone. “You know”
was Levi’s reply. But he really enjoyed the ice cream! [I’m bummed that I didn’t
get a Dairy Store t-shirt now – just read an article in the Oak Cliff Advocate –
you’re called a “delicore” if you wear a restaurant t-shirt. Tom is definitely
a delicore since he has <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Milty Wilty AND
Bob In Again t-shirts. I guess while not a restaurant my Oberon beer t-shirt
may count.]<o:p></o:p></p>
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dinner. The drive back to Gary involved a quick change to the tollway near
Gary, Indiana, because the traffic was piling up (Pete doesn’t like to take the
tollway, but Tom said he’d pay the $11). We were on Broadway and I kept
wondering if we were going to pass my stepsister Fran’s bar in Gary, Hunters
Inn. I would have felt really guilty about not stopping if we passed it (we
didn’t – I found out that we were going the wrong direction to pass Hunters
Inn). Sorry, Fran! And when we get on Lake Shore Drive, Pete drives like a mad
man and Levi and I watch golf on my Hulu.com (seems that it’s Taste of Chicago,
Lallapalooza, a soccer game, Cubs game and a mustache bar crawl all in Chicago
on Saturday). Madness and traffic.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pete’s mom lives almost in Wrigleyville (they used to). Been
there a long time. Parking is fun, but Pete finds a place (should have taken a
picture, but one tire was on the curb and the rest was dangling). Unloaded our
stuff (my bag and clubs will make the journey back in Pete’s car) and then
headed to Portillo’s (<a href="https://www.portillos.com/index.html">https://www.portillos.com/index.html</a><span class="MsoHyperlink">). </span><u><span style="color: #0563c1; mso-themecolor: hyperlink;"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We’ll be getting a Portilllo’s (or two or three) in DFW
soon, but surely will be a madhouse when it opens. And, nothing like going to
the home of Portillo’s for a combo (sausage and Italian beef, dipped). Maybe
one day I’ll have the hotdog (Pete had a combo AND a chili dog). BTW, I found
out that Portillos went public – you can buy stock in them. And, the NIRI
Chicago chapter did a tasting at Portillo’s. That would have been a fun event. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then back to Judy’s to play with Geno, and then to bed
before getting up early to head back to Dallas.<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MJ8uUk6AVo59iztnYooYrV5_PSly6WtrGjNd5XPuTcK5j-8uYsBO_io_7bfRItG0ciw4QBF_s7VpDwZEiOVgJplzk6GxAaIW_KB97sx42tKxkEa7OU7rTESjepyfjoLFEXJMtI2NHNdG967_R0pJeg82TOoiSyhI2Bg--pLeUbsiaxw/s4032/IMG_6452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-MJ8uUk6AVo59iztnYooYrV5_PSly6WtrGjNd5XPuTcK5j-8uYsBO_io_7bfRItG0ciw4QBF_s7VpDwZEiOVgJplzk6GxAaIW_KB97sx42tKxkEa7OU7rTESjepyfjoLFEXJMtI2NHNdG967_R0pJeg82TOoiSyhI2Bg--pLeUbsiaxw/s320/IMG_6452.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Geno!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-40088241096343212842022-08-08T10:04:00.002-05:002022-08-08T10:04:42.786-05:00Day Seven: Boyne Mountain – Alpine, then head to East Lansing!<p>Today (or a week plus ago since this isn't a live blog) we have to pack up and exit the cabin, go to
breakfast, check out, check in and play Alpine, then head to East Lansing for
the Michigan State Dairy Store. Jerri Lee (finally fixed the spelling in her
name) will be out there in the morning on the Alpine, to send us off. Load up
the SUV (tight with my big suitcase, a big cooler full of Spotted Cow and all
of our clubs and stuff).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsd5AKC-Kfr4Tf_zaalGcuPl6mLVDgWHg10bzsE23i0k1_tVlazJhdQIiBP3f_b4bwIEPwIU8e7aLl_L3EuR9zlYtN2ozStRbmPfMxhDRbJEsIx6ZYtroay4Y-cLoSO3lYygfPPvwcBO9ngBTZR9k_hBS_YlvVg4LyfVaKunRknHpTeH4/s4032/IMG_6382.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsd5AKC-Kfr4Tf_zaalGcuPl6mLVDgWHg10bzsE23i0k1_tVlazJhdQIiBP3f_b4bwIEPwIU8e7aLl_L3EuR9zlYtN2ozStRbmPfMxhDRbJEsIx6ZYtroay4Y-cLoSO3lYygfPPvwcBO9ngBTZR9k_hBS_YlvVg4LyfVaKunRknHpTeH4/s320/IMG_6382.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front of our cabin at Boyne Mountain.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Poor omelet guy at breakfast struggles. I’ve probably eaten
enough eggs this week so I’m good.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We check in at the Mountain – Oz is there to great me with
his baby.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s nice to play Alpine again on our last day. And the
weather is nice.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Pretty uneventful round
for all.<o:p></o:p></p>
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFruEKQu-n0_8estBVQX9MBe5Qe_g1l8C_dnTu92w3JO6QjzJHrq5KpUju-oxXzquOy-f6G17JHnYT8U4HLZtQkM20vF4aw_gif9ZbprGJdmPmm7wAcOPhODq6M8mNtJFpwNYf0kgHN2ZxCEL_KfQnjz2St6xQY5CbJike-wpZOWt4CA/s4032/IMG_6391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFruEKQu-n0_8estBVQX9MBe5Qe_g1l8C_dnTu92w3JO6QjzJHrq5KpUju-oxXzquOy-f6G17JHnYT8U4HLZtQkM20vF4aw_gif9ZbprGJdmPmm7wAcOPhODq6M8mNtJFpwNYf0kgHN2ZxCEL_KfQnjz2St6xQY5CbJike-wpZOWt4CA/s320/IMG_6391.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">We’re off to Lansing – with a 12-mile detour to the Whippy
Dip for ice cream in Vanderbilt. We had to go to a place called the Whippy Dip,
right? It wasn’t fancy, but our sundaes (turtles for the boys and I had
something with hot fudge and Spanish peanuts) were yummy. Worth the side trip. </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_1vI7AHjV3fVtV9Es2qS3VZE4LPtJcsOZ1wQE9cREF8UYO9L7plNkL09lSVK2PwYmIqDJXMmN0OnYEaXqxlLQIDT1MzK6mEa6kyz-JWN7hmcXxmucB9n3gPz2v34ZeImkRWY7UIFnLixEac2dpAAitEWdO5P7XWByYTtb3t2JHv96-k/s4032/IMG_6393.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq_1vI7AHjV3fVtV9Es2qS3VZE4LPtJcsOZ1wQE9cREF8UYO9L7plNkL09lSVK2PwYmIqDJXMmN0OnYEaXqxlLQIDT1MzK6mEa6kyz-JWN7hmcXxmucB9n3gPz2v34ZeImkRWY7UIFnLixEac2dpAAitEWdO5P7XWByYTtb3t2JHv96-k/s320/IMG_6393.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Really going off the grid for ice cream (Whippy Dip).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyW2wqUs1huiHxTXXUi0WutubZ7R9vSyjB2aMy__tL37Lg9kyecUX_qen-qfsKCgO0vMnozpxbJ92rrvZ6J9bc0UPEB2FHS-1DJWRvBi5D4bCjBrjCL-spvdYlQIJGjLEEWuze0MmtWM3fS76SY1x1WzefLRCqSy8uOs1v1WXTBKGYnPA/s4032/IMG_6394.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyW2wqUs1huiHxTXXUi0WutubZ7R9vSyjB2aMy__tL37Lg9kyecUX_qen-qfsKCgO0vMnozpxbJ92rrvZ6J9bc0UPEB2FHS-1DJWRvBi5D4bCjBrjCL-spvdYlQIJGjLEEWuze0MmtWM3fS76SY1x1WzefLRCqSy8uOs1v1WXTBKGYnPA/s320/IMG_6394.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing fancy signage wise about the Whippy Dip (they also had a Port o Potty out back).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKummwWR_njhdEII85AD6KQ6yD-0sb3tFuuu3bCMPJtGk7Ei7OGg_lde3yRnjlurFwqzhVhcaBSVsmjWn3G2Zt0icUUhHQb4iYziEG47nquq0xGMGli4Ne2wVSctcOJypwqCQOn13FHomS6QGUwvE1Kqjk01dEf8DTrnQoeWF-T4M4vg/s4032/IMG_6395.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmKummwWR_njhdEII85AD6KQ6yD-0sb3tFuuu3bCMPJtGk7Ei7OGg_lde3yRnjlurFwqzhVhcaBSVsmjWn3G2Zt0icUUhHQb4iYziEG47nquq0xGMGli4Ne2wVSctcOJypwqCQOn13FHomS6QGUwvE1Kqjk01dEf8DTrnQoeWF-T4M4vg/s320/IMG_6395.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing fancy about the front of the Whippy Dip either.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmwawfCDFlZDcJW2hvvIBQBKWsGz9Nvwa5ODjW7wbiIjiGV5XtaUx7C4ZxFCYukXsMtWvvOkbwYpAcal_g0OPevgT4oTqg3gM3A0r12IxaHDoWuu-yRyQ0vOw_Om1DWtzgdf8i8V0sNe8hkxlmMCI5Z_ffHjUepBSzWs9QN3hSz4sRthw/s4032/IMG_6396.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQiqjfvSO3uIbXSmMa8qeS2_GK2M_UV8dJ93FXQhV33FqUq9H3lwlMIZ3ts5C8hIJCPHdMlsoqoxQ1q6VymuHBM_1eh_fBtY55HrrNdtwxCMhKXvAnO28lXSv-5Apb4cNv-Wv_9ExG1CPbObjdHZJkjRmuAMhEw8S1IyYQr2Odr694c8/s4032/IMG_6398.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXQiqjfvSO3uIbXSmMa8qeS2_GK2M_UV8dJ93FXQhV33FqUq9H3lwlMIZ3ts5C8hIJCPHdMlsoqoxQ1q6VymuHBM_1eh_fBtY55HrrNdtwxCMhKXvAnO28lXSv-5Apb4cNv-Wv_9ExG1CPbObjdHZJkjRmuAMhEw8S1IyYQr2Odr694c8/s320/IMG_6398.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing fancy about the picnic tables at the Whippy Dip (but the sundaes were yummy)!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCpmi9sbClmodQW1G68t7Q_Ey3Mvn_hZOExeyYe8_j6FIyDOhM038v0MnBL7K6p6T-0T7S4WUvv6fTy72AiP7bfuNrvnHBTxJQckgSnOyzs5Np7GfycaUu56BFigGP75zGkEGbm40KtZ1YwGSoym-miU_VB6c4m_InclQ9cNOYIYqvm5g/s4032/IMG_6399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Pretty boring drive. We pass by a few produce places and I
realize I haven’t had any cherries on this trip. But, we do see a weird jerkey
place – Insect jerkey? Camel jerkey? I think this was the place: <a href="https://www.brickhousejerky.com/product-category/exotic-jerky/">https://www.brickhousejerky.com/product-category/exotic-jerky/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We also passed by lots of wind farms and I kept thinking of
my client, CMS Energy, and wondering if these are their wind farms (I also
found out that I can get a bit queasy if I star at multiple wind turbines
spinning).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Get into Lansing and we’re staying at a Marriott, right at
MSU (close to the Dairy Store). You can tell that it’s a college hotel that is
probably booked a year plus for football season (maybe basketball season for
you Magic Johnson or Draymon Green fans, like me). First, we grab lunch at the
Jolly Pumpkin (we found out Pete’s nickname from his mom is Pumpkin, so this
made us giggle. Well, maybe not Pete), a brewery/pizza/sandwich place. Good
food (<a href="http://www.jollypumpkin.com/">http://www.jollypumpkin.com/</a>).
I had a really sour beer (La Roja) that was yummy, along with a fried chicken
sandwich with plenty of siracha (including a siracha bun) that had an “after
kick.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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.8 miles (but we all had different addresses depending on what channel). Nice
walk. When we get their Pete’s tummy is not feeling so good so he skips ice
cream. They don’t have my favorite maize/blueberry (and they don’t have ice
cream named after all of the Big 10 schools anymore – the Spartan Swirl was OK,
but I only tested it), but I get something with caramel and pecans (Tucker’s
Scoop and Score) and general yumminess. Nice walk back to the hotel to crash
early before our last round of golf on Saturday morning. <o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQRpxRimnoF7_KMHY2p-RCfl3yTS-xSn37-8oCz9eLAlYe2WM1iJ2Cz6e9_3UyqtpeaZkQ-_730_O_KwQyGQ_RzI8ktAUQP-Ogqsi0Do8ZzJWoV2v8lOaf8faDU_MYvNEFz-ZAfk9falk_KlIvON6tPotyjWT3xeNNpqWYUq_E77Q7OA/s4032/IMG_6403.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQRpxRimnoF7_KMHY2p-RCfl3yTS-xSn37-8oCz9eLAlYe2WM1iJ2Cz6e9_3UyqtpeaZkQ-_730_O_KwQyGQ_RzI8ktAUQP-Ogqsi0Do8ZzJWoV2v8lOaf8faDU_MYvNEFz-ZAfk9falk_KlIvON6tPotyjWT3xeNNpqWYUq_E77Q7OA/s320/IMG_6403.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">MSU Dairy Store!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCLDpv-X-pSnUgnqO6dX_4epQjtt06KvpbmeMLTJyA4Q9zQPW4EHbbeH5J2-pE8M_IrEIQX6-58M2SQ0pMLKFjM0S_jJTRJcRginpjp6YTSjMcDmGsp1IS8BOEh1fn32joRQUIb6YBROBpVDHySibCO9LP8k_KWYEM6cPvaW3M6Jera4/s4032/IMG_6404.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcCLDpv-X-pSnUgnqO6dX_4epQjtt06KvpbmeMLTJyA4Q9zQPW4EHbbeH5J2-pE8M_IrEIQX6-58M2SQ0pMLKFjM0S_jJTRJcRginpjp6YTSjMcDmGsp1IS8BOEh1fn32joRQUIb6YBROBpVDHySibCO9LP8k_KWYEM6cPvaW3M6Jera4/s320/IMG_6404.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">AHHH... entrance to the MSU Dairy Store!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVYPA5EkUW9ms13-DZi9L9p8JdjBBoupWaXTHDh-seafaEUVahPYa3yH_TlkJiGY247anF_ZgX4fJ2LL18b2q6SO8olH2psRSmzdRWHRwdMLQ1kCBzeYUWWU8LeyOI_q6nSCp7lrYCf_j7B0kshnqxhT2k9jghjDWxrcgScFgbHYn30k/s4032/IMG_6406.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxVYPA5EkUW9ms13-DZi9L9p8JdjBBoupWaXTHDh-seafaEUVahPYa3yH_TlkJiGY247anF_ZgX4fJ2LL18b2q6SO8olH2psRSmzdRWHRwdMLQ1kCBzeYUWWU8LeyOI_q6nSCp7lrYCf_j7B0kshnqxhT2k9jghjDWxrcgScFgbHYn30k/s320/IMG_6406.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Walking through campus post ice cream.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-81883712825724987412022-08-08T07:59:00.003-05:002022-08-08T07:59:35.112-05:00Day Six: Boyne Mountain – Alpine and Monument (Jerry Lee, and mimosas)<p>This morning I “slept in” since we don’t need to take the
drive to the Highlands or Bay Harbor. We’re “on property” at the Boyne
Mountain’s Alpine and Monument. And breakfast doesn’t open until 7:00 a.m.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">They gave us a bottle of champagne so we bought orange juice
on our way home so we can make mimosas on the course. Couldn’t figure what else
we would do with it. We also grabbed plastic cups for our mimosas.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Before we head to breakfast, talking scorecards. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pete: “My index has dropped to a 5.6.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tom: “Because you’re a stud.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I haven’t looked at my index to see if it’s changed since
the trip.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Breakfast buffet at the Mountain is good, but doesn’t have
the big bowls of berries like the Highlands or Sagamore’s. And, while I would
think they use the same coffee, the coffee isn’t as good (but I still take a
to-go cup). On our way out of the lodge to head to the course, guess who was
there – Jerry Lee, the cart girl on the Mountain. We’ve been talking up Jerry
Lee forever! She says she’ll see us out there! As Tom puts it: “she’s very
effervescent.” <o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesyNeVMa44pnIaOnv77N3iXrPosYNFal4HGwc3XP85PQ4RCg44kL8kZxJxofuxWfWXktEZ765O0l3pzR1aYEW4vV_KioSTwroHUHDTADPBpsKB6Rd3YN6VQAzyo4-y3cafpKhi0VfETVAIKMMgsNDJSfx0kZJam5LfAWpG-3jj57aLYM/s4032/IMG_6374.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesyNeVMa44pnIaOnv77N3iXrPosYNFal4HGwc3XP85PQ4RCg44kL8kZxJxofuxWfWXktEZ765O0l3pzR1aYEW4vV_KioSTwroHUHDTADPBpsKB6Rd3YN6VQAzyo4-y3cafpKhi0VfETVAIKMMgsNDJSfx0kZJam5LfAWpG-3jj57aLYM/s320/IMG_6374.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jerry Lee!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMT73DEYMcBYjbJ-X572nZ-UlDdLAFVyuhth3N3i_Z9_qOlxyDLJbqoyqLOt58i5qTtKBqMEIQg6Q39UmWOdONCFnCPBTpkgmPVvx0FcOUTraivwtRTiWxMLkX4AWlwBOznpje-YxYfxB5dBQSWbzJ9Axj4-EmEaLs0fUQbJjnb4SlyCY/s4032/IMG_6311.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMT73DEYMcBYjbJ-X572nZ-UlDdLAFVyuhth3N3i_Z9_qOlxyDLJbqoyqLOt58i5qTtKBqMEIQg6Q39UmWOdONCFnCPBTpkgmPVvx0FcOUTraivwtRTiWxMLkX4AWlwBOznpje-YxYfxB5dBQSWbzJ9Axj4-EmEaLs0fUQbJjnb4SlyCY/s320/IMG_6311.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is Oz. He's seven months old and sat nice for his picture.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgMBNAS8j5SeJIEnl6NwMP2fIGDURDAioR_DFyJJQ3nwnvRduUrxTuOG_vJ5WLCFiKfCtjPk1M94M8Vm10-vrU1-dfMWx-nsAdYUerSV218NEIibxJn4NqMsjxRcFO5nGD6ydTXcl-hnVKG6T8owB98swG-SSLYsDQh3BjWyEE51xKwY/s4032/IMG_6312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVgMBNAS8j5SeJIEnl6NwMP2fIGDURDAioR_DFyJJQ3nwnvRduUrxTuOG_vJ5WLCFiKfCtjPk1M94M8Vm10-vrU1-dfMWx-nsAdYUerSV218NEIibxJn4NqMsjxRcFO5nGD6ydTXcl-hnVKG6T8owB98swG-SSLYsDQh3BjWyEE51xKwY/s320/IMG_6312.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They need to trim the ivy a bit.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dvH5CdFie73trJfJsWmpsDJxH2S1bJC1pQTR6wRznr1JvdbT6hTTZyDkJD6yuWFrrtyu9MV_L9Zv_zSgv0BldiqdOaMHS3ABPN5lMHBZv2IMTw1byUXE7o6LKAgBHYEt6DKWnI2qiQbhKGSK7a20iYcBSiQVBntSW-gN9h7eB9AF4M0/s4032/IMG_6317.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7dvH5CdFie73trJfJsWmpsDJxH2S1bJC1pQTR6wRznr1JvdbT6hTTZyDkJD6yuWFrrtyu9MV_L9Zv_zSgv0BldiqdOaMHS3ABPN5lMHBZv2IMTw1byUXE7o6LKAgBHYEt6DKWnI2qiQbhKGSK7a20iYcBSiQVBntSW-gN9h7eB9AF4M0/s320/IMG_6317.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Headed on the road to the top of the Mountain!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMZWUh9XPnnDQ2c_XGGh1YtqGUdHuJVeZtPbgXiJweK_n8hZ-ea8VmgshqTXM1-B412Huz4-_UsuGX_oi4Qqi6DLaaq05woMbOL1SVnSkY9vL7YQBjoKUGwy4X5mjEX2593UjFUTXlG8hC7Ps803andr_B65qlxBBcumiHAPGahRXin8/s4032/IMG_6321.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJMZWUh9XPnnDQ2c_XGGh1YtqGUdHuJVeZtPbgXiJweK_n8hZ-ea8VmgshqTXM1-B412Huz4-_UsuGX_oi4Qqi6DLaaq05woMbOL1SVnSkY9vL7YQBjoKUGwy4X5mjEX2593UjFUTXlG8hC7Ps803andr_B65qlxBBcumiHAPGahRXin8/s320/IMG_6321.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They are building a sky bridge.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">When I check in for golf, I meet a new puppy. His name is Oz
(some sort of doodle) and he’s seven months. And he even goes and gets and
brings me a toy. When I decided to get a picture of him, Oz sat like a good
boy. I’m driving Levi around today on the Mountain. We load up with “ammo” for
the ride up the mountain. As Tom puts it, we’re dorks. We like our little games
of tossing balls at each other as we head up the mountain. The objective is to
hit the cart (or go into the cart) if you’re tossing. But to try to catch a
ball if you’re the recipient.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tee off on the dewy Alpine. Tom starts us off with a birdie.
We break open the bottle of champagne and OJ and make mimosas to celebrate the
birdie. I rattle off a par on #2 – a picture hole with the fountain in the pond
and the little covered walkway/bridge to #3. I par #3 as well. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On #4, Frymire calls me (supposed to call
Tony, not me, but Ashley says she doesn’t have Tony’s number. BS). <o:p></o:p></p>
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(champagne courtesy of Boyne in our cabin)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Pqg2v76H00iFDJyz_kYfL9uosLGxamTvUwKGiVVamBQ91r55dXTi5xUGZOL1FsXdTvCoGNt7tfLQCfv2oLmSfSqsFPrtdNYzHgeFST_BQNokSucCYnmITkYyyZ420cOTtgRn32Z6zGrY6_7f7W7Oh2-jkhsFrA8yCmyaFZcEDNKu9h8/s4032/IMG_6325.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Pqg2v76H00iFDJyz_kYfL9uosLGxamTvUwKGiVVamBQ91r55dXTi5xUGZOL1FsXdTvCoGNt7tfLQCfv2oLmSfSqsFPrtdNYzHgeFST_BQNokSucCYnmITkYyyZ420cOTtgRn32Z6zGrY6_7f7W7Oh2-jkhsFrA8yCmyaFZcEDNKu9h8/s320/IMG_6325.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#2 Alpine (short par 4 with pond and fountain)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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finds us apples to try. Not bad if you only eat the reddish part. On #6, we
encounter Jerry Lee – she even has her cart with her name. She talks us into
local seltzer with Michigan cherries. Not bad because it’s not overly sweet or
seltzer-y. We’ll see her again in the afternoon on the Monument.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tony texts me on #11 to call when I get a chance. Good news:
because I have a maintenance agreement there is no charge. Bad news: it’s not
the AC, we need an electrician because of a “voltage thing.” Now Tony is trying
to track down an electrician. Great.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lunch in the field – nothing fancy about the Mountain with
pretty much just a halfway house for brats (and panini for Pete because he
doesn’t like pretzel rolls). I head over to the pro shop to see if we can get
on Monument earlier than our 1:30 pm tee time. 12:50 pm, so we head on up the
mountain again. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Monument #1 is one of my favorite holes in Michigan. It’s a
dogleg right par 5, with a bunker in front of the green with railroad ties –
that you can putt up. All four of us end up in this bunker (Tom says I did it
on purpose). And all four of us putt. Levi is the most successful. Tom, well
his went backwards over his head on the first try (in all of the years in
Michigan, he’s never tried it).<o:p></o:p></p>
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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-I7yFJcD2F8NMYCZfCvn-Ul2jzCCtpuirGINtieUDFDVC_OcLG9hk7TwTnF_mAmM5_UjgT62Z9GG6RKLRhubPSmnNPwU9BO2O0RzOj4WH-ts5OcYIJn7yWFssmj7rjiFxnCqDBzE4ZnLgfIh8qAyYGVIJVQn9raxjODZeSOGXdM1flAY/s4032/IMG_6367.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-I7yFJcD2F8NMYCZfCvn-Ul2jzCCtpuirGINtieUDFDVC_OcLG9hk7TwTnF_mAmM5_UjgT62Z9GG6RKLRhubPSmnNPwU9BO2O0RzOj4WH-ts5OcYIJn7yWFssmj7rjiFxnCqDBzE4ZnLgfIh8qAyYGVIJVQn9raxjODZeSOGXdM1flAY/s320/IMG_6367.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">After #3, my shoes come off. Ditto for Pete, Tom and Levi.
This afternoon is barefoot golf. I need to get a pedicure (the chemo got my
nails kind of yucky, but I’ve been waiting for a year to get a pedicure).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On the hole over the road, Tony texts me again. It’s not the
electricity – it’s the AC. But I’m out $350 for the electrician to come out anyway.
Now Tony has to get Frymire back. I am going to try and get them to pay the
$350 – if they hadn’t told us we needed an electrician, we wouldn’t have gotten
one out! Frymire is coming back. Tony and Abby are miserable in the house –
it’s 89 degrees inside. Tony’s put the kiddie pool out, but Abby won’t go in
it.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On the #8 hole with the bunker down the “middle,” Levi
finally hits one down the middle – but makes par from the bunker. He’s played
well out of the bunkers. The next hole #9 has a bunker in front of the green,
with railroad ties (these I’ve never tried to putt out of).<o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCr07PcxSjbay7_YM-E5LopfpYTuRLtFW8oqpSPX7GIp2jLN46d0mK6qn3zIk0PYdx80Nz25hH881CP-T2vfm2b4so2Ces4SckHLFo2cP5cVx1KVAc4rxAz-k5Gvv80YmXwHevyxIcmE4ZYfQHpte42wo4kJuoCWh7QiLFLRexnHOFMF8/s4032/IMG_6358.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCr07PcxSjbay7_YM-E5LopfpYTuRLtFW8oqpSPX7GIp2jLN46d0mK6qn3zIk0PYdx80Nz25hH881CP-T2vfm2b4so2Ces4SckHLFo2cP5cVx1KVAc4rxAz-k5Gvv80YmXwHevyxIcmE4ZYfQHpte42wo4kJuoCWh7QiLFLRexnHOFMF8/s320/IMG_6358.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I told Levi about this bunker all the way to the hole. He still found it.<br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HKRFaXMqqxB8lPCW08mTN8L59UvFhC8AG71_tX2MHf7KEKjttSYryMRgy6sLuNmsFges-2Sx0PkTpVDe_G2GbqQTCGHpgH7xXOG1pc69RPIm39lt0GgSaiJDfQz70TTyTa1YkVew2dTah_1ZdRqJIwv-F8KFownw-RIlBadrXclKcRY/s4032/IMG_6359.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HKRFaXMqqxB8lPCW08mTN8L59UvFhC8AG71_tX2MHf7KEKjttSYryMRgy6sLuNmsFges-2Sx0PkTpVDe_G2GbqQTCGHpgH7xXOG1pc69RPIm39lt0GgSaiJDfQz70TTyTa1YkVew2dTah_1ZdRqJIwv-F8KFownw-RIlBadrXclKcRY/s320/IMG_6359.jpg" width="240" /></a><br /><p class="MsoNormal">During barefoot round, Levi and I start talking about
playing more golf after this round. Tom is in. Pete, kind of in, but not as
enthusiastic about it. We’ll see when we get done with the round.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I don’t love the holes from #12 - #18 as much as the first
holes. But, they are still fun. When we get done, I head to the pro shop to see
if they can get us back out – they can, on the Monument. So, off we head up the
Mountain again! <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Tony calls – AC is working! I don’t know all of the details,
but it’s working. He also told me that of everyone, Javan offered for us to
stay with him since we didn’t have AC. That was sweet.<o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpfK_XlVzCEqjh8ofByFpssbdRh6zfrqCpzL4dFhF3XfOAlhgwkSxXqSeXgm4QkE1zORz-6y-gjrFZQEDNmmyp91bYf5L3F_bsoJMQmziGNyrB1v4CcQzvM0NOS0XrH1M93aDxxGbYkYn4yeYPOs9-NXJ5eKCpF7vLBc41cpqBQ3A-r8/s4032/IMG_6368.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpfK_XlVzCEqjh8ofByFpssbdRh6zfrqCpzL4dFhF3XfOAlhgwkSxXqSeXgm4QkE1zORz-6y-gjrFZQEDNmmyp91bYf5L3F_bsoJMQmziGNyrB1v4CcQzvM0NOS0XrH1M93aDxxGbYkYn4yeYPOs9-NXJ5eKCpF7vLBc41cpqBQ3A-r8/s320/IMG_6368.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Levi thought it'd be a good idea to jump out on the ride up the mountain and hide from Pete and Tom.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjys1A43EC6DFW4Awy6iS7ZeKO2Zj7kQMqXSzWj3CNR4Fo1IRbbqQpg4-d9RS3F2cDcskmmVPgphXqERT-mauoXoNScNpALpVLWtIaJl6rCwlchhtem3wYTTPkHhNxJjTQL87-JmG6pk32cxmJbyEEN8_BrR0m9ZCAJOdA0xDmMtKhc4Hs/s4032/IMG_6369.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjys1A43EC6DFW4Awy6iS7ZeKO2Zj7kQMqXSzWj3CNR4Fo1IRbbqQpg4-d9RS3F2cDcskmmVPgphXqERT-mauoXoNScNpALpVLWtIaJl6rCwlchhtem3wYTTPkHhNxJjTQL87-JmG6pk32cxmJbyEEN8_BrR0m9ZCAJOdA0xDmMtKhc4Hs/s320/IMG_6369.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">#1 Monument (you can putt up the railroad ties).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxICOeXzE_3ukuYfLigZPSn6jUnqjUTrwJtYY4FHRdoiW2Vr0CU4CZlMlz6Wn1w1fkX7TKOtGxU9maapJmks1Kx4ELGhJpcKHYHvgGwqODSrnSA0cHCopWohDmfbr4GLcvGLUs281Vpu_LnR5pZlsJa6EAlQGp_Y4dJDUCcfVEufgkjg/s4032/IMG_6370.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTxICOeXzE_3ukuYfLigZPSn6jUnqjUTrwJtYY4FHRdoiW2Vr0CU4CZlMlz6Wn1w1fkX7TKOtGxU9maapJmks1Kx4ELGhJpcKHYHvgGwqODSrnSA0cHCopWohDmfbr4GLcvGLUs281Vpu_LnR5pZlsJa6EAlQGp_Y4dJDUCcfVEufgkjg/s320/IMG_6370.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You can't really putt up #9 rail road ties (par 3).</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal">On #13, we lose Tom and Pete and Levi and I say we’ll play a
couple more holes. We end up finishing the round. Meet up with Tom and Pete at
the Beach House where they are having drinks. Levi and I don’t need anymore
drinks after our 54 holes today. <o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVH8KjxUrYCh_nSC9eRMujHLv3O-whYAJNlGa9r2naIJvUYX8PlS08WWHo3iIXO7AwRUqvUq-zvzab9phqRN0OwScAS7bHP0i9zxwpqJhbIwBbqfsnp-O5yg6qfdrDNsoK3ngssV0Dv9Ur5Et9hLXOMSRWc8ka4ywtVEivYJcFt6OQOGk/s4032/IMG_6376.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVH8KjxUrYCh_nSC9eRMujHLv3O-whYAJNlGa9r2naIJvUYX8PlS08WWHo3iIXO7AwRUqvUq-zvzab9phqRN0OwScAS7bHP0i9zxwpqJhbIwBbqfsnp-O5yg6qfdrDNsoK3ngssV0Dv9Ur5Et9hLXOMSRWc8ka4ywtVEivYJcFt6OQOGk/s320/IMG_6376.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Awesome willow tree on this par 5 on Monument (hole 13)</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSOXx5VzBHK5pWZWOUMNXPQUuorKM0p-9d_5HpMJZnOGrXMKZDgIWOClaaTQbLq3rokoITbF3ajEPTVl23QSyC0-y38DKTSPMFcTFj-X1A9vaiaJM4peKVKmQr-zLIyEGa_voU3VAVn0dn7_I2eQCpIp3fsTTwzLFu3yXTJJL3x3aT48/s4032/IMG_6379.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxSOXx5VzBHK5pWZWOUMNXPQUuorKM0p-9d_5HpMJZnOGrXMKZDgIWOClaaTQbLq3rokoITbF3ajEPTVl23QSyC0-y38DKTSPMFcTFj-X1A9vaiaJM4peKVKmQr-zLIyEGa_voU3VAVn0dn7_I2eQCpIp3fsTTwzLFu3yXTJJL3x3aT48/s320/IMG_6379.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3h9UR5TK1xjT2CLHBR_h3BHnJD2_s_A6MsBGBFkbM6Ykex9W7FgJ9uPZqYTHmmhvyBdaSNDhhqVc62Ppwii-3RUm21NkTYMj4azHTwGfaOzbSKmCpXiEZ83NGDz6fg38PhF__5ATkQ42EU1Ai-PqVgEjc1E3HHGuSwJVClV-kmlmAiM/s4032/IMG_6380.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT3h9UR5TK1xjT2CLHBR_h3BHnJD2_s_A6MsBGBFkbM6Ykex9W7FgJ9uPZqYTHmmhvyBdaSNDhhqVc62Ppwii-3RUm21NkTYMj4azHTwGfaOzbSKmCpXiEZ83NGDz6fg38PhF__5ATkQ42EU1Ai-PqVgEjc1E3HHGuSwJVClV-kmlmAiM/s320/IMG_6380.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Finish up 54 holes and head to the Beach House.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-30997817410980890662022-08-05T10:19:00.000-05:002022-08-05T10:19:13.554-05:00Day Five: Boyne Highland – Donald Ross (he’s an asshole) and Moor<p>Just waking up and doing my photo download and upload from
the day before, before we head out to Donald Ross and Moor for the day (haven’t
looked at the weather, but there is a threat of rain today). My news feed kept
showing up Love Field shooting and had to look. Wow. A woman went in and
started shooting yesterday in Love Field! We were just there on Saturday
morning (on a positive note when we were there: don’t think that 430 a.m. is a
“prime shooting time” anywhere). Seems that this woman just shot up at the
ceiling in the airport until they arrested her.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Today we’ll be heading back to the Highlands to play the
Donald Ross Memorial and the Moor (hopefully Tom and Levi can ride the boards
at the Moor). This troop gets up and going early. I’m used to having the first
floor to myself at the cabin. But, Tom gets up. Then Levi. Then Pete. It’s only
5:38 a.m. and everyone is ready to go. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Back to the Highlands for breakfast.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Same omelet guy as Monday. The guys from DFW that we met at
Bay Harbor are there. Along with a guy wearing a Dallas Athletic Club t-shirt –
and a couple from Prestonwood. DFW is represented in Northern Michigan this
year (can you blame us – it’s in the 70s here and in the 100s in Dallas).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">It’s different having GPS on the carts this year. Highlands
never has had GPS. The only bad thing is that they have restrictors on areas
that they don’t want you to go to. But don’t give you much advance notice about
these areas. Tom wanted to do a board, but the guy in the pro shop said no
because of the potential of rain. He’s bummed. We head out onto the Donald Ross
Memorial, 18 “iconic” Donald Ross holes (I personally think that they chose the
hardest of the holes because this course plays tough). <o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nA8WPa6fuj2gWErOOFaGWdS1RN-Iv-mVhrl96CoP44nrAZVkr_2DLt19JentI7zM5KNu5Ygo0O6DZnzaj8p8Fn72WcZGvAXMtfQuW0AbWdu-QtI7gPEu8fdWYYtiT_rPMHgnh-dob4IfPhsqoEkDERvvRlGfEpR4IGWPynM0XnvXziQ/s4032/IMG_6310.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0nA8WPa6fuj2gWErOOFaGWdS1RN-Iv-mVhrl96CoP44nrAZVkr_2DLt19JentI7zM5KNu5Ygo0O6DZnzaj8p8Fn72WcZGvAXMtfQuW0AbWdu-QtI7gPEu8fdWYYtiT_rPMHgnh-dob4IfPhsqoEkDERvvRlGfEpR4IGWPynM0XnvXziQ/s320/IMG_6310.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Donald Ross Memorial "Holes"</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
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text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Finally see a deer on the course. And a turkey!</span></div><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We make the “turn” at the halfway house that shares with
Arthur Hills. At the turn (getting ready to play “the birdhouse hole” with its
grassy mounds with colored birdhouses – we think so you can say, “I hit it into
the gunk over near the orange birdhouse”):<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Me: What do you think of Donald Ross Memorial so far?<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Levi: He’s an asshole.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">There are lots of raspberries on Ross. We enjoy. <o:p></o:p></p>
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boxes and bunkers. They were resodding them so should be close to done. A lot
of machinery. Should have taken some video to show Woodbridge how hole redo
should take place.<o:p></o:p></p>
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of Ross. And not poorly. And, we had the course pretty much to ourselves (maybe
rain related) this morning. Lunch at Country Club of Boyne. Tom is bummed –
they don’t have sweet potato fries here (they also don’t have Blue Light beer).
But, he goes to the pro shop and rents a board for the afternoon – and checks
to see if we can get off earlier than 1:30 p.m. (we can). Nice lunch then Pete
and I load up on a cart so that Levi and Tom can ride boards this afternoon.
One thing about the boards is the lack of storage (I’d have trouble with all of
my stuff). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Moor opening holes are not spectacular. In fact, the
Moor isn’t really on our top list. But, it’s included in the package and not
bad. Just not great. The first par 3, #4, is lengthy – I think I had 160 yards
from the forward tees. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">At round 9, this is when I get tired, golfed out, and the
ball, that already has lost distance, has lost even more distance. I invoke a
new rule for me: taking someone else’s tee shot. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This makes this round more enjoyable for me.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">When we make the turn, we see our new buddies from DFW
getting ready to tee off on the Moor. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Moor backs up to Heather on a couple of holes – the
fence on the par 3 #12 – and the bathrooms on the par 5 #5 (yes, I know where
all of the bathrooms are on the courses – when you’re drinking beer, it’s
important to at least “try.”). On #17, par 3, we let a young man go through –
skinny, Will Zalatoris like – with an outfit that Levi says: “He needs his mom
to dress him.” His shorts are super tight and hiked up. He makes Levi, Pete and
Tom look pretty lumpy and old.<o:p></o:p></p>
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His shorts are REALLY high and snug.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vbBBkXYU8Su8360KvmjnwGu5rEC55QG9QXvGaL19IQ6zeH_8j1t3a6FBOCoMO86vzGRqV73HMyAr-lDaPtpmpWQAEtWdraK5wcRtkI_RvFem15t2YUoyfeMy_LEkyP4so-BO_RCaJOiupdr3bIhJsaT0IjfLum0Ll7IewtoXJ0FBNBo/s4032/IMG_6296.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9vbBBkXYU8Su8360KvmjnwGu5rEC55QG9QXvGaL19IQ6zeH_8j1t3a6FBOCoMO86vzGRqV73HMyAr-lDaPtpmpWQAEtWdraK5wcRtkI_RvFem15t2YUoyfeMy_LEkyP4so-BO_RCaJOiupdr3bIhJsaT0IjfLum0Ll7IewtoXJ0FBNBo/s320/IMG_6296.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5IA3xo59265v8EQb1nsRqqrtE5mAHHwF1YSHTPS-_hJXu_coLXqLAOgOPSF41xBSA9rKft0xav_9Uomi3oOBZYhgFR6znYmmM-bWDKGvimwG_lNxSODgUR-cVFMTM1v4hAazSbNMa8AO8jt5ywOUNkznbMXBtLYcVN0Ptv2hZcVAcUg/s4032/IMG_6297.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy5IA3xo59265v8EQb1nsRqqrtE5mAHHwF1YSHTPS-_hJXu_coLXqLAOgOPSF41xBSA9rKft0xav_9Uomi3oOBZYhgFR6znYmmM-bWDKGvimwG_lNxSODgUR-cVFMTM1v4hAazSbNMa8AO8jt5ywOUNkznbMXBtLYcVN0Ptv2hZcVAcUg/s320/IMG_6297.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Levi and Tom are enjoying their boards – but Levi’s has a
left tilt to it. He goes down once – I called it. But jumps back up. On 17, he
and Tom swap boards. And Tom finds out that Levi didn’t have the power on high,
so that was the problem with the tilt and the speed. I think Tom called Levi a
“dingbat.”<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Moor ends with a par 5 that you can cut the corner on to
get to in two. Oh, and a willow tree. Levi and Tom make birdie on 18 to end the
day of golf.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Done with the Moor and load up and head to Lume (<a href="http://www.lume.com/">http://www.lume.com</a>), the “pot shop” in Petoskey
(they now have two stores). “Big Buds, Big Bags, Big Savings.” One worker in
there was helping out his mom. It was amusing to hear him explain the different
gummies to her. And her comments about them. Edibles were 25% off. Then to T
mobile to deal with Pete’s phone. We drop him off and then Tom, Levi and I go
across the street to Appleby’s for a drink while we wait for him to get done.
It’s at least 45 minutes and we go pick him up and head to the tavern for
dinner at the Mountain.</p><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIs1qY92qA4RL1bfCDokaNAA20bsEoAGU4VNPHu77hr2JhkUb7Dcavs2xKd8EqULZNPpdkqZc1vs9nlKWyQfLASazg2MIODAR0bxuxkBWe_MR_0x0gyH4gbmV0fKJ2VmfAoSeiwy8R95C8nM7aUtjwUvO11BXQFF65lWFPFy5p_jj_BX0/s4032/IMG_6301.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIs1qY92qA4RL1bfCDokaNAA20bsEoAGU4VNPHu77hr2JhkUb7Dcavs2xKd8EqULZNPpdkqZc1vs9nlKWyQfLASazg2MIODAR0bxuxkBWe_MR_0x0gyH4gbmV0fKJ2VmfAoSeiwy8R95C8nM7aUtjwUvO11BXQFF65lWFPFy5p_jj_BX0/s320/IMG_6301.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Field trip to Lume, the pot shop.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyC_Xji5DBqZ1mttWPLBYT4pgg1568BZLi3pHq32saHtw9HqwUMsdX44g5rlbF6Z3OWfP5Sxlh6cxCPHsl8W9YTR1GUHsCy2Whp67q4hecAhGuMclVMfMLcgBehinN4IjmWyXJTTxCQWmZIj0lBvNVt6-FhoXlZr-Ve9X04_PKj-FHYkk/s4032/IMG_6305.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyC_Xji5DBqZ1mttWPLBYT4pgg1568BZLi3pHq32saHtw9HqwUMsdX44g5rlbF6Z3OWfP5Sxlh6cxCPHsl8W9YTR1GUHsCy2Whp67q4hecAhGuMclVMfMLcgBehinN4IjmWyXJTTxCQWmZIj0lBvNVt6-FhoXlZr-Ve9X04_PKj-FHYkk/s320/IMG_6305.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice packaging on their gummies.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="MsoNormal">I get a text from Tony to call him. We order at the tavern
at Boyne Mountain. I give him a call. AC is out at the house (and we have
excessive heat advisory at 100+ degrees). Great. I suggest he call Frymire that
evening and not wait until morning. The reason we have a maintenance agreement
is so we can get them to come out quicker. Poor babies in a house that was
already 85 degrees. Tony got another fan out of the garage. Abby decided that
the tile floor in the guest bathroom was the place to be. We’re on the standby
list to come out on Thursday. Great. I didn’t rub in that the high was about 75
in Michigan.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Vs_tV_lSgY_xsuo7RM8P5y9kyryUwNDbGzGcg74DyBDJTIuOtr1EyIEsvRc2gORIlzbEd7lDdgGf7Y4klSCLwUb97B0ijBv6Re8hKh_51pFHxflnrDEWaNn_OC-KGtRgwC8tO5Ov6MPRLBdB0dFqK_A7ijRDQY2iNDNzgZhPP7M8mUw/s4032/68065640041__BD406187-9566-4032-A8FF-7432F91C3760.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4Vs_tV_lSgY_xsuo7RM8P5y9kyryUwNDbGzGcg74DyBDJTIuOtr1EyIEsvRc2gORIlzbEd7lDdgGf7Y4klSCLwUb97B0ijBv6Re8hKh_51pFHxflnrDEWaNn_OC-KGtRgwC8tO5Ov6MPRLBdB0dFqK_A7ijRDQY2iNDNzgZhPP7M8mUw/s320/68065640041__BD406187-9566-4032-A8FF-7432F91C3760.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Abby on tile cooling off with no AC.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><i><br /></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>[NOTE: I am not blogging live. Right now, I’m sitting
on the floor in our cabin at Boyne Mountain, trying to drink coffee, blog and
stretch at the same time. Internet is also slow and my photos aren’t uploading
to email quickly.]<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-22684455549207075992022-08-05T08:22:00.002-05:002022-08-05T08:22:32.324-05:00Day Four: Liz’s Day: Bay Harbor: Goodbye to the Pink Sweater<p>This morning, they were asking about why I like Bay Harbor
so much. It’s just everything. The courses. The breakfast at Sagamores. The
lunch on the patio overlooking the course. The pro shop. The ladies’ locker
room. I think I like Quarry, then Preserves, then Links – for playing. But
Links, then Quarry then Preserves for views. And all of the par 3s are great (a
lot with water views). We’ll see what Levi thinks when the day is over.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m thinking about taking my pink sweater to retire at Bay
Harbor. But, it’s tough to part with this old friend, even at Bay Harbor. <o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTti1g6r5X2uQK1Lns6oXH3EBLSTT5b32BRfMWjSGLz1VBluKaRFM9aIQ0eRqFO5SBYAXpOCLOjuiiqGB7b7IeGbzY9vdErZz8SgHRmDMe865rw2geP_qOiTETQuMVgbwCEBObhBTgPkcNnjXgdGREYkRJ-ham64wpZLGH22Opj2a-Us0/s4032/IMG_6177.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTti1g6r5X2uQK1Lns6oXH3EBLSTT5b32BRfMWjSGLz1VBluKaRFM9aIQ0eRqFO5SBYAXpOCLOjuiiqGB7b7IeGbzY9vdErZz8SgHRmDMe865rw2geP_qOiTETQuMVgbwCEBObhBTgPkcNnjXgdGREYkRJ-ham64wpZLGH22Opj2a-Us0/s320/IMG_6177.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gorgeous flowers in the back of the Inn.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0UIRAeSlF7L-reLk56RC-WtrAF7vtOyzoG8ELFTITyXDJ0-U1fDER4yNU7KA2SOvphAd9vhAUum7ySzhR0qIUmaWTIy-SydH_lf9OelgsgV191VHfd5FAqnRVnWgHQbVt5_nj25RUW7P_04mPEzWQFi3HJ9LgdK3eCqytPWGZCuSNk8/s4032/IMG_6179.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0UIRAeSlF7L-reLk56RC-WtrAF7vtOyzoG8ELFTITyXDJ0-U1fDER4yNU7KA2SOvphAd9vhAUum7ySzhR0qIUmaWTIy-SydH_lf9OelgsgV191VHfd5FAqnRVnWgHQbVt5_nj25RUW7P_04mPEzWQFi3HJ9LgdK3eCqytPWGZCuSNk8/s320/IMG_6179.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bay view at the Inn.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">We start our day at Sagamore’s for breakfast, always getting
there early with time to walk out back and check out the water and the flowers
at the hotel. I find a Petoskey rock for Levi – a good one with the “pattern”
all of the way around it! After a quick Yahoo! search (yes, I’m one of “those”)
I am reminded of my science days and need to correct myself. It’s a stone, not
a rock! Mr. Fraser in 9<sup>th</sup> grade science at Brookfield High School
would be happy with this correction of my oversight. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petoskey_stone">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petoskey_stone</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While there were no bowls of cherries at the buffet, the
breakfast was great. Omelets, sausage, bacon, lots of fruit. Pete is eating
scrambled eggs these days (he used to say he hated scrambled eggs!). Levi had
biscuits and gravy (he can put the food away). Then screech into Bay Harbor for
an 8:00 am tee time on the Preserves, which is a five-minute ride to the tee
box. No time to warm up. I’m driving Levi, our rookie, around on my day. I get
to choose what I want on my day!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">While the Preserves 9 isn’t the “favorites” of this Arthur
Hills course, I have always really liked it, especially the par 3 #9 hole. #1
is unassuming. #2 is a fun little par 4 with a shared green with hole #7. Levi
is spraying it around and makes par from the #7 side of the green. I think we
had four birdies in a row on Preserves (none mine, but I shoot a 42 on the
front – for day 4, I’m fine with that). We see a muskrat on #5 so a new critter
sighting. We notice that the threesome behind us is the same threesome that was
behind us on Arthur Hills the day before. <o:p></o:p></p>
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says the group ahead was 10 minutes late getting to the tee, thus a pile up).
Levi and I go and get beer (we drink beer early in Michigan and Bay Harbor
finally has Blue Lights – we haven’t gotten most of this trip. Levi is drinking
Oberon). The threesome shows up in the pile up and we start talking to them.
They are also from Dallas – well, Waxahachie, Rowlett and Burleson. The
Burleson guy seems to be the leader on the trip, since he’s also played Forest
Dunes, Arcadia and others around Michigan. It’s their first time at Bay Harbor.
They are also playing in the afternoon (but not behind us since they are
playing Links/Quarry). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Links views are amazing. And worth the wait and pile up (to
me, but not to Pete who gets a little weary by the end of this nine because of
the wait). Rarely do I make par on #3, but I do (I did over club and ended up
going way long, but still salvage par). And Pete makes birdie. This hole is
also the hole we hit golf balls into the bay.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The next hole is the little par 3 that I seem to airmail. I do again. On
#5, we see a bunny on the tee box. He’s not scared of us one bit. <o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFs_bY7H6TbdqRl31kDrydJ5xiFQevjp6hJq3498XG7YU4yvT5wkNUKeylcJ8yWa4msbFwMavsTXa8S5BQKpYiI44TuihdaERkfyz4ajYPlb5SmGGDW2tNvnBqpa3TIAkbAQRjH-DYxhp-tuerRU4tFvYnhe6MMdeDgJ-5otPj2W6g4JU/s4032/IMG_6206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFs_bY7H6TbdqRl31kDrydJ5xiFQevjp6hJq3498XG7YU4yvT5wkNUKeylcJ8yWa4msbFwMavsTXa8S5BQKpYiI44TuihdaERkfyz4ajYPlb5SmGGDW2tNvnBqpa3TIAkbAQRjH-DYxhp-tuerRU4tFvYnhe6MMdeDgJ-5otPj2W6g4JU/s320/IMG_6206.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Levi hitting a ball into the bay.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1B5-yniVkht6TsaTyj3gh6S7H83zRFZEB17IFgoTZCxQoi4rHwp8IvQrDXxY3GvXC7LUFe3U18vyP1E65KjAUDwl2zn6Vkf_ZQPOU8sYcLh1gJj4anl8SiPOFZryKZ-b_W-0kro2K2f-qVBY0XLD1gYhRzprhWgTuHHZM4XUen-Fwan4/s4032/IMG_6207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1B5-yniVkht6TsaTyj3gh6S7H83zRFZEB17IFgoTZCxQoi4rHwp8IvQrDXxY3GvXC7LUFe3U18vyP1E65KjAUDwl2zn6Vkf_ZQPOU8sYcLh1gJj4anl8SiPOFZryKZ-b_W-0kro2K2f-qVBY0XLD1gYhRzprhWgTuHHZM4XUen-Fwan4/s320/IMG_6207.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This hole has a big sand dune in the middle of it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Y4gkoGex6irkDP56BO1zv0DTjJ5J_NNyOMyl0JaC_mndfj-EoppsnGlE_hOfNCh2pOwvc51Sq5rEwTMOu1uPMUPSxolHGQm9FSA5lRkIRk5bVoiUNIwcpyp_wQjsTanXtb1OZg0MNCjolwB3DWQrJNLwxScFa2Iu-bONssRaKC8asPM/s4032/IMG_6209.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2Y4gkoGex6irkDP56BO1zv0DTjJ5J_NNyOMyl0JaC_mndfj-EoppsnGlE_hOfNCh2pOwvc51Sq5rEwTMOu1uPMUPSxolHGQm9FSA5lRkIRk5bVoiUNIwcpyp_wQjsTanXtb1OZg0MNCjolwB3DWQrJNLwxScFa2Iu-bONssRaKC8asPM/s320/IMG_6209.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We found a bunny.</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOJnQeai2UfBsNZC4tut6BKXAbfBgO63dPBpTbqzeGUBBZnbJCeViY2aRRX3BNVZ0O8nzRQhCBUAf9oJLF-N0gvSBxBeKmPVxMsNd_nMEqqcxeedA6EKBcoxA7G1wE8ykHzxwYWj1OKA79o8ExzlKR7VjN9z8tMFCQaBcriKGPquKbJU/s4032/IMG_6211.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOJnQeai2UfBsNZC4tut6BKXAbfBgO63dPBpTbqzeGUBBZnbJCeViY2aRRX3BNVZ0O8nzRQhCBUAf9oJLF-N0gvSBxBeKmPVxMsNd_nMEqqcxeedA6EKBcoxA7G1wE8ykHzxwYWj1OKA79o8ExzlKR7VjN9z8tMFCQaBcriKGPquKbJU/s320/IMG_6211.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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He didn't listen.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSf2yGy8T5Rh-pTwOPVPnKOhKL7vpBox05r31BtdLyBvyfy_eqI_YBS3_YhhrxAYEp11kErw0oPNnIM5nC9UgQ7qPdVpsPWm-xRZynTFlNo6dDMToBRWzfzXd570Z6Rp_ZHnxVCc-q1nHFvwUE6KbM8GC70dN5SP_AqkPbyHFmMbCFc9Y/s4032/IMG_6213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSf2yGy8T5Rh-pTwOPVPnKOhKL7vpBox05r31BtdLyBvyfy_eqI_YBS3_YhhrxAYEp11kErw0oPNnIM5nC9UgQ7qPdVpsPWm-xRZynTFlNo6dDMToBRWzfzXd570Z6Rp_ZHnxVCc-q1nHFvwUE6KbM8GC70dN5SP_AqkPbyHFmMbCFc9Y/s320/IMG_6213.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Par 3 #8 on Links</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibQFzm97x5p6IyIvJN2CWt3b-18YB8OWCPHy45Zvul7bxFOt81cmkSWVrsRJeYLnOhOFwE5FX27f6AG4mq75emP7gFJlQ7oka4NGR29Vn57I1lLh3Zc0hiDmnNOzRb3f-P_CrXlqU0b1wxOnxMgIckwF6JoD3pOn5Fad4nqrNw2OwL7w/s4032/IMG_6214.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiibQFzm97x5p6IyIvJN2CWt3b-18YB8OWCPHy45Zvul7bxFOt81cmkSWVrsRJeYLnOhOFwE5FX27f6AG4mq75emP7gFJlQ7oka4NGR29Vn57I1lLh3Zc0hiDmnNOzRb3f-P_CrXlqU0b1wxOnxMgIckwF6JoD3pOn5Fad4nqrNw2OwL7w/s320/IMG_6214.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Putter boy lives next to the green on #8.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpoWUeV2qJ_cAW9RJKSr6i2CWXA3DNhWciMm2ikvT_30LwUYJz2_IzkEHH6cB3dELl4FWXlQ_jIt1FMmE9GnxhM5q-AfmTuNvAZGKQ3Fs_oz1sZzcwNwvC2s32d9fJ15QzlywRx7Bsy5DiatYP1NGUPZTsUq8_temstFz7Ek8UQi8d1M/s4032/IMG_6215.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDpoWUeV2qJ_cAW9RJKSr6i2CWXA3DNhWciMm2ikvT_30LwUYJz2_IzkEHH6cB3dELl4FWXlQ_jIt1FMmE9GnxhM5q-AfmTuNvAZGKQ3Fs_oz1sZzcwNwvC2s32d9fJ15QzlywRx7Bsy5DiatYP1NGUPZTsUq8_temstFz7Ek8UQi8d1M/s320/IMG_6215.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Obligatory photo on the bench next to putter boy.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">When Kelly, the cart girl comes by, we get the guys behind
us a round of beers. Today has been a good critter day – deer on our way out of
the cabin at the Mountain. Deer on 131 on the way to Sagamore’s. Muskrat. Now
bunny. Still lots of Canadian Geese.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Lunch on the patio. So nice. And Tom finally gets his sweet
potato fries. I get a turkey Rueben panini with lingonberry – really good. We
like watching people approach and finish out their round on the Quarry #9 – my
phone screen for many years. <o:p></o:p></p>
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definitely going to retire at Bay Harbor. Levi brought his knife, and he has an
idea of leaving it tied to trees around Bay Harbor. I want to do a bay send off
as well. The hood comes off first and Tom takes it on at the first. Levi starts
off with a pinkie vest and then moved to a sleeve up his leg. Pete ties one to
his belt. I go around my ankle. It’s sad, but funny. Pinkie is getting a good
send off. On #8. A bunch of pinkie goes into the bay, courtesy of Levi and some
rocks to launch it. My bit of pinkie gets tied to my bag. Levi makes birdie on
#9 and the watchers on the patio clap. On #5 we see that the swans that live on
this hole had two babies! I didn’t know that swan babies are grey. Pete makes
birdie on #5. I almost make birdie. We all screw up the short, drivable #6. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We have two rounds on the Preserves today. Levi says it’s
his favorite of the three. But agrees that the other two are great. He now
knows where to go since this is the first course he’s now played twice. Parts
of pinkie are still being tied to trees. Wondering if we’ll see any next year
when we come back.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Levi called it. He didn’t want to not
get dinner by going offsite like happened on Monday in Harbor Springs because
everything was filled up. I don’t mind. I still have half of my lunch to eat.
Levi gets the same Philly sandwich. Tom gets wings again (but the BBQ sauce on
the side because lunch wings with the sauce were “too sticky”). Pete mixes it
up and gets shrimp something. I added tomato soup to my sandwich. Pretty good,
but more thick and gazpacho-like than soup. Pete’s phone isn’t working for some
reason. Back in the car, we try to get it going. No luck.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stop at Kilwin’s at the Mountain for ice cream, but it’s no
longer there! But, signs lead us to ice cream – Moomers! While they only have
four flavors (I got tart cherry), it was good. And we met Turbo, the Weineramer
(sp) and Daisy, the bulldog. They stopped by for ice cream as well. It’s been a
good day on Liz’s Day!<o:p></o:p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaR1SRWaXkrUdzFaYm5Wy0SHjB1WGNMNCjMZwwPp-WloZ11CnOl_IHdE9e1DT0rYHTl3TtydSq8rzot8hW2ndxSCUYHa2WpI0EO4MPPSoahbMOGCaIeq-tlQSZdY4bKUM6DSmalW9L_h-qKczn8n0EM5CVtoy6H1VKj3K97gGYhYnHFc/s4032/IMG_6249.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggaR1SRWaXkrUdzFaYm5Wy0SHjB1WGNMNCjMZwwPp-WloZ11CnOl_IHdE9e1DT0rYHTl3TtydSq8rzot8hW2ndxSCUYHa2WpI0EO4MPPSoahbMOGCaIeq-tlQSZdY4bKUM6DSmalW9L_h-qKczn8n0EM5CVtoy6H1VKj3K97gGYhYnHFc/s320/IMG_6249.JPG" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Daisy and Turbo getting ice cream on the Mountain from Moomers.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>[NOTE: I am not blogging live. Right now, I’m sitting
on the floor in our cabin at Boyne Mountain, trying to drink coffee, blog and
stretch at the same time.]<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-6320244349351015382022-08-03T08:13:00.000-05:002022-08-03T08:13:10.334-05:00Day 3: Boyne Highlands – Heather and Hills!<p>Up early (this year, all of the troopers are ready well
before we leave at 6:00 am to head to the Highlands for breakfast). I blog. Our
cabin doesn’t have TVs in the rooms anymore. We’re missing an ice maker. And a
washer and dryer. But, it’s still nice. This group is good: all of the troopers
are ready to go ahead of time. I have on my new purple not-a-sweater (trying to
get used to saying it – need to find something to call it).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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shut down the buffet). Still not as big as pre-2020. We don’t have the same
omelet man we’ve had over the years – but it’s Monday and we usually play the
Mountain on Mondays and it’s different! The Heather driving range is on the ski
slopes and pretty unassuming. Tom is bummed that they don’t have the hover
boards to ride (won’t hold a charge long enough to make it 18 holes?). I’m with
Pete this morning and off we go at 8:00 am.<o:p></o:p></p>
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bunkers. Levi birdies the par 5 fifth hole (featured in Big Break Michigan in
the “worst hole” format). We have a call on which course in Michigan he’ll like
the most. I said Arthur Hills. Tom said Heather. Pete didn’t say. Hidden River
is holding #1 still. On #9, a hole that Pete hates (tee shot is right to left,
second shot is a layup, third shot is two clubs extra uphill, with bunkers in
front and clubhouse in back). Pete makes par (the rest of us sixes).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I try to take my purple jacket off a couple of times, but
it’s breezy and on it goes again. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We get to the “photo pose hole” (everyone on the trip has
their picture there). Levi wasn’t as impressive as others have been. I should
try and do a post that only has those pictures over the years.<o:p></o:p></p>
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there! Free drop if you hit it into the pond. I tried but didn’t succeed.
Heather is over and on to Country Club of Boyne, lunch and then Arthur Hills. I
discovered that my phone was almost out of juice – the carts now have GPS and
plug things. I’ll be able to charge on the Hills.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Country Club of Boyne is closed for lunch – it’s Monday.
Again, we’ve always played the Mountain on Mondays and didn’t know it’d be
closed. Bummer. Lunch on the patio, then time to kill. I have 53 golf balls
(one in a sleeve) in my bag. We keep finding colored ones!<o:p></o:p></p>
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it after a shot and a beer, but not great. Wasn’t sure how I’d hold up on this
trip. I haven’t played much golf since last year. I wasn’t really cleared to do
more than chip and putt until spring. But, worst case scenario is that I ride
around in the cart later in the week. And drink beer. I do manage to make it
through the round. The distance is gone (the reconstruction surgery zapped my
core strength and even working out every day isn’t getting it back to full
strength – not sure it will ever come back).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Still no critters (one lone black squirrel). But beautiful
weather. I wore my purple jacket most of the day. A few birdies from them (I
still have my one birdie in Michigan). Levi likes this course – but they just
verticut the greens and added sand so they just aren’t rolling as well as they
usually do. That’s disappointing.<o:p></o:p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI6aXFNTJfJBUN10AbHKWjJ4EL3TAYwGwxe6w3QotQOIb_JwJzVKSxZVad3FjwMrJWF5lu32XfR3-hEkda3WBHWjup1an6mIWNEG2ArDndovOW85bQnoMQ0zluQlmen5kCLAa6pRoRLetbuhjuE_QVSQsilRa6H-urQ7-ZX50Cc83ZV8/s4032/IMG_6162.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPI6aXFNTJfJBUN10AbHKWjJ4EL3TAYwGwxe6w3QotQOIb_JwJzVKSxZVad3FjwMrJWF5lu32XfR3-hEkda3WBHWjup1an6mIWNEG2ArDndovOW85bQnoMQ0zluQlmen5kCLAa6pRoRLetbuhjuE_QVSQsilRa6H-urQ7-ZX50Cc83ZV8/s320/IMG_6162.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iBv27XXPHiMub9qKtnqAf20qQAoSgmTB6M4cqfKqn-7uKYMRYwZ-W9Iw84HRCcZYBq69Lar9Puu966iT1CaVOO3a7lxLQety-ICQhYMz-S-stK_SqZr56AT-h6-yTDWdUpagmCSS6nQ_k6xUn90ZbVe-kw1WIxzIZ9ZqU_fe9ZIohxs/s4032/IMG_6164.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Down, down, downhill!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Off to dinner. They decide Harbor Springs. But, this is
definitely now “what COVID?” in Michigan and it’s a two hour wait to get into
the Pier (seafood place). An hour wait to get into the place we went last year.
A wait to get into the place we went a couple of years ago. The pizza place
isn’t doing outside dining. They all have ice cream at Yummies. I don’t because
they didn’t have a flavor that interested me (I love ice cream, but not if a
flavor doesn’t interest me). And stop at the gas station for snacks on the way
back to the cabin. I shower and crash. It’s still light in Michigan, but I
don’t care.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>[NOTE: I am not blogging live. Right now, I’m sitting
on the floor in our cabin at Boyne Mountain, trying to drink coffee, blog and
stretch at the same time. Internet is also slow and my photos aren’t uploading
to email quickly.]<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-39416912793899330482022-08-02T07:12:00.003-05:002022-08-02T07:12:39.523-05:00Sunday: Rain, rain go away! But still play at Hidden River and Crooked Tree<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We wake up Sunday to rain. The kind of rain I won’t play in.
According to the radar, it’s not going away in Cadillac for a while. Decision:
load up, head over to El Dorado to wave, show Levi the cars, and head North up
to Boyne where it looks clearer. Breakfast on the way. Maybe check in early at
the Mountain.<o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiECL8K7kO19xFwpsGwUuEtS0vEwMuEsDP1ABrabrBP4zCTfaljTSBjaOUh81r-UG36mmPr42rYkR03B5lkPubiRRDaudpgAYD1MD0w03TrkTvsZFMgEJhKQjHzsw-vV52DiJnBcVcHlJarUXFIPwS56wFqHZN8ZpQnHuaxGuldELeUGc/s4032/IMG_1178.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiECL8K7kO19xFwpsGwUuEtS0vEwMuEsDP1ABrabrBP4zCTfaljTSBjaOUh81r-UG36mmPr42rYkR03B5lkPubiRRDaudpgAYD1MD0w03TrkTvsZFMgEJhKQjHzsw-vV52DiJnBcVcHlJarUXFIPwS56wFqHZN8ZpQnHuaxGuldELeUGc/s320/IMG_1178.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Inside at El Dorado (old picture from last time).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Dark at El Dorado, so we wave and head north, stopping for
coffee, snacks and Better Made Butter Braided Pretzels on the way to Shirley’s
Café in Mancelona, Michigan (no website, but FB page: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/mancelona2020/">https://www.facebook.com/mancelona2020/</a>).
Levi is our navigator on this trip and picked this place. Great choice –
omelets were great, coffee was great and THE HOMEMADE BREAD was the star of the
show. Oh-my-wonderful-homemade-rye bread (Tom bought a loaf of their cinnamon
bread to tear off and gnaw on in the car).<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Pete’s only criticism was that they overcooked their bacon and it was
bacon dust. I left most of my potatoes and omelet and focused on the rye toast.
While we’re at breakfast, Tom gets us 10:20 am tee times at Hidden River Golf
and Casting Club in Brutus, Michigan (off of 131 past Petoskey).<o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobtv1dMNXSw0HkIfuAoYqaD61IIJAwVvJEgne7sNz_MazM16por_MdrEfHW1yCf1aNjNm2dj1A0H2nNODWg3f4I0E1kMsD93wjSvnVyt5dvqUDecOSQCPTO5L85q1tuCinx46OJCredv5tCdVHI_R1wjetDX8WB7r0WmrqrX-01TZHhg/s4032/IMG_6128.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhobtv1dMNXSw0HkIfuAoYqaD61IIJAwVvJEgne7sNz_MazM16por_MdrEfHW1yCf1aNjNm2dj1A0H2nNODWg3f4I0E1kMsD93wjSvnVyt5dvqUDecOSQCPTO5L85q1tuCinx46OJCredv5tCdVHI_R1wjetDX8WB7r0WmrqrX-01TZHhg/s320/IMG_6128.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Still raining at gas station where I found Better Made Butter Braided Pretzels.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDdFcdAaMZxU_W1DtWbXjHbeqnM4WgGxpMjEVrqnAa9wIrArjOV2nkRe7ypzFUMLSZBE56JMYeVrqSjOmlqr4Vdw6xFki1WUfjEatjFQmZuW_PNARYDXnCEk3T6Ii108iQf59BKRy-h8BIkzgP4XyzI2lXccmHE0QIS8NSYnT99OCkpQ/s4032/IMG_6129.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglDdFcdAaMZxU_W1DtWbXjHbeqnM4WgGxpMjEVrqnAa9wIrArjOV2nkRe7ypzFUMLSZBE56JMYeVrqSjOmlqr4Vdw6xFki1WUfjEatjFQmZuW_PNARYDXnCEk3T6Ii108iQf59BKRy-h8BIkzgP4XyzI2lXccmHE0QIS8NSYnT99OCkpQ/s320/IMG_6129.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shirley's Menu (the coffee mugs weren't matching).</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReWLnqmfHouptgvsR6mMD7q5-7s-Ac5gFx3wS645RqPxxZpz_s12lsIxys-nt0lfVKO5_MDMs0ANllf97ELGsfZrac7GTZ5ZJXrcdtoys4NzLvaySpc-WY6dJrb5kwxIq-ZlDdLv-2as0nFfzF1fXaLR2LFYKXL2-V5b9oVQU-J49cGg/s4032/IMG_6130.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiReWLnqmfHouptgvsR6mMD7q5-7s-Ac5gFx3wS645RqPxxZpz_s12lsIxys-nt0lfVKO5_MDMs0ANllf97ELGsfZrac7GTZ5ZJXrcdtoys4NzLvaySpc-WY6dJrb5kwxIq-ZlDdLv-2as0nFfzF1fXaLR2LFYKXL2-V5b9oVQU-J49cGg/s320/IMG_6130.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nothing fancy about the front of Shirley's Cafe.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnhvd6Iy12dxuT9mCeybchPaqSNTy87bIo1sE0lcBjyMu6dn1UMbn-ikWOviS8xGl0VAlaY9rsOBpRMbKPdB2TvEcSzubPzLQIuB9fV9Y9zrketUo9zh1amrG_E-C_6mo-3LA8MmXA71lU90xrWqsQVaZFGZI6cOfZA51HZlBFwimZjA/s4032/IMG_6131.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilnhvd6Iy12dxuT9mCeybchPaqSNTy87bIo1sE0lcBjyMu6dn1UMbn-ikWOviS8xGl0VAlaY9rsOBpRMbKPdB2TvEcSzubPzLQIuB9fV9Y9zrketUo9zh1amrG_E-C_6mo-3LA8MmXA71lU90xrWqsQVaZFGZI6cOfZA51HZlBFwimZjA/s320/IMG_6131.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Front window seating for us!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">Then to the Mountain to check in. They check us in but our
cabin isn’t ready. But, because we’re Boyne Rewards, at 8:00 am we each get a
free beer from Shorts Brewery! Amy is great at check in.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I try to get the zipper fixed on my pink sweater. No luck.
Even from the top.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Then off to Hidden River. It’s a cool course that we don’t
always play because it’s not part of the Boyne package anymore. It winds around
the fern-laden woods, a stream, marshes. We usually see critters (but none this
time). Levi likes (as do we all) this course more than Harbor Shores. And, at
$109 a round, better priced. The greens are slower, but nice. The fairways were
soft so not a lot of roll. On the back nine, we get some drizzle (Portland rain
as Tom calls it) that does turn to rain on a couple of holes at the end (I
don’t like). The first couple of holes are surrounded by trees – the kinds
you’d see in timber forests. Then you head into the woods and then into marshy
fields. The short #4 hole is always one of my favorites, with trees, bunkers,
narrow fairway. The par #3 downhill #9 hole (Pete makes birdie) gives me fits.
It’s under 90 yards from the red tees and plays a couple of clubs short. I
usually go long because a baby sand wedge usually doesn’t go well for me. It
doesn’t on this trip and I end up in the bunker long.<o:p></o:p></p>
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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCn8Tb79FR5bwLXswZqkFf9YN7VWiKl9Ok7XTVktmmxILmLQD5gW3K67onG5PEJBtnhQHQRb3khxS96kTpFHMUgVaELTtaQS4wCUo9q-egMdjOglJStW5JEc7xjkubE8inI7kQ38oD3w57veXhEG1rlN3gMMAwXlPxw2aLzukOHraChE/s320/IMG_6134.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tom picked up a new hat at Hidden River since he forgot to bring it.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJIWsgXAExIsExxEjDyuPXiVREn0-wuZ94wPE8UBhAN325kdqPnNl1v3l_ZBk-MHv8nvElqW4Ewf8JgYtC7SgBubRmctMz0899PIJTTYcAsviIcCF2XVuGCmCYqMte8hquafYtRA6xIelz2-E7y-qsRFElpEqPzJOJgsCZYtwIkdPJ9E/s4032/IMG_6136.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFJIWsgXAExIsExxEjDyuPXiVREn0-wuZ94wPE8UBhAN325kdqPnNl1v3l_ZBk-MHv8nvElqW4Ewf8JgYtC7SgBubRmctMz0899PIJTTYcAsviIcCF2XVuGCmCYqMte8hquafYtRA6xIelz2-E7y-qsRFElpEqPzJOJgsCZYtwIkdPJ9E/s320/IMG_6136.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Looking for Levi (far left) and Tom (closer left) in the "rough."</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNCpCSSJp80HjJU6yCIi4ByzcD-DqtXM1Yq6CqoJwidknImsLl9FXi00YpCdg8S2gb-2P-vpiM5vOxsw5KfALMC0UkXH_Qq8YRDy_ci2crW84_AMu0B6sD1dXQZHqUR6xlCsrKSO_fyKTP1acYP2aeIv2g5Kd9PXc0qpBV9OUqUWiKlc/s4032/IMG_6137.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgNCpCSSJp80HjJU6yCIi4ByzcD-DqtXM1Yq6CqoJwidknImsLl9FXi00YpCdg8S2gb-2P-vpiM5vOxsw5KfALMC0UkXH_Qq8YRDy_ci2crW84_AMu0B6sD1dXQZHqUR6xlCsrKSO_fyKTP1acYP2aeIv2g5Kd9PXc0qpBV9OUqUWiKlc/s320/IMG_6137.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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off in the clubhouse. I found a purple zippered jacket to replace the pink
sweater. It’s still not the pink sweater, but it does have pockets. No hoodie.
And isn’t too thick. I can also wear a small now that I don’t have boobs
anymore. Off to grab something to eat before Crooked Tree. We end up with brats
at Crooked Tree (and I get a new glove since I lost one at Harbor Shores – it’s
hard to find women’s small right gloves, but they have them in abundance). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Crooked Tree isn’t my favorite course on the rotation, but I
like the views on the back of the bay. We all start out pretty good. They’ve
redone the green on the par #3 second hole so its tiers aren’t as severe as
they used to be. I’m riding with Levi this round (we switch things up). There
are a few more birdies at Crooked Tree – even I get one! And Levi is driving
the par 5s when he hits the fairway (or close). When we make the turn,
unfortunately the café is closed (and they don’t have cart people) – bummer.<o:p></o:p></p>
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us wrist band keys?) and unload and go to bed. They’ve provided a bottle of
champagne and four complimentary drink coupons from Boyne. Day 3: Heather and
Hills at Boyne Highlands.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>[NOTE: I am not blogging live. Right now, I’m sitting
on the floor in our cabin at Boyne Mountain, trying to drink coffee, blog and
stretch at the same time.]<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-22170813858536042602022-08-01T08:09:00.004-05:002022-08-01T08:09:47.884-05:00Off to Michigan via Chicago: First up: Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor, Michigan<p>Tony is wonderful, as always, at getting me and Tom to the
airport. This time we’re flying out of Love Field on Southwest – to Midway.
It’ll be my only second time flying since COVID (my first was to Michigan last
year). Our flight is at 6:05 am – and, you know I’m a morning person (and, yes,
I did get up at 3:00 am to watch The Open), but even this is early for a
flight. At least Pete has our bags and we don’t have to check anything (or deal
with the travel nightmares of lost baggage – as a lefty, would hate not having
my clubs).</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Pete and Levi leave on Thursday and drive to Chicago to
spend a day with Pete’s Mom, who lives in Wrigleyville and is letting us have
her SUV for the trip. That saves $800+ in car rental!</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>
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Wisconsin with Pete and Tom two times (those are only for about three days of
golf). We’ll see how he likes Michigan.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The weather in Dallas this week has been 100+. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We pick up Tom at 4:15 am and head to Love. Surprisingly
it’s pretty crowded at this time. A lot of people mask up at Love (ourselves
included, even though I had to fish my mask out of my bag). Pretty uneventful
in the airport. Pete calls twice. The second time because Levi has seen weather
and is worried about us. My comment: we haven’t even left yet, don’t worry
about it. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I find out a sad thing: my zipper on my pink sweater. The
one that has gone on every Michigan golf trip for over 20 years. The one I
bought at Nieman Marcus. It’s unrepairable. The zipper is in many pieces. I am
sad. Tom’s comments on getting a new zipper put on it would cost more than the
sweater. My pink sweater will be staying in Michigan (along with my underwear, socks,
pink golf shoes and who knows what else).<o:p></o:p></p>
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can get on and off quickly (our tee time is at Harbor Shores in Benton Harbor,
Michigan at 11:45 am ET – we’ll have to be perfect to make this tee time).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All is good. We taxi out, get out on the runway. And then,
engine off. Pilot: there is weather in Chicago and airport is closed right now.
We’ll wait here. We wait. Then, pilot comes back and tells us that the airport
is open, but there is a big backlog at Midway, so we’re heading back to the
gate to come up with “a plan.” They let a couple of people off who are going to
miss their flight. We stay on. Almost two hours later, we finally take off.
Harbor Shore tee time looks suspect, but nothing we can do until we get to
Chicago and on the road.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i>[NOTE: I am not blogging live. Right now, I’m sitting
on the floor in our cabin at Boyne Mountain, trying to drink coffee, blog and
stretch at the same time. It’s only three rounds of golf so far and my back is
a little tight.]<o:p></o:p></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We land and book to the baggage claim to meet up with Pete
and Levi. On the road. Judy’s SUV is PACKED. And off we go. Traffic is pretty
bad out of Chicago, and even in to Indiana and Michigan. We stop in Michigan
City to grab snacks (coincidentally next to the Harley Davidson dealership Tony
and I stopped at on our ride around Wisconsin and Michigan). We’ve already
called and moved our tee time to 2:30 pm ET at Harbor Shores.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We pull into Harbor Shores (<a href="https://www.harborshoresresort.com/golf">https://www.harborshoresresort.com/golf</a>
-- they have a Senior event there, Kitchenaid, because Whirlpool is
headquartered in Benton Harbor). It’s located on the Lake, but also around a
reconverted warehouse area, and right on the railroad tracks. The artwork on
the course is pretty cool, with tribute plaques primarily about Jack and his
prowess at major tournaments. I didn’t realize how close the driving range was
to the railroad tracks!<o:p></o:p></p>
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I’ve been off golf for almost two years, and I’m 50+ and just not that good
anymore there is no sense in playing any further back. It’s a warm day – I
think the high is 87 degrees (by Dallas standards, cold). <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">#1 is a benign starting hole. #2 is a wonderful really
short, blind tee shot par 3. I spend the day wondering what the senior pros
think of this course. It has a lot of blind tee shots, dog legs, with some
really odd greens. Not too long. Quite a bit of sand. A bit of water in ponds
and creeks (with people kayaking). While we are almost on Lake Michigan for a
few holes (beach was crowded), we don’t play on Lake Michigan. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My favorite hole is a par 4 with the green perched on
top (and then you get to see the beach) with lots of bunkering and grasses
around. While I didn’t do it this trip, I chipped in for par the last time. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Beach is crowded.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HNSMecMhuIZxvs4RsALYl4O7iGpC7fOpv0wNvM_FyRjWQPGmMLeuUXj5ywzAC81el1L6YNrz3qDvadQWaZIwDB2tTNuFV_DB5gzpKJSXLwHz8duYHTQNLZPCGthIt5PuTrckHWXxaGZJ92NlA1hou_aEIvX246iEl9IK6Z3PjMxiv9E/s4032/IMG_6121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2HNSMecMhuIZxvs4RsALYl4O7iGpC7fOpv0wNvM_FyRjWQPGmMLeuUXj5ywzAC81el1L6YNrz3qDvadQWaZIwDB2tTNuFV_DB5gzpKJSXLwHz8duYHTQNLZPCGthIt5PuTrckHWXxaGZJ92NlA1hou_aEIvX246iEl9IK6Z3PjMxiv9E/s320/IMG_6121.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTAm_UXy4dnVuu9HmcejSyNmhefXLfY1VPMbJVwB_DHdEHk_8kJNB_ytO3d52VB17RwCdPt9xO8QmitfCVIQH-L5bTZeUBG7WRTUUcw7njRcWO94xoY5pBFrxkVshWI-1da-8ewr8bKTt-KWqrWvhBrDgIaTgoqIckBb8e9P-64JhG4M/s4032/IMG_6122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuTAm_UXy4dnVuu9HmcejSyNmhefXLfY1VPMbJVwB_DHdEHk_8kJNB_ytO3d52VB17RwCdPt9xO8QmitfCVIQH-L5bTZeUBG7WRTUUcw7njRcWO94xoY5pBFrxkVshWI-1da-8ewr8bKTt-KWqrWvhBrDgIaTgoqIckBb8e9P-64JhG4M/s320/IMG_6122.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsMVujH1yIC9WoM8LpRSZvVQv35ShnYO0yYxOEuwigIUZaGesGIiSuuPdBlw4vk7E-iHeeTf-mAlu8D0e2ZgSNbllHbdoi48rb35xxY5Au8QYd8tD_I-NwVFdbELcMBxeTbGd32dWpWgiX1dIMmypE4iRTDzznNTgAvbiuxmF_8nJ-uY/s4032/IMG_6123.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinsMVujH1yIC9WoM8LpRSZvVQv35ShnYO0yYxOEuwigIUZaGesGIiSuuPdBlw4vk7E-iHeeTf-mAlu8D0e2ZgSNbllHbdoi48rb35xxY5Au8QYd8tD_I-NwVFdbELcMBxeTbGd32dWpWgiX1dIMmypE4iRTDzznNTgAvbiuxmF_8nJ-uY/s320/IMG_6123.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4fHu0Lka7xUekIfoApSIHX3uUHCy3FVOhr-hiX4ffgukMcw56QKK0u1-m--Fgcgdvp4cOocgKZjuuad4Ztv6iov8pwnSiSMMAZOItWiUHRrehnia4LhibTnJr-En2V3ZD-9hoRtJJrp8ZK4KipnoQ_KdLKtTdH8OA4XlB4oWQIrHdiEg/s4032/IMG_6124.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4fHu0Lka7xUekIfoApSIHX3uUHCy3FVOhr-hiX4ffgukMcw56QKK0u1-m--Fgcgdvp4cOocgKZjuuad4Ztv6iov8pwnSiSMMAZOItWiUHRrehnia4LhibTnJr-En2V3ZD-9hoRtJJrp8ZK4KipnoQ_KdLKtTdH8OA4XlB4oWQIrHdiEg/s320/IMG_6124.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal">We’re all a bit sluggish so beer and for Tom, Johnny Renos
(vodka and diet Red Bull). Levi’s front nine is pretty bad (53), but he fixes
things on the back with a 39. You have to love handicaps like mine and Levi’s.
We can sometimes go low, but we have a lot of high potential as well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We’re behind some people and wait quite a bit. And it’s
warm. But a good round at Harbor Shores. Not sure it’s worth the $180 per round
to play it, but it is a fun course. The “bar and package store” I talk about
John Daly stopping at during my round is spruced up – and next to it they’ve
built a brewery!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Load up and head to Cadillac Michigan. We’re staying the
night at the, as Don, the GM at El Dorado says, newly renovated Lake Cadillac
Resort (last time we stayed there, I had a jacuzzi tub in my outdated room).
It’s about a 2+ hour drive – but we stop in South Haven to go to Sherman’s
Dairy for ice cream.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alas, no Sherman’s Dairy for ice cream because it was an
hour-long line. I forgot about that. When we were kids, I think we always went
early to beat the lines. Culvers across the street it is. I am sad.<o:p></o:p></p>
<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaX-5MmMcV8oXcYWRBx2Av4n5KtQ8CGP2epL13rFCPuD4B-sjkgeiX-nKUcyjw5LIhgC38xBDOourXYazdh6zFDIX-G_HgNR0iHrIh8Mh4gcfxW8X75BkzBPTzsyMrF29be3KO5MGZ-bUbB1TFY1X3oxkZ0hWrWQtjiIHGLe1-rEiDwM/s4032/IMG_6126.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEaX-5MmMcV8oXcYWRBx2Av4n5KtQ8CGP2epL13rFCPuD4B-sjkgeiX-nKUcyjw5LIhgC38xBDOourXYazdh6zFDIX-G_HgNR0iHrIh8Mh4gcfxW8X75BkzBPTzsyMrF29be3KO5MGZ-bUbB1TFY1X3oxkZ0hWrWQtjiIHGLe1-rEiDwM/s320/IMG_6126.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The line outside Sherman's Dairy. We went to Culver's across the street instead. Sadness.</td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal">Starts raining on our way to Lake Cadillac Resort – but, we
pull in, check in in the rain (thunder/lightning kind of rain). Yes, the rooms
are renovated and much better. Sleep then meet at 6:00 a.m. to head out to El
Dorado on Sunday morning. A gem down the street.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32061674.post-69656506360781122452022-07-20T13:52:00.000-05:002022-07-20T13:52:00.446-05:00Countdown to Michigan<p> Only a few days away from Michigan golf trip. And, can't come soon enough with this 110 degree weather in Dallas this week. It looks like a bit of a heat wave in Michigan when we're there, but not nearly like this. </p><p>On Sunday, I parted with my clubs and suitcase, since Pete and Levi are driving to Chicago, to swap cars with Pete's Mom's SUV. They'll pick me and Tom up at Midway and off we go. </p><p>Our courses (hopefully I'll get to play them all, but, we'll see): Harbor Shores, El Dorado, Crooked Tree, Ross, Moor, Bay Harbor (Preserves/Quarry/Links), Arthur Hills, Heather, Alpine, Monument (maybe we'll see Jerry Lee this year), and a new course in Lansing: Eagle Eye (with one or two stops at MSU Dairy Store).</p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsvDhTqPTnB3HCEjjjQv-YMfpZ_fVgFAfTOR_7ykLsxgNn3la-zEnRZcwcHd0OmqBgUW0lyxdQpzXDUZXXPpJD6keUC9ozeHz3Q1UTiil9PRAAyXCoLHTrZruuy7Xq2mdPd539602HtlYAH4X5aOY23upzBA8gjLiiUrNASRcad2UhOo/s4032/IMG_6109.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsvDhTqPTnB3HCEjjjQv-YMfpZ_fVgFAfTOR_7ykLsxgNn3la-zEnRZcwcHd0OmqBgUW0lyxdQpzXDUZXXPpJD6keUC9ozeHz3Q1UTiil9PRAAyXCoLHTrZruuy7Xq2mdPd539602HtlYAH4X5aOY23upzBA8gjLiiUrNASRcad2UhOo/w240-h320/IMG_6109.jpg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Itinerary for trip.</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>We've added Sherman's Dairy Bar as our first ice cream stop in South Haven on the way to Cadillac from Harbor Shores. No, we won't get blue moon ice cream, but their ice cream is pretty amazing.</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZdn8cC2V31Gf2w6gG1N9dILm_BvGQrWDCgIXVELCujliF35jXlt2hqhA2n46-P1va6JfAscNSyRAi0F2_0Qqr5_MCama1gMapdr4GrDbM3zuZaPM_6MbMzQidkysT93mN7GqK57v2lzzKzhJ_KosuvurBFQBZfo0adtnCq8mPXbVYrk/s467/shermansdairybar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="286" data-original-width="467" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgZdn8cC2V31Gf2w6gG1N9dILm_BvGQrWDCgIXVELCujliF35jXlt2hqhA2n46-P1va6JfAscNSyRAi0F2_0Qqr5_MCama1gMapdr4GrDbM3zuZaPM_6MbMzQidkysT93mN7GqK57v2lzzKzhJ_KosuvurBFQBZfo0adtnCq8mPXbVYrk/s320/shermansdairybar.jpg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Blue Moon Cows at Sherman Dairy Bar in South Haven, Michigan</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>So, so close to Michigan.</p>Lizhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00782051332997684006noreply@blogger.com0